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Tuesday, 22 July 2025

It's only money



Only 4% of councils filed full audited data for FY24 public sector-wide accounts


Auditors once again decline to give the green light to the annual roundup of the finances of organisations across government and beyond, with 167 councils providing no data at all

The National Audit Office has refused to sign off the Whole of Government Accounts for the second year running because of concerns about unaudited data submitted by hundreds of local authorities.

4 comments:

dearieme said...

Who the devil do they think they are: the EU?

Peter MacFarlane said...

It’s only other people’s money.

FTFY

A K Haart said...

dearieme - maybe it's an example of EU financial culture.

Peter - good point - they clearly don't feel a pressing need to account for other people's money.

DiscoveredJoys said...

It's a charming idea that organisations should keep track of spending other peoples' money. If only there were a penalty imposed on the top bosses' salaries for non compliance...