Friday, 25 May 2012

Pickles scraps Audit Commission

The Audit Commission is to be scrapped, the government announced today.

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    Associations that enter into leases with councils must beware as authorities have a get-out clause, says Jacqueline Knox, director at Wragge & Co

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