More emphasis needed on waste prevention

No

The Welsh Government has focussed more attention and resources on recycling than preventing waste in the first place and there has been mixed progress towards waste prevention targets. That’s the conclusion of a report, published today (21 March 2019), by the Auditor General for Wales, which calls on the Welsh Government to review its approach and learn from practice outside of Wales.

Trust in audit and unleash its potential

No

With corporate audit grabbing the headlines for the wrong reasons Adrian Crompton, the Auditor General for Wales, provides his perspective on the state of public sector audit in Wales.

Corporate failures and accounting scandals seem to have been hitting the financial pages with ever greater frequency in recent years. You can hardly open a newspaper without stories about Carillion, BHS, Patisserie Valerie and others vying for attention.