Corby Borough Council: Report in the public interest
This public interest report relates to a significant number of failings in Corby Borough Council’s arrangements for managing capital regeneration projects in 2010/11.
Statement in response to the Local Audit and Accountability Bill included in the Queen’s Speech 2013
The inclusion of The Local Audit and Accountability Bill in this year’s Queen’s Speech represents a significant step towards a smooth transition to new public audit arrangements. Even as we move closer towards the Commission’s controlled closedown, our work continues to ensure cost effective local accountability and audit of public spending.
Audit Commission continues drive to reduce audit costs
The Audit Commission has today announced that it will retender audit contracts worth £25.2 million a year. The contracts currently held by audit firms were initially awarded in 2006 and 2007 and extended in 2010.
2013/14 work programme and scales of fees
Following consultation, the work programme and fee scales for the audit of the accounts for 2013/14 have been confirmed for local government, fire, police and health bodies.
£1 billion of fraud, found!
The National Fraud Initiative (NFI), established in 1996, this week confirmed it has now helped identify over £1 billion potentially lost to fraud, overpayment or error, across the UK. The outcomes include the prevention and detection of 15,000 cases of pension overpayments worth £450 million and almost 100,000 cases of incorrect awarded council tax single person discounts, worth £160 million.