• Improvements not being made in key service areas at Cardiff Council
    Although the Council has made some progress, in particular with establishing a new senior management team, in making improvements to the financial
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  • Auditor General's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14
     Each year, the Annual Report summarises his work, and that of the Wales Audit Office, over the previous 12 months.
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  • Auditor General speaks to local government leaders about the challenge of change in the next ten years
    At the conference ‘Council 2025 - A vision for local government in Wales’ The Auditor General spoke of the challenges faced by local government fol
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  • Staff team get ready to take on the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge
    The team has already raised £2,061 and we’d like to say a big well done and good luck to the team as they take on 30km of climbing in one day!&nbsp
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  • £4 Million of fraud and overpayments identifed in Wales through Fraud Initiative
    With public services Wales facing their biggest challenge for a generation and facing significant reductions in real term budgets in the coming yea
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  • Wales Audit Office consulting with equalities representative groups
    Members of the Wales Audit Office are meeting this week with a host of external groups to discuss ways to improve how we can embed equality and div
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  • Auditor General addresses town councils on importance of good governance
    At the Conference entitled ‘Ensuring strong and effective financial governance in Community and Town Councils’, held on 15th May at Venu
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  • Wales audit model proves effective in following the public pound across the tiers of government
    Public services in Wales benefit from consistency in the country’s audit arrangements, says Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales in a new
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  • What do you think of Council services in Ceredigion?
    People living in Ceredigion are being asked to take part in a new Wales Audit Office survey and have their say on how they think their Council is p
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  • Two Wales Audit Office trainees scoop prestigious awards
    Dylan Rees and Neall Hollis have both been awarded International Subject Orders of Merit in recognition of their high standards of achievement.
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  • Staff at Wales Audit Office work with charities in training exercise
    Following a training exercise involving work with a wide range of charitable bodies, staff at the Wales Audit Office have selected
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  • Launch of Wales Audit Office blog
    Written by staff from across the organisation it gives you information about our activities and studies.
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  • Wales Audit Office reviews progress on its approach to equality
    While the first Wales Audit Office progress report concentrated on establishing equality objectives and setting up arrangements for collecting rele
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  • We need to invest in scrutiny to maximise its impact says Auditor General
    Auditor General for Wales - Keynote Speech -
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  • Auditor General seeks views on enhanced set of audit principles
    The Auditor General is today publishing a consultation on a revised Code of Audit Practice and a Statement of Practice for local government improve
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