Auditors will have to issue a commentary on councils’ financial sustainability, governance and how they are improving economy, efficiency and effectiveness under a new code.
The commentary will form a ‘core element’ of auditors’ annual reports, which will bring together all their work over the year for each council in an annual document published before the end of September.
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