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

[Lisa Evans]

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

Lisa

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, K Corrick wrote:

> Useful post by the Help Me Investigate folks on using the Audit Commission
> Act 1998 to investigate local government accounts:
>
> It starts...
> "The Freedom of Information Act is something many of us are now quite
> familiar with and a method that often throws up pros and cons in gathering
> less 'public' pieces of information. So, if you've tried an FOI request and
> been knocked back for any number of reasons, is there anything else you can
> use to gather that vital snippet of data that could make front page news?
> Well, if you're interested in accounts or any kind of financial expenditure
> and you want to investigate local government, then using the Audit
> Commission Act is another possibility. Richard Orange of Orchard News Bureau
> Ltd provided a useful insight into the Act and how it can be used at this
> year's CIJ Summer School."
>
> More here:
> http://helpmeinvestigate.posterous.com/using-the-audit-commission-act-1998-investiga
>
>
> Kathryn
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