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Phone on 020 7166 2128 any time to connect with one of our team, or see our media team contacts. We have always maintained a high profile across national, regional, local and trade media, seeking the best possible coverage for our studies, publications, assessments and opinions.

From 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, we will connect you with spokespeople and report authors, or subject experts if you need a briefing. We can supply photos of our key players, biographies, and links to published material. Out of hours we always have a duty press officer on hand who will help you to meet your deadline, or find the right interviewee.

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National fraud-busting initiative on course to exceed £1 billion payback to the public purse

16 May 2012

Since the last report in May 2010 the scheme has identified almost £229 million of fraud, overpayments and errors in England, and £47 million worth in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - a national ...

NHS charges and data skewed by definitions of short-stay patients

19 April 2012

A new Commission publication highlights a major cause of dispute between those who commission NHS services and those who provide them - how to classify a patient who stays in hospital for less than 24 ...

Audit Commission announces details of £50 million annual savings for public bodies

11 April 2012

The Audit Commission has today announced the reduced scale audit fees it will charge individual councils, health and other public bodies for five years from 2012/13.

Audit Commission’s annual fraud and corruption survey gets underway

2 April 2012

The only national survey of fraud and corruption in the public sector begins its annual update today. Over 480 public bodies - including councils, police authorities and probation boards - will be ...

Procurement of audit for smaller public bodies

30 March 2012

The Audit Commission has confirmed the award of five-year contracts to four firms to audit the country's 9,800 smaller local public bodies - mostly parish and town councils and internal drainage ...

Significant cuts in audit fees for town and parish councils

19 March 2012

The Commission today announces cuts in audit fees for the country’s 9,800 smaller local public bodies – mostly parish and town councils and internal drainage boards.

Audit Commission will reduce audit fees by 40 per cent

5 March 2012

Today the Audit Commission announced the proposed award of five-year audit contracts to four private firms starting from 2012/13 - contracts that will contribute to an up to 40 per cent cut in the ...

Lydney Town Council failed to approve wages and salaries for years

27 February 2012

A public interest report into Lydney Town Council's salary authorisation procedures and its clerk's early retirement.

Improving accuracy of GP lists saves NHS £6.1 million a year

23 February 2012

Millions of pounds have been saved by removing 'ghost patients' from GP lists, following the Audit Commission's latest National Duplicate Registration Initiative (NDRI) exercise.

Somerton Town Council’s failures to follow proper procedures may have resulted in unlawful expenditure, says auditor’s report

9 February 2012

A public interest report investigates Somerton Town Council's actions during the financial year ended 31 March 2009.

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Comprehensive Area Assessments to end, 20 May 2010

Successful savings programmes are not just about cutting costs - NHS trusts must ensure they transform services too, 19 January 2012
Watchdog gives positive verdict on local government’s move to IFRS, 15 December 2011
Difficult choices to be made as England’s councils prepare for 'inevitable' job losses, 7 December 2011
Study shows how integrated care between health and social services can improve, 1 December 2011
Councils are coping with reduced funding, at least for now, 17 November 2011
Councils detect £185 million worth of fraud, but new report says this is just the tip of the iceberg, 10 November 2011
Twenty nine parish councils rapped for not filing accounts, 7 October 2011
The UK Border Agency and Audit Commission work together to tackle fraud by illegal immigrants, 29 September 2011
Government's Payment by Results plans are dependent on better data, 22 September 2011
Contract areas announced for Audit Practice outsourcing, 6 September 2011
How good are we at tackling domestic abuse?, 1 September 2011
New Forest National Park Authority payments showed weaknesses in governance arrangements, says auditor’s report, 15 August 2011
NHS 2010/11 accounts show good financial performance, 11 August 2011
March 2010 inspection showed Birmingham’s housing services for council tenants were ‘fair’ overall with a ‘promising’ outlook, 4 August 2011
Dawlish Town Council’s ‘difficult and expensive venture’ criticised by new report, 1 August 2011
Councils are taking steps towards adult social care efficiency but need to pick up the pace, 2 June 2011
Driven to disrepair? England’s roads under pressure from traffic, weather, spiralling costs and budget cuts, 26 May 2011
Counting the cost of patient care, 16 May 2011
Youth Services - new self-help pack points councils and professionals to better value, 19 April 2011
Reducing low clinical value treatments could free up £500 million a year to be spent on better care for patients, 14 April 2011

All 1391 press releases in 'Press releases'

Statements and responses

Statement on the decision of Audit Practice staff to take industrial action short of a strike, 27 January 2012
Statement in response to the DCLG paper on the 'Future of local audit' consultation, 4 January 2012
Statement on Prospect press release 'Auditors set for industrial action over pensions', 11 November 2011
Statement on DCLG announcement on outsourcing plans for audit work, 28 July 2011
Commission welcomes Select Committee's report on audit and inspection, 7 July 2011
Statement on DCLG consultation on future of local public audit, 30 June 2011
Statement welcoming appointment of Sir Merrick Cockell as Chair of the LGA, 28 June 2011
Response to government announcement about the work of the Audit Commission, 2 June 2011
Statement welcoming consultation on the future of local audit, 1 April 2011
Audit Commission responds to select committee inquiry, 3 February 2011

All 11 articles in 'Statements and responses'

Fortnightly bin collections, 29 June 2010

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