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  1. News release: PSAA shortlisted in 2018 Public Finance Innovation Awards

    PSAA has been shortlisted for Outstanding Procurement Initiative of the year in the 2018 Public Finance Innovation Awards and for the Government Opportunities public procurement awards 2018/19 for its procurement of audit services for the 484 opted-in principal authorities in England. The winners will be announced on 25 and 24 April 2018 respectively. We are naturally delighted […]

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  2. News release: Report on the results of auditors’ work 2016/17: Local government bodies

    On Tuesday 19 December Public Sector Audit Appointments published its Report on the results of auditors’ work 2016/17: Local government bodies. This is the third report on the results of auditors’ work at local government bodies published by PSAA. It summarises the results of auditors’ work at 497 principal bodies and 9,752 small bodies for […]

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  3. News release: VFM Profiles will now be provided by the LGA

    The VFM Profiles currently maintained by PSAA will now be provided via a new tool created by the LGA, called LG Inform VfM. The data and analysis previously available in the profiles have been transferred to the LG Inform suite of tools, and the LG Inform team will now be maintaining and updating the VFM Profiles. The new site is available from the following link: http://vfm.lginform.local.gov.uk/. The existing PSAA profiles site will continue to be available until December 2017, but the data will not be updated.

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  4. News release: Update on auditor appointments from 2018/19

    The consultation on the proposed auditor appointments from 2018/19 closed on 22 September. We received 442 responses from opted-in bodies confirming acceptance of the proposed appointment. We did not receive a response from 34 bodies and have written to those bodies to say we have assumed they accept the firm we are proposing to appoint. […]

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  5. News release: Procurement of audit service delivers outstanding results

    Local government and police bodies throughout England will pay reduced fees for audit services following the results of a highly successful procurement process undertaken by Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA). Aggregate savings are expected to exceed £6m per annum, equivalent to a reduction of approximately 18% in the scale fees payable by local bodies.

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