Audit fees to increase
Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) has completed its procurement of audit services on behalf of 470 opted-in local government, police and fire bodies (99 per cent of eligible bodies).
Steve Freer
Timely audit opinions
Delayed audit opinions are a major blight on local government’s assurance framework, and it is no surprise they have attracted the strongly expressed concerns of the Public Accounts Committee.
Consultation on council audit
Local government audit has faced more than its fair share of problems over the past few years, as catalogued by Sir Tony Redmond in his widely discussed report that was issued last September.