“I have tried to ascertain where design decisions get made... I have struggled to get to a definite answer.”

Financial Reporting Council looking into whether firm met its standards in connection with Horizon IT system

The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK...

Sunday Times investigation w/@LyonsIzzy The Student Loan Company has uncovered what it suspects to be a major fraud scandal Thousands of students are suspected of fraudulently claiming hundreds of millions of pounds in loans 1/6 https://t.co/sAaiWNDCZC

For our fourth event we have the following two excellent speakers. Henry Midgley, Durham University, on Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the…

For our fourth event we have the following two excellent speakers. Henry Midgley, Durham University, on Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the…

We've published a letter from Pat McFadden confirming the @cabinetofficeuk will not be appointing a permanent Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments at the end of Lord Pickles' tenure at this time.

No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill. And there's a really good reason for that.

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A lack of resources, a very short lifespan and high risk of duplication has left MPs on the Treasury Committee sceptical about the newly established Office for Value for Money (OVfM) according to a ne...

As the year comes to an end, blog editor Dave Busfield-Birch examines the blog’s content in 2024, and offers some insight into the reach of the blog through the lens of its readership statistics. …

As Government seeks to reform local government finance, this inquiry will consider whether the local government finance system is fit for purpose and assess how it can meet the needs of local authorit...

The National Audit Office (NAO) is now over 40 years old, but it has its origins in the nineteenth century. In their new book, Henry Midgley, Laurence Ferry and Aileen Murphie offer an overview of the constitutional, political and human legacies of the NAO’s predecessor, the Exchequer and Audit Department, followed by a close examination of the NAO’s leadership and decision-making since its inception in 1981. They conclude that any debate about the organisation’s future is in fact a question about how the UK should be working to ensure democracy and good government.

The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK...

PMM Live! 2024 (the 10th PMM Live!) was on ‘AI and accounting in the public sector’ and was held on 13 November 2024 in the House of Lords. The speakers were Helen Margetts (Professor of Society an...

The UK Auditor General has refused to sign off the national accounts for the first time ever. That's bad enough. What makes it worse is that no one in the political or media class seems to care

The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK...