And the Government just saved £200 Billion Million at a stroke……

Staff at the Audit Commision have received an e-mail this morning telling them that it will be announced tommorrow that they are no longer employed to watch over the spending of other departments to see whether they are giving value for money!

guthrum August 15, 2010 at 21:54

I called the AC in when my local authority lost 3 million in iceland only
to find they had lost 10 million

bayard August 15, 2010 at 00:33

There are many worse things in life than being made redundant by the Civil
Service – redundancy and six months’ pay in lieu of notice add up to a tidy
sum, especially if you can walk into a private sector job through the
“revolving door”. I know, I’ve been there.

david b August 14, 2010 at 04:06

Only it looks more like smoke and mirrors than a cut. I heard an interview
by Eddie Mair with Mr Pickles and the head of the audit commission on the 5
o’clock news. It isn’t quite a closure at all. It looks like some functions
will be transferred to other departments, and the final outcome will likely be
the staff end up either running a private company and doing the same job, or
being part of one of the large accounting firms, and doing the same job.

So how much they blow at the races will no longer be a matter of public
record.

I expect whatever happens the taxpayers will lose, but hey, I’m a cynic

Nick2 August 13, 2010 at 21:22

Pickles said it – “Rather than being a watchdog that champions taxpayers’
interests, it has become the creature of the Whitehall state.’”

Still, he doesn’t have the courage to totally close it down – he’s going to
let it sink or swim competing against private sector auditors. Which gives the
same result, only slower…

Gildas the Monk
August 13, 2010 at 19:15

Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?
Gildas the Monk

Brian August 13, 2010 at 21:09

It was to foil jokes like yours that the Competition Commission replaced
it in 1999.

Brian August 13, 2010 at 18:56

Brilliant. that’s

Alan August 13, 2010 at 18:50

Good – saving money by doing away with an ineffectual organ.
Bad – it
isn’t being announced first in Parliament.

Ed P August 13, 2010 at 18:02

Mind -boggling – how could the AC use up

Anna
Raccoon August 13, 2010 at 17:34

Whoops! You are right, it is

Thaddeus J.
Wilson August 13, 2010 at 18:04

A couple of hundred million here, a couple of hundred million there …
pretty soon you’re talking about real money!

Obnoxio The
Clown August 13, 2010 at 17:23

PS Congratulation on zooming to the number one spot in the libertarian
blogosphere!

Obnoxio The
Clown August 13, 2010 at 17:22