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Our coverage on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) focuses on its parliamentary scrutiny of government spending, accountability, and financial management across the UK public sector. Accountancy Today reports on PAC hearings, inquiries, and reports into departments, agencies, and major public programmes, with particular emphasis on efficiency, value for money, and governance. We analyse the Committee’s findings on issues such as public procurement, infrastructure projects, tax collection, and financial oversight, as well as their implications for public sector accountants and auditors. Our editorial also explores the PAC’s role in driving transparency and accountability in government finances and its influence on public policy debates. This coverage provides accountants, auditors, and financial professionals with insight into the Committee’s work in holding government departments to account.

Public Accounts Committee

Our coverage on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) focuses on its parliamentary scrutiny of government spending, accountability, and financial management across the UK public sector. Accountancy Today reports on PAC hearings, inquiries, and reports into departments, agencies, and major public programmes, with particular emphasis on efficiency, value for money, and governance. We analyse the Committee’s findings on issues such as public procurement, infrastructure projects, tax collection, and financial oversight, as well as their implications for public sector accountants and auditors. Our editorial also explores the PAC’s role in driving transparency and accountability in government finances and its influence on public policy debates. This coverage provides accountants, auditors, and financial professionals with insight into the Committee’s work in holding government departments to account.

ACCA ‘concerned’ over delayed and backlogged gov accounts

ACCA has said it remains concerned over the “usefulness, timeliness and data quality and…

HMRC customer service falls to ‘all-time low’, gov report finds

Customer service levels at HMRC have fallen to an all-time low, a report by the Public…

Autumn Statement: what to expect 

“As a professional body representing SME accountants who work with SME business clients, we…

Abrupt change at HMRC

As HMRC seeks to embrace the efficiencies offered by digitalisation, at the same time…

What can we learn from public sector failings?

We are yet to see HMRC open a compliance check under the Chapter 10 amendments in the…

MPs criticise HMRC’s furlough fraud approach

MP’s have criticised HMRC’s approach to furlough fraud after the Public Accounts Committee…

Accountancy bodies urge chancellor to improve HMRC services

An open letter urging the chancellor to improve HMRC’s service levels has been signed…

HMRC tax investigations hit 137,000 in second half of 2021

HMRC has launched 137,000 tax investigations in the six months to December 2021, up 9% from…

Covid fraud and error losses could reach £15bn

Grant Thornton and Mnai combine to offer support to UK banks

Grant Thornton has joined forces with UK company data platform Mnai “to support UK banks as…
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