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Events
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Our Webinars
Councillors'
Guide to Understanding your Council's Financial Reporting
Requirements
8
September
On the Agenda -
Health, Safety & Wellbeing
Free webinar
8
September
Introduction to Police
Audit Committees
Webinar delivered over two mornings
10
and 11 September
Introduction to
the Knowledge and Skills of the Audit Committee
Webinar delivered over two mornings
16
and 17 September
28
and 29 September
Procurement and
Contract Audit Update
Including sessions on covid-19 and
outsourcing, due diligence and social value.
24
September
Update for Police
Audit Committees
1
October
Delivering
Professional Internal Audit in the Covid era
12 October
Developing Good
Governance in Health, Safety & Wellbeing
In-depth webinar delivered over two mornings
aimed at those auditing, or with management responsibility
15
October and 20 October
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News of the week
Covid-19: Guide for
audit and risk committees
This guide focuses on the short-term challenges
facing public bodies in the response phase of the pandemic. This
guide provides audit and risk committee members with suggested
questions to help them effectively scrutinise and challenge in
the key areas.
Audit Scotland
Read
more>>
News Roundup
Audit
How do
you solve a problem like local audit?
The Redmond review on local government audit is
expected to report on 8 September, but who are the interested
parties and what are their concerns?
ICAEW
Knowledge
Brief on COVID-19’s Initial Impact on Internal Audit Worldwide
Surveys of internal auditors in 95 countries offer
insight into the initial impact of COVID-19 on internal audit
worldwide.
IIA Global
From
Conformance to Ambition: Applying the Internal Audit Ambition
Model
The report aims to help heads of internal audit to
define internal audit’s full potential and align their ambitions
with those of their organisation.
IIA Global
PSAA
Annual Report and Accounts
The annual report for 2019/20 includes an overview
of PSAA’s work and current issues.
PSAA
Governance
Nottingham
agrees governance overhaul
Nottingham City Council has agreed a raft of
measures in a bid to improve oversight of its companies.
LocalGov
Thinking
about unitarisation and reorganisation
Four themes in the unitary debate from Ed Hammond.
Centre for Public Scrutiny
Legal
challenge over failure to publish contract award notices during
pandemic
The Good Law Project and three MPs have launched a
judicial review challenge amid claims that the Government has
repeatedly failed to lawfully publish contract award notices, in
respect of contracts connected to COVID-19.
Local Government Lawyer
Risk
UK
councils face ‘highest fiscal pressures’ in Europe
Local authorities in the UK are set to experience
higher fiscal pressures resulting from the coronavirus pandemic
than other leading European nations, according to ratings agency
Moody’s.
Public Finance
Counter Fraud
Fake
public sector emails 'dominate top Covid scams'
Emails purporting to be from public bodies make up
half of the top 10 Covid-19-related scams.
Public Finance
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