The fallout from the Peter Mandelson saga has seen the government vow to beef up its commitment to standards in public life and outline a series of actions designed to rebuild trust in public...
Stronger sanctions available to place on councillors, including suspension and withholding allowances, will help maintain standards in local authorities, according to the government.
Exit packages worth over £1m paid to senior staff at Glasgow City Council – including the former chief executive – were subject to a “deeply concerning” lack of scrutiny, according to the watchdog...
Stronger safeguards are needed to protect accountability as the government moves ahead with plans to introduce powerful local mayors across England, experts have warned.
Public bodies are failing to act on early warning signals that could help avert a disaster on the scale of the Horizon IT scandal, according to a report.
Ministerial envoys are to be sent into Tower Hamlets Council after concerns were raised about a “toxic” culture within the borough and serious concerns over leadership and governance.
Local authorities must learn from failings that allowed a £1m fraud to go undetected for almost two decades, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has said.
Newly published draft statements of accounts for three financial years will contribute to “more robust” reporting in the future at Woking Borough Council, its political finance lead has said.
CIPFA LASAAC has announced it is changing its approach to the huge backlog of English local authority audits, because the planned ‘backstop’ system for outstanding audits has been disrupted by the...
As startling infringements on the independence of national public auditing authorities reflect a worrying global decline in democratic systems, INTOSAI and the OECD call for more hands on deck.
MPs heard that local audit needs a fresh start to clear the backlog and return to timely account sign-off, but were warned that such a move would be risky.
