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Audit Committee Update Report
Meeting: 18/01/2016 - Audit, Governance and Standards Committee (Item 57)
57 Audit Committee Update January 2016 
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of the External Auditor on the progress to date against the 2015/16 Audit Plan. The report also included a summary of emerging national issues and developments that might be relevant to the Committee together with a number of challenge questions in respect of these emerging issues.
In response to questions/comments by Members, Mr Wells of Grant Thornton, the External Auditor, said that:
· Whilst the Government had announced that local government would be allowed to retain 100% of local taxes and business rates to spend on local government services, the likelihood of this remained to be seen.
· The report had been prepared before the announcement that the Council would not receive Revenue Support Grant from central Government after 2016/17.
· He would ensure that future reports were proof-read to avoid punctuation and grammatical errors.
RESOLVED: That the External Auditor’s update report, attached as Appendix A to the report of the Head of Finance and Resources, be noted.