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Squeeze on audit timetable risks strain on councils and auditors

Concerned councils fear their finance functions will be put under further strain by plans to squeeze the timetable for publishing their accounts.

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By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

Concerned councils fear their finance functions will be put under further strain by plans to squeeze the timetable for publishing their accounts.

The Society of County Treasurers (SCT), Local Government Association (LGA) and auditors have all expressed their fears about moving the audit timetable forward.

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