The government has been criticised for lacking information about its pandemic scheme set up to fight youth unemployment, meaning it does not know whether it is having the positive impact it was hoped...
The proportion of schools run by local authorities reporting deficits more than doubled in five years as cost pressures on the mainstream education system rose faster than funding, the National...
Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier and HCLG committee chair Clive Betts take issue with recent findings by the Financial Reporting Council on local authority audit.
The quality of local audit improved on last year despite "disappointing" performance on meeting deadlines, according to the Financial Reporting Council.
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has been fined more than £700,000 by the Financial Reporting Council for serious failures connected to its auditing of outsourcing firm Interserve.
More than 90% of local authority audit opinions for 2020-21 missed the extended September deadline, according to oversight body Public Sector Audit Appointments.
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has been sanctioned by the Financial Reporting Council for failures in its audits of Patisserie Valerie before the café chain company collapsed, showing “a serious...
The Financial Reporting Council has filed a formal complaint against accountancy firm KPMG, in relation to allegations of supplying false and misleading information to the regulator's review of...
Local authority procurement body Public Sector Audit Appointments will reassess its proposal to increase the number of audit lots following a mixed response from the sector.
Opening the public sector audit market to new entrants will require a collective, system-wide effort says Julie Schofield, senior manager of business and procurement at local authority audit body...
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health is facing questions over its accounting treatment of millions of pounds that might otherwise have been redistributed to other departments.
Poorly maintained records of grants given out for affordable rented homes in Bristol meant data was unreliable, according to a highly critical report from the city council’s internal auditors.
The National Audit Office has consulted with local and national government on a new good practice guide, learning the lessons for procurement from Covid-19, explains Matthew Rees.
A new Fabian pamphlet calls on the Labour Party to position itself as the party of rigorous stewardship of public money – authors David Walker and John Tizard explain why.
Whitehall's oversight of local government audit has become “increasingly complacent” and the proposed solution involves treating public audit as “an afterthought”, MPs have said.
Finance professionals have a key role in developing public sector sustainability reporting standards – but need to be develop new skills to do so effectively, according to CIPFA research.
More auditor interventions through statutory recommendations and public interest reports to local authorities are likely to occur in coming years, an audit expert has warned.
Proposed reforms by local audit administrator Public Sector Audit Appointments will fail to bring smaller companies into the sector, according to a senior partner at a 60-strong accountancy firm.
Proposals released today putting a greater emphasis on quality in the awarding of local government audit contracts would see fees rise if adopted, according to an expert.
