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Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
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The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2) is a United Kingdom act of Parliament. Its main provisions:
- abolish the Audit Commission and repeal the Audit Commission Act 1998 (section 1)[1]
- establish new arrangements for the audit and accountability of local public bodies
- ensure increases set by levying bodies are taken into account when local authorities determine whether they have set an excessive amount of council tax
- ensure local authorities comply with the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity (section 39)
- allow local residents to film, tweet and blog council meetings
- allow the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to alter the number of electors needed to trigger a parish poll
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