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8 Oct 13
The Welsh government has struck a deal with two opposition parties to reform social care provision and increase school spending, First Minister Carwyn Jones has revealed.
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25 Sep 13
More than half of Welsh local authorities have difficulty in accurately measuring their performance due to partial or inaccurate information about services, Wales’ auditor general has said
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13 Sep 13
Schools in Wales could potentially save £9m a year if the level of teacher absences could be reduced to the level in England, a report by the Wales Audit Office has found
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13 Sep 13
Many Welsh town and community councils have ‘common and fundamental issues’ of weak financial management that must be addressed, the auditor general for Wales said today
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9 Sep 13
Welsh Assembly members have criticised the NHS in Wales over the way it uses consultants, saying the job planning process is regarded as little more than a ‘tick-box exercise’.
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22 Aug 13
Millions of pounds of public money could be saved if the Welsh Government tightened up management of its own estate and stopped regarding buildings as parts of ‘ministerial fiefdoms’, according to...
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15 Aug 13
More than half of the Welsh public want the National Assembly for Wales to gain more powers, but they are divided on which areas should transfer, a survey has found.
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2 Aug 13
The Wales Audit Office examined the accounts of more than 800 bodies last year. It found cases of unlawful pay increases and rate setting and had to issue two public interest reports.
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18 Jul 13
The UK government has launched a short consultation on devolving stamp duty to the National Assembly for Wales in advance of its formal response to the Silk Commission proposals on greater financial...
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16 Jul 13
Auditors have issued a stark warning that the NHS in Wales will struggle to live within its means and sustain the current level and quality of services, unless there is a significant change in...
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3 Jul 13
The Welsh Assembly is working with CIPFA on a programme of financial scrutiny training for Assembly members and their staff, believed to be the first of its kind in a parliamentary context.
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25 Jun 13
The Housing Revenue Account subsidy system is to be scrapped in Wales and councils put on a par with their English counterparts and made self-financing in terms of housing, the Treasury announced...
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11 Jun 13
‘Innovative’ finance schemes allowed the Welsh Government to spend around £1.3bn more on infrastructure projects in the past year than it originally planned, Finance Minister Jane Hutt has announced.
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4 Jun 13
Finance Minister Jane Hutt is marshalling Wales’ response to austerity. She talks to Public Finance about the Labour-led nation’s battle for new fiscal powers, and why she’s not...
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23 May 13
The Welsh Government is to end its two-year involvement in the running of Isle of Anglesey County Council at the end of the month, handing control back to councillors following elections earlier this...
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19 Apr 13
Welsh local government could be reorganised again after First Minister Carwyn Jones announced a review of the way public services in Wales are governed and held accountable.
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5 Mar 13
The way senior managers’ pay rises were decided at Caerphilly County Borough Council last year was unlawful, auditors have ruled in a public interest report.
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25 Feb 13
The Welsh government appears complacent as school performance continues to deteriorate. Ministers need to think radically and should start by introducing some competition into the education system
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30 Jan 13
Plans to allow police chiefs from overseas to lead forces in England and Wales have been announced by the Home Office.
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18 Jan 13
The Welsh Government has taken £22m from reserves to allow local authorities to keep Council Tax Benefit payments at pre-cut levels in 2013/14.
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14 Dec 12
The Wales Audit Office has criticised Pembrokeshire County Council for failing to improve its child protection arrangements quickly enough.
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6 Dec 12
Auditors have found a lack of clarity over who is responsible for co-ordinating responses to civil emergencies in Wales.
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3 Dec 12
Most Welsh councils failed to prepare their draft Whole of Government Accounts returns on time, a situation the auditor general called ‘very disappointing’.
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26 Nov 12
The Welsh Public Accounts Committee has backed the principle of public audit reforms in Wales but said some proposals risk fettering the independence of the auditor general and should be ditched.
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19 Nov 12
Wales should be given enhanced tax-raising and borrowing powers, according to ‘significant and historic’ proposals published today by a government-appointed commission.
8 Oct 13The Welsh government has struck a deal with two opposition parties to reform social care provision and increase school spending, First Minister Carwyn Jones has revealed.
25 Sep 13More than half of Welsh local authorities have difficulty in accurately measuring their performance due to partial or inaccurate information about services, Wales’ auditor general has said
4 Jun 13Finance Minister Jane Hutt is marshalling Wales’ response to austerity. She talks to Public Finance about the Labour-led nation’s battle for new fiscal powers, and why she’s not...
5 Mar 13The way senior managers’ pay rises were decided at Caerphilly County Borough Council last year was unlawful, auditors have ruled in a public interest report.
25 Feb 13The Welsh government appears complacent as school performance continues to deteriorate. Ministers need to think radically and should start by introducing some competition into the education system
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