Tag Archives: Audit Commission

Devolution Bill tries to fix Pickles Tories made of local councils

Posted on July 17, 2025 by insidecroydon

Among the multi-layered answers to “how did we get in this mess?” over Croydon’s, and other local authorities’, financial crises, Big Eric Pickles and his 2011 Localism Act goes a long way to explaining how Town Halls across England and … Continue reading →

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It will take more than a PR bandaid to fix Croydon

Posted on May 31, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: CHARLOTTE DAVIES, pictured left, the chair of the South Croydon Community Association, says that detailed checks on how Croydon Council is being run, by the Audit Commission and the Charity Commission, are long overdue Croydon is a complex … Continue reading →

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External auditor appointment has all the look of an inside job

Posted on August 22, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council is to appoint Grant Thornton as its new “external auditor“,  even though the accountancy firm already has such strong links inside the council in various other roles as consultants that it makes the risks of serious conflicts of … Continue reading →

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