The Appointment of a Body for the Procurement of Audit Services for Principal Local Public Bodies

In August 2010 the Government announced its intention to disband the Audit Commission and put in place a new localised audit framework. Under these new arrangements, local bodies would be able to appoint their own auditors from an open and competitive market. Initially there were two ways in which local bodies might do this. They could either: • Set up an Auditor Panel to make recommendations; or • Set up an Auditor Panel together with other bodies, to make recommendations to constituent members with the aim of...