Audit Commission urges rethink on parish audit regulations

 

If you can't see the Public Finance Daily email below click here to view the web version   News and comment from Public Finance - the official magazine of CIPFA   18 July 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Audit Commission: rethink parish audit regulations Proposed audit regulations for England’s 10,000 parish councils are overly complex and ‘close to impenetrable’, the Audit Commission has warned. Chair Jeremy Newman said the commission did not wish to challenge the government’s policy intentions, but called for the proposals to be rethought...       News CIPFA centre to lead frontline fraud fight CIPFA has launched a new national Counter Fraud Centre to lead and co-ordinate the fight against fraud and corruption across the public sector... Schools minister confirms extra funds for 69 areas Sixty-nine local authorities are to receive extra school funding from the Department for Education for the next academic year, schools minister David Laws has confirmed... Universities boost funding to improve HE access Universities and colleges increased the amount they spend on widening participation by £61m last year, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Office for Fair Access have said... One in four NHS trusts ‘expect to be in deficit’ A quarter of NHS finance directors expect to overspend their budgets this year, according to the King’s Fund’s latest quarterly monitoring report... More news     Public Finance International Malawi’s public finances criticised by IMF inspectors Malawi’s public finances are in a poor state because of high debt and a significant build up of domestic payment arrears, the International Monetary Fund has warned... More international news     Opinion The Better Care Fund inferno, by Mark Dayan The government deliberately designed its Better Care Fund to be a ‘burning platform’. Now ministers are looking for a way back through the flames... Service delivery: is there an app for that? By Jonathan Carr-West As councils move from doing things to making things happen, they need to harness the power of new technology to deliver the best possible services for local citizens... More opinion     Financial Accountant HM Treasury  £27,451 – £30,370 pa Project Accountant - Direct Debit Implementation Hudson £300 - £375 per day Members of the Board of the Recognition Panel Recognition Panel Posts will be appropriately remunerated Trust and School Business Manager West Herts Community Free School Trust £42,032 pa More public finance jobs Jobs: South East Jobs: North West Jobs: East Mid. Jobs: West Mid. More regions CIPFA Publications Events     Click here to unsubscribe from this email