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Events
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Our Webinars
Introduction to
the Knowledge and Skills of the Audit Committee
Webinar delivered over two mornings
28
and 29 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
Please note change of dates.
12
November and 17 November
Introduction to
Internal Audit
19
November
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News of the week
Committee on
Standards in Public Life announces landscape review of public
standards
The review will look at best practice and identify
any themes and gaps in the way the Seven Principles of Public
Life are promoted and maintained.
The Committee is running a public consultation and
a public sector survey as part of this review. The survey asks
public sector professionals about their experiences at work on
issues of ethical standards. Replies to this can be fully
confidential so please do respond with your personal experiences
of ethical standards in your organisation.
Read
more about the review
Find
out more about the survey
News Roundup
Audit
Redmond
Review: Towards a better audit
Sir Tony Redmond’s recently published review ticks
most – if not all - the boxes needed to improve local authority
audit
Public Finance
NAO
launches probe into social care funding
The National Audit Office has launched an inquiry
into the UK’s adult social care market and its financial
sustainability following Covid-19.
Public Finance
Governance
Local
government staff face ‘deep pension cuts’ if exit pay proposals
are implemented
Under the proposed changes, a £95,000 cap is to be
placed on exit payments, which includes redundancy payments and
LGPS strain payments.
Public Finance
Larger
local authorities face reporting requirement on steps taken to
prevent modern slavery
The Government is to strengthen the Modern Slavery
Act 2015 to require larger local authorities and other public
bodies and businesses to take action against modern slavery risks
in their supply chains.
Local Government Lawyer
Charity
warns many council websites are still inaccessible
Scope has found that nine out of ten of England’s
biggest councils have websites with accessibility errors.
LocalGov
Better
Law Making
Drawing on its post-legislative examination of
four significant laws, Audit Wales considers some of the
challenged faced by local authorities and public bodies when
attempting to implement these.
Audit Wales
Risk
Council
chiefs call for ‘urgent clarity’ about self-isolation scheme
funding
Local authorities will be required to set up these
support schemes and the Government expects them to be in place by
12 October.
LocalGov
Councils
'face long-term hit' from Covid-19 impact
Local authorities continue to face the “double
whammy” of increased costs and loss of revenue, when they already
faced spending pressures in services.
Public Finance
Cold
and damp homes putting millions more at risk of COVID-19, report
warns
Millions of people living in cold and damp homes
could be more at risk of contracting coronavirus this winter, a
new report has warned.
LocalGov
Closing
the Gaps on Reputational Risk Management
RIMS, Airmic, and RepTrak have jointly released a
new report exploring best practices and challenges for
effectively managing reputational risk.
Continuity Central
Counter Fraud
Councils
report £8m of Covid-19 grant fraud
More than 100 councils in England have reported
fraudulent claims for Covid-19 grants.
Public Finance
Law
Commission consults on reforms to confiscation regime
The Government’s law reform advisory body said the
regime had been ineffective at recovering the benefits of crime
from defendants.
Local Government Lawyer
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