Cost of Living and Putting Away the Bayonet

We are looking at the impact of the cost of living crisis on communities in Wales. This is the first in a series of blogs looking at how audit can help public services respond to the crisis.

Measuring the success of the new Curriculum for Wales

With the new school year fast approaching, Wales looks forward to an important milestone in September 2022 with first teaching of the new Curriculum for Wales.

Heat is on to tackle Climate Change

Five weeks since we hit record-breaking temperatures in Wales and the heat is still on to tackle climate change.

Direct Payments in Wales

In April we published the Auditor General’s report on local authorities’ provision of Direct Payments.

Unscheduled Care in Wales – a system under real pressure

Skills Competition Wales

On the 3 February 2022, four of the Audit Wales second-year Financial Audit Apprentices took part in the ‘Skills Competition Wales’ (Accountancy division).

Cyber resilience – one year on

Taking the chance to reflect on the impact of our work

Helping to tell the story through numbers

Local government financial sustainability tool

Call for clearer information on climate change spending

More climate change detail needed in financial statements

From Graduate Trainee to Audit Lead

I joined Audit Wales fresh out of Uni in June 2015 as a Graduate Financial Audit Trainee.

Actions speak louder than words

We’re not known for having snappy titles for our national studies here at Audit Wales, but this one’s a mouthful even by our standards.

Wales’ schools face the alarming challenge of the lowest bir...

Whatever new challenges COVID-19 is presenting schools with at the moment, one thing that could be confidently predicted is that many primary schools will have fewer learners than they saw a decade ago.