Publication: Overview of the 1999/2000 Local Authority Audits

The Accounts Commission remains concerned that, four years after local government reorganisation, there are still weaknesses in many councils' financial systems and controls. The Commission has repeatedly drawn attention to these problems and urges those councils to take action as a matter of priority. These concerns are published on the 4 April in a report which contains the Controller of Audit's overview of the 1999/2000 local authority audits and the findings of the Accounts Commission.