Local government and NHS bodies could save as much as £440m if Whitehall extends Audit Commission contracts for local auditor services to 2020, the watchdog has said.
The Local Government Association has formed a new company to oversee outsourced local audit contracts once the Audit Commission is abolished next March.
The straight-talking chair of the Public Accounts Committee is well known for taking no prisoners in pursuit of the public pound. She talks to PF about going after tax dodgers, how to take on Ukip...
The Audit Commission’s National Fraud Initiative uncovered £229m of incorrect and dishonestly obtained payments across the UK public sector in the last two years, according to figures published today...
New outsourced audit contracts could save local authorities as much as £80m by the end of the decade as a result of lower fees, the Audit Commission announced today.
The Audit Commission has announced that it will provide a rebate totalling £8m to local authorities as part of preparations for its closure next March.
CIPFA is to take over the Audit Commission’s counter-fraud work when the watchdog is wound up next year and establish a national centre of excellence in counter-fraud, it has been announced today
Around £95m of public money is to be invested in Oxford to boost local growth, as part of the area’s City Deal, ministers announced today.
Oxford and its surrounding area will receive improvements to...
It is not yet clear what public sector bodies will take on some of the Audit Commission’s responsibilities after its abolition, the local spending watchdog said today as the date of its abolition was...
Audit Commission head Marcine Waterman has said the watchdog’s annual review of all local authority accounts is vital work that must continue after its abolition.
Jeremy Newman, former chief executive of accountants BDO International, has been named as the government’s preferred candidate to chair the Audit Commission and oversee its closure.
The government is seeking a new chair of the Audit Commission to oversee its abolition and replace Michael O’Higgins, who steps down at the end of September.
The National Audit Office met council representatives today as part of its preparations to take over work from the soon-to-be-abolished Audit Commission.
The Audit Commission today announced the firms that will take over its in-house audit work from 2012/13, with Grant Thornton winning the largest number of contracts.
The audit work of the outgoing Audit Commission will be outsourced in ten lots grouped in four English regions and valued at around £89.4m, it has been announced.
The abolition of the Audit Commission is going to change the shape of public sector audit forever but many questions are still unanswered. PF looks at what the future holds and talks exclusively to...
