[wdmmg-discuss] Using the Audit Commission Act 1998: Investigating local government accounts

Rufus Pollock rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Fri Sep 3 15:14:28 BST 2010


On 3 September 2010 09:09, Lisa Evans <lisa.evans at okfn.org> wrote:
> This act means the public have the right to inspect council accounts for a
> few weeks of the year both before and after the accounts have been audited.
>
> We have used this right in combination with freedom of information to obtain
> the accounts for Cambridge City Council as Richard Taylor has written up
> here:
>
> http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridge-city-council-accounts-0910.html

This is a great write-up!

@Lisa: should we invite Richard to write something on the wdmmg blog?
(Or if we can excerpt from his with extensive links to the original!)

Rufus




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