Contracts worth up to a quarter of a billion pounds for the audit of councils and police services have been announced, with the lion’s share going to two consultancy giants.
Grant Thornton and EY have won contracts of £25m a year from 2018/19 in the deals announced by Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA), the firm created by the Local Government Association (LGA) after the Audit Commission was scrapped.
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