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Whole of Government Accounts set to be disclaimed again

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The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are set to be disclaimed for the third year running in the face of persistent data quality issues in local authority audit.

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Treasury permanent secretary James Bowler said that while the level of missing data within the sector was falling, the decision to prioritise speed over

Clackmannanshire Council has been warned to urgently address pressures in its finance team which have seen the authority fail to meet its accounts deadline for the last five years, posing a “significant risk” to its financial governance.

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