Audit debacle: do LAO reforms tackle the roots of the crisis?

With the government’s local audit reform consultation wrapped up, many in the sector have welcomed the creation of the Local Audit Office (LAO) but questioned whether its focus is tackling the right issues.

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Published just after the first backstop date for clearing the backlog in local authority accounts, the government set out its much-overdue consultation on overhauling

Audit debacle: do LAO reforms tackle the roots of the crisis?

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