Written Statement·Commons·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·HCWS784
Update on measures to clear the local audit backlog in England
7 July 2025
Jim McMahon
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution
Labour (Co-op)
Statement
Local audit is the bedrock of local accountability and transparency, and of trust and confidence in councils to spend taxpayer money wisely. But 14 years of neglect took the system to breaking point and damaged a key part of our early warning system over ...