Local Government to be subject to wide data matching powers.
18 July 2012
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In August 2010, the Audit Commission was targeted for abolition. At that time, I asked “who would get the Commission’s data matching powers?”. Two years later we have part of the answer: the Secretary of State (SoS) responsible for Local Government. In a draft Audit Bill published last week, Eric Pickles (the current SoS) is suggesting he is given wide ranging data matching powers that covers all local government functions (and all public bodies that deliver local government functions –
