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Guardian: Audit Commission: strong management helping councils in tough times
[The Guardian] - Michael O'Higgins, chairman of the commission, said: "We all know that councils, like the rest of the country, are experiencing tough times. They have seen their funding from government fall and their local income reduce.
Google News: Councils detect £185m in fraud
[Financial Times] - Michael O'Higgins, commission chairman, said: “Councils are certainly acting on fraud, and it is now firmly on the government agenda. But our latest survey of detection rates shows that we may be seeing just the tip of a very large iceberg.
BBC News - Today - Bob Neill: Audit Commission 'behaving as a...
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The Audit Commission, the government body which audits the spending of local government and the NHS, has been accused of profligacy by the government and told...
Guardian: Audit Commission's ex-head: its abolition will affect public services...
Michael O'Higgins, ex-chair of the Audit Commision says its analyses focused on value for money and improving services
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