England’s public spending watchdog the Audit Commission, which employs 2,000 people, is to be scrapped. The body, which looks for savings and efficiencies in local government, has offices across the country. Staff received an email from management on Friday. A source told the BBC it came “completely out of the blue”.
Pickles said the body had “lost its way” and the move would save £50m a year.
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In a press statement, Mr Pickles said the commission’s research functions would stop and councils would be able to ask private companies to carry out audits. There would also be a “new audit framework” for local health services.
So with the private sector involved expect to see soft corruption and conflicts of interest…all will be glossed over. We will see a network of outsourcing companies, auditing companies and consultancies all having a nice cosy relationship. Who cares about transparency, democracy and accountability…..the Con/Dems certainly don’t!
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