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Audit completion up but improved guidance on reforms needed, finds PSAA

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Local government directors of finance have reported an improvement in audit completion compared with previous years – but have called for more detailed information and guidance on local audit reform and building back assurance.

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Those were some of the key findings of Public Sector Audit Appointments’ (PSAA) annual client survey of opted-in bodies, with 189 directors of finance

The government has set out 16 commitments to fix the “fragmented and broken” local audit system – with up to £49m in funding to support local authorities in clearing the backlog.

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