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26 Jan 17
Nine out of ten ambulance trusts in England failed to meet all three of their response time targets in 2015-16 amid rising demand for services, the National Audit Office has found.
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26 Jan 17
Local authorities in Wales working with charities and voluntary organisations must do more to demonstrate they are receiving value for money, the auditor general for Wales has said.
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25 Jan 17
A large majority of local authorities in England look likely to use Public Sector Audit Appointments to procure their auditors – but any intending to do so must notify them by 9 March, its...
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10 Jan 17
HM Revenue & Customs has admitted that a multi-million pound project to reduce the costs of running its estate is “unrealistic”, according to the National Audit Office.
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14 Dec 16
Schools will have to find savings of £3bn by 2019-20 to counteract cumulative cost pressures from pay rises, national insurance and pensions payments, the National Audit Office has said.
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30 Nov 16
The government is not doing enough to measure the impact of sanctions on people who are drawing benefits or on wider society, according to the National Audit Office.
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29 Nov 16
Scotland’s municipal spending watchdog has praised the financial management of the country’s local authorities over the past year, but warned them of a bleak future of shrinking budgets...
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28 Nov 16
Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
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21 Oct 16
Janet Eilbeck and Greg Parston have been appointed to the board of the National Audit Office as non-executive members, it was announced yesterday.
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11 Oct 16
The Department for Transport stands to lose around £22.5m, should the proposed Thames Garden Bridge be cancelled, the National Audit Office has found.
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6 Oct 16
Auditors general from around the world will gather in Abu Dhabi for the congress of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions in December. PF asked six of them to share their hopes...
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21 Jul 16
The Department of Health last year only narrowly avoided breaching the spending cap set by Parliament, earning it a reprimand from government auditors.
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21 Jul 16
The government lacks a “coherent, enduring framework” for planning and managing policy implementation, according to the National Audit Office.
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20 Jul 16
Uptake on the government’s Green Deal loan scheme was “woefully low” and projections of its success “wildly optimistic”, a committee has found.
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20 Jul 16
Around £4.4m of fraud and overpayments have been identified in Wales through the latest National Fraud Initiative, it has been announced.
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19 Jul 16
The sale of former Northern Rock assets by the government completed last year “was value for money”, auditors have found.
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15 Jul 16
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Defence have both had their 2015-16 accounts qualified by the auditor general.
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15 Jul 16
Public Sector Audit Appointments expects to gain government approval to become a body through which local authorities can opt to have their auditors chosen, a workshop at the CIPFA conference has...
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12 Jul 16
The Department for Communities and Local Government has achieved only a small fraction of its target to release enough public land to build 160,000 new homes by 2020, the National Audit Office has...
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30 Jun 16
Public sector pension liabilities have increased by around a third since 2009-10 and the government’s exposure to risk as a result is “significant and challenging”, auditors have...
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16 Jun 16
Grant Thornton has today issued a public interest report on Derby City Council in response to governance failings, including mismanagement of a major project in response to equal pay legislation.
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27 May 16
The Treasury is making progress on improving the quality of the Whole of Government Accounts and there is a path to removing the remaining qualifications, the National Audit Office’s report on the...
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19 May 16
A scheme to share back-office functions has so far failed to achieve value for money for Whitehall departments, the National Audit Office has found.
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17 May 16
Government auditors have said the police should investigate an alleged fraud over Thanet District Council’s use of a European Union grant.
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2 May 16
Keep up to date, maintain audit trails and watch out for hidden black holes – sound advice from a seminar held a year after the law on audit changed
26 Jan 17Nine out of ten ambulance trusts in England failed to meet all three of their response time targets in 2015-16 amid rising demand for services, the National Audit Office has found.
26 Jan 17Local authorities in Wales working with charities and voluntary organisations must do more to demonstrate they are receiving value for money, the auditor general for Wales has said.
25 Jan 17A large majority of local authorities in England look likely to use Public Sector Audit Appointments to procure their auditors – but any intending to do so must notify them by 9 March, its...
10 Jan 17HM Revenue & Customs has admitted that a multi-million pound project to reduce the costs of running its estate is “unrealistic”, according to the National Audit Office.
14 Dec 16Schools will have to find savings of £3bn by 2019-20 to counteract cumulative cost pressures from pay rises, national insurance and pensions payments, the National Audit Office has said.
30 Nov 16The government is not doing enough to measure the impact of sanctions on people who are drawing benefits or on wider society, according to the National Audit Office.
29 Nov 16Scotland’s municipal spending watchdog has praised the financial management of the country’s local authorities over the past year, but warned them of a bleak future of shrinking budgets...
28 Nov 16Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
11 Oct 16The Department for Transport stands to lose around £22.5m, should the proposed Thames Garden Bridge be cancelled, the National Audit Office has found.
6 Oct 16Auditors general from around the world will gather in Abu Dhabi for the congress of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions in December. PF asked six of them to share their hopes...
21 Jul 16The Department of Health last year only narrowly avoided breaching the spending cap set by Parliament, earning it a reprimand from government auditors.
21 Jul 16The government lacks a “coherent, enduring framework” for planning and managing policy implementation, according to the National Audit Office.
20 Jul 16Uptake on the government’s Green Deal loan scheme was “woefully low” and projections of its success “wildly optimistic”, a committee has found.
19 Jul 16The sale of former Northern Rock assets by the government completed last year “was value for money”, auditors have found.
12 Jul 16The Department for Communities and Local Government has achieved only a small fraction of its target to release enough public land to build 160,000 new homes by 2020, the National Audit Office has...
30 Jun 16Public sector pension liabilities have increased by around a third since 2009-10 and the government’s exposure to risk as a result is “significant and challenging”, auditors have...
16 Jun 16Grant Thornton has today issued a public interest report on Derby City Council in response to governance failings, including mismanagement of a major project in response to equal pay legislation.
27 May 16The Treasury is making progress on improving the quality of the Whole of Government Accounts and there is a path to removing the remaining qualifications, the National Audit Office’s report on the...
17 May 16Government auditors have said the police should investigate an alleged fraud over Thanet District Council’s use of a European Union grant.
2 May 16Keep up to date, maintain audit trails and watch out for hidden black holes – sound advice from a seminar held a year after the law on audit changed
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