Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 5
5
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Third purpose: enable residents and councillors to scrutinise value for money in services
Conclusion
We believe that the third purpose of local authority accounts is: To enable residents, service users, and councillors to understand the value for money offered by the authority’s spending, so that they can scrutinise the economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity of services or programmes.
Paragraph Reference:
39
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 5 February 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗