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All of the Audit Commission's recent press releases.

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19 January 2012
The Audit Commission and Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, are challenging trusts to review their approaches to delivering cost-saving plans.
15 December 2011
The Audit Commission has found that, although challenging, local government has coped well with the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
7 December 2011
With an annual paybill of almost £30 billion, the 1.6 million people* who work for England's 353 councils are the country's largest workforce, larger even than the NHS.
1 December 2011
An Audit Commission briefing has found significant differences in the types of care received by people aged 65 and over across the country.
17 November 2011
Most councils are managing well in the face of unprecedented reductions to their income, but services have been affected and a small number of councils may struggle to balance their books, an Audit ...
10 November 2011
England's councils have succeeded in detecting £185 million worth of fraud in 2010/11, an improvement of 37 per cent on last year's figure of £135 million.
7 October 2011
Twenty nine of England's parish councils have failed to meet their responsibilities because they have not reported how they have used and protected taxpayers' money.
29 September 2011
As part of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), the Audit Commission is launching a pilot scheme to help UK banks and credit providers identify fraudulent applications by immigration offenders.
22 September 2011
The NHS needs to improve the quality of its data if the government is to expand its payment by results (PbR) system, the Audit Commission said today.
6 September 2011
The Commission has today formally launched the process for outsourcing the work of its Audit Practice. We have issued the Contract Notices for the procurement of audit services for principal bodies ...
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