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21 Dec 17
All Jacqui McKinlay wants for Christmas is for the value of government scrutiny to be recognised and for it be a topic of discussion in 2018.
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20 Dec 17
The Treasury’s Ali Uppal and Mario Pisani explain why they think the time is right for a review to improve balance sheet management.
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15 Dec 17
The government kept funding training company Learndirect despite it being judged ’inadequate’ because of fears over the loss of such a large provider.
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8 Dec 17
Some students could be being “mis-sold” degree courses, government auditors have suggested in a critical report on the higher education market.
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4 Dec 17
The audit fees paid by most local authorities will be cut by almost a quarter for the 2018-19 financial year if proposals put forward by Public Sector Audit Appointments are approved.
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1 Dec 17
Head of the government finance function Mike Driver tells PF's Vivienne Russell about his inclusive approach, and putting finance at the heart of decision making.
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29 Nov 17
Ian Dalton will take over as chief executive of NHS Improvement at the start of next week, replacing Jim Mackey who has held the post for the past two years.
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25 Nov 17
Scotland’s councils are in danger of emptying their financial reserves before the decade’s end as they struggle to absorb continuing budget cuts, the Accounts Commission has warned.
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22 Nov 17
The government did not sufficiently appraise alternative ways to finance the Hinkley power plant deal that might have offered better value for money, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.
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21 Nov 17
Paris and Amsterdam will host the EU’s medical and banking watchdogs after ministers picked names from a large bowl to decide where the organisations and 1,000 staff should move after Brexit.
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7 Nov 17
Government borrowing has increased by 61% since 2009-10 and, while costs have been kept down, the size of the debt poses a significant risk to the public finances, government auditors have warned.
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27 Oct 17
Warnings about the likelihood of a cyberattack on the NHS – which caused thousands of appointments and operations to be cancelled - were not heeded, the National Audit Office said today.
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26 Oct 17
High Speed Rail 2’s chief financial officer has resigned after a report raised questions of unapproved redundancy payouts.
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26 Oct 17
Mounting costs and increasing patient demand is making it difficult for the NHS in Scotland to maintain care quality, auditors have warned.
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25 Oct 17
Regulations governing the non-competitive procurement of defence equipment could deliver significant savings but are being resisted by some suppliers, the government’s spending watchdog has...
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18 Oct 17
Welsh public bodies need to improve their procurement of goods and services to ensure the £6bn spent annually achieves value for money.
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2 Oct 17
Swap provides ‘health checks’ to give managers an insight into strong and weaker areas of essential corporate functions and tackle the problem of assurance fatigue
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29 Sep 17
Scotland’s auditor general has given the Scottish Government a clean bill of health for the accounting and management of its £34bn budget in 2016-17, but warned ministers that they will...
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19 Jul 17
A Welsh health board’s procurement and management of HR consultancy contracts fell well short of expected standards, auditors said in the first report of its kind.
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19 Jul 17
HS2 Ltd ignored orders from the Department for Transport and wasted £1.76m of public money on an excessively generous redundancy scheme, auditors have found.
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18 Jul 17
The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
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17 Jul 17
The first sale of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland lost the government £1.9bn but was still value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
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5 Jul 17
View SWAP Internal Audit Services' Public Finance Innovation Awards winners story.
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28 Jun 17
A programme to streamline the Bank of England is on course to be completed £25m under budget but shortcomings have arisen, the National Audit Office has found.
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27 Jun 17
As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
21 Dec 17All Jacqui McKinlay wants for Christmas is for the value of government scrutiny to be recognised and for it be a topic of discussion in 2018.
20 Dec 17The Treasury’s Ali Uppal and Mario Pisani explain why they think the time is right for a review to improve balance sheet management.
15 Dec 17The government kept funding training company Learndirect despite it being judged ’inadequate’ because of fears over the loss of such a large provider.
8 Dec 17Some students could be being “mis-sold” degree courses, government auditors have suggested in a critical report on the higher education market.
4 Dec 17The audit fees paid by most local authorities will be cut by almost a quarter for the 2018-19 financial year if proposals put forward by Public Sector Audit Appointments are approved.
1 Dec 17Head of the government finance function Mike Driver tells PF's Vivienne Russell about his inclusive approach, and putting finance at the heart of decision making.
29 Nov 17Ian Dalton will take over as chief executive of NHS Improvement at the start of next week, replacing Jim Mackey who has held the post for the past two years.
25 Nov 17Scotland’s councils are in danger of emptying their financial reserves before the decade’s end as they struggle to absorb continuing budget cuts, the Accounts Commission has warned.
22 Nov 17The government did not sufficiently appraise alternative ways to finance the Hinkley power plant deal that might have offered better value for money, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.
21 Nov 17Paris and Amsterdam will host the EU’s medical and banking watchdogs after ministers picked names from a large bowl to decide where the organisations and 1,000 staff should move after Brexit.
7 Nov 17Government borrowing has increased by 61% since 2009-10 and, while costs have been kept down, the size of the debt poses a significant risk to the public finances, government auditors have warned.
27 Oct 17Warnings about the likelihood of a cyberattack on the NHS – which caused thousands of appointments and operations to be cancelled - were not heeded, the National Audit Office said today.
26 Oct 17High Speed Rail 2’s chief financial officer has resigned after a report raised questions of unapproved redundancy payouts.
26 Oct 17Mounting costs and increasing patient demand is making it difficult for the NHS in Scotland to maintain care quality, auditors have warned.
25 Oct 17Regulations governing the non-competitive procurement of defence equipment could deliver significant savings but are being resisted by some suppliers, the government’s spending watchdog has...
18 Oct 17Welsh public bodies need to improve their procurement of goods and services to ensure the £6bn spent annually achieves value for money.
2 Oct 17Swap provides ‘health checks’ to give managers an insight into strong and weaker areas of essential corporate functions and tackle the problem of assurance fatigue
29 Sep 17Scotland’s auditor general has given the Scottish Government a clean bill of health for the accounting and management of its £34bn budget in 2016-17, but warned ministers that they will...
18 Jul 17The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
17 Jul 17The first sale of shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland lost the government £1.9bn but was still value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
5 Jul 17View SWAP Internal Audit Services' Public Finance Innovation Awards winners story.
28 Jun 17A programme to streamline the Bank of England is on course to be completed £25m under budget but shortcomings have arisen, the National Audit Office has found.
27 Jun 17As inspector general of the US House of Representatives, Theresa Grafenstine is interested in real facts, not alternative ones
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