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Stafford Borough Council - Benefits service inspection
Inspection report
11 March 2010
Statement of responsibilities of auditors and audited bodies
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10 March 2010
Code of audit practice
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10 March 2010
Adur District Council annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010
Allerdale Borough Council annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010

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The truth is out there - A discussion paper
5 March 2010

Under pressure - Tackling the financial challenge for councils of an ageing population
18 February 2010

Financial management in a glacial age - Presentation and handout
27 November 2009

Nothing but the truth? - A discussion paper
5 November 2009

Children's trusts: A briefing paper on improving financial management
23 October 2009

Local government

The Audit Commission works with local authorities and their partners to improve services for local people. We are doing this through our audit, inspection and research activities.

We are also working with our partner inspectorates to deliver annual joint assessments of how well partnerships are working together to deliver local people's priorities. This is called Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA).

 
 
Code of audit practice
10 March 2010
The Codes of Audit Practice (the Codes) define the scope, nature and extent of local audit work.
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The truth is out there
A discussion paper
5 March 2010
This discussion paper looks at how the public sector can improve information made available to the public.
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Auditing the accounts: Quality and timeliness of local government financial reporting
25 February 2010
A new Auditing the accounts briefing on the quality and timeliness of financial reporting by local government bodies has been published.
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Oneplace national overview report
24 February 2010
This report looks at the findings from the first year of Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). It is published by the six inspectorates responsible for assessing local public services in England.
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Under pressure
Tackling the financial challenge for councils of an ageing population
18 February 2010
Councils face the challenge of an ageing population as public spending reduces. This report says most councils do not know enough about the costs of their ageing population.
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Popular 'financial health checker' now expanded to include district councils
11 February 2010
The Local Government Ratios Tool has proved a popular ready reckoner so far with 150 county and single tier councils. The Commission introduced it alongside the national report Summing up published last April.
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National Fraud Initiative (NFI)
18 February 2010
Since 1996 the Audit Commission has run the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), a sophisticated data matching exercise which matches electronic data within and between participating audited bodies to prevent and detect fraud.
CAA results are all in Oneplace
9 December 2009
Oneplace, the reporting website for Comprehensive Area Assessment, is now live. The site includes independent information about how councils, police, health services and others are tackling the major issues in every area in England.
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Audit quality reports published
20 November 2009
The Audit Commission has published two important reports on the quality of the work of its appointed auditors for our stakeholders.
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Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA)
13 May 2009
CAA assesses and reports how well public money is spent and ensures that local public bodies are accountable for their quality and impact.
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Audit and inspection
This section gives you access to the detail of our audit, assessment and inspection work relating to local government bodies and their partners.
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Good practice and case studies
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National studies
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