Article Six steps to better scrutiny in Wales A discussion paper and checklist has been launched to help improve the way decision-makers are held to account View more
Article Inadequacies in governance and financial management at two c... Reports in the public interest issued today (30 January 2019) by the Auditor General for Wales highlight long-standing shortfalls at two community councils View more
Article NHS spending on agency staff has “increased markedly” in rec... Consistent and comparable data needed, along with strong leadership to manage expenditure on temporary staff, says Auditor General View more
Article Urgent improvements needed to internal audit arrangements at... Auditor General uncovers “significant weaknesses” that need addressing View more
Article Current standard of financial management “disappointing” at ... Auditor General calls for urgent action, as the amount of money local councils manage continues to increase View more
Article Discounted bus travel for young people Auditor General examines Welsh Government’s ‘MyTravelPass’ scheme, with questions raised about value for money View more
Article 2018 in review As we reflect on 2018, we’ve selected some of our highlights from the year. These include the things we’re proud to have delivered and some of the successes we’ve celebrated. View more
Article Wales “working well” to implement fiscal devolution Welsh Revenue Authority “operating effectively” and Welsh Treasury “obtaining appropriate assurance” over HMRC’s implementation of Welsh Rates of Income Tax, says Auditor General View more
Article Failures in governance and financial management at more comm... Reports in the public interest issued by the Auditor General for Wales highlight failures in three community councils to meet required standards View more
Article Local Government needs to do more to develop a strong data c... Councils slowly developing in this area, but more work needed to ‘break silo working’ and maximise the benefits of the data they hold, says Auditor General View more
Article Welsh Government needs a more coordinated approach for manag... Current approach too ‘piecemeal’, although it’s starting to be overhauled View more
Article Brexit and the Rural Development Programme in Wales Wales faced losing out financially in a no-deal scenario until UK Government extended its funding guarantee. Welsh Government now needs to improve oversight and scrutiny of the Programme View more
Article Finance for the Future conference outputs now online On the 16 October the Finance Skills Development Group held the third conference for finance trainees, Finance for the Future 2018 View more
Article Recycling on the up in Wales and methods are more consistent Greater collaboration between Welsh Government and councils at the heart of improvements, but costs and performance vary across Wales View more
Article Councils need to think and act differently to sustain servic... While rural Wales is a great place to live and work, reductions in public spending, socio-economic change, poor infrastructure and ongoing challenges of service delivery are adversely affecting the 600,000 or so people who live there View more