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  1. Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014

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    Local authorities have worked hard to manage reductions in government funding, but the DCLG needs to be better informed about the situation across England.

  2. Financial sustainability of local authorities

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    The NAO examines central government’s approach to the funding of local authorities as they deal with reduced funding without reducing services.

  3. Financial sustainability of fire and rescue services

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    Fire and rescue authorities have managed funding reductions well. The Department for Communities and Local Government should, however, seek greater assurance that authorities are maintaining service standards and delivering value for money locally

  7. Financial services: regulation, redress and advice overview 2014

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    This guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the financial services regulation, redress and advice bodies, using our published work. It covers:
    • The responsibilities 5 financial services regulation, redress and advice bodies and how they spend their money
    • Interaction and cooperation between the 5 bodies
    • Our recent findings and future challenges for the 5 bodies
    • Case studies on the impact of payment protection insurance mis-selling on the Financial Ombudsman Service and the financial crisis on the Financial Services Compensation Scheme

  8. Financial services regulation: Adapting to change

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    Our report looks at how the Financial Conduct Authority is responding to changes in its regulatory powers and wider developments in the financial services sector.

  9. Financial services mis-selling: regulation and redress

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    The Financial Conduct Authority cannot know whether its activities are reducing the overall scale of financial services mis-selling to consumers. The most prominent example of mis-selling is Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). Between April 2011 and November 2015, firms paid out £22.2 billion in compensation to more than 12 million customers who had bought PPI.

  16. Financial Management of the European Union: Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors for the year 2000

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    Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn today reported to Parliament on the financial management of European Union funds. Today’s report highlights the main findings of the latest Annual Report by the European Court of Auditors, which was published in November 2001 and covered the management of the General Budget of the European […]

  17. Financial management of the European Union: A progress report

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    Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn today reported to Parliament on developments in the financial management of European Union funds. His report summarises the main findings of the latest Annual Report by the European Court of Auditors, which covers the management of the General Budget of the European Union for 2002. Sir […]

  18. Financial Management of the European Union

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    Today Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament on developments in the financial management of European Union funds. His report summarises the main findings of the latest Annual Report by the European Court of Auditors, published in November 2004, which covers the management of the General Budget of the European […]

  19. Financial Management of the European Union

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    Sir John Bourn, the Head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the need to strengthen the financial management of European funds and tackle fraud and irregularity, and on the far-reaching programme of reform that the European Commission is seeking to implement over the next two years. Sir John’s report highlights the […]

  20. Financial Management of the European Union

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    Sir John Bourn, the head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the financial management of European funds. The European Commission has made some headway in implementing its programme of reforms, but it is too early to say how successful they will be in reducing levels of error and fraud. Sir John’s […]