Andrew Ward

Audit Committee Officer

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday 5th November 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit and Governance Committee of Newham Council scheduled a meeting to discuss a range of reports and updates, including the Best Value Response, internal audit progress, counter fraud measures, risk management, human resources, treasury management, and the annual complaints report. The committee also planned to discuss a report from EY (formerly Ernst & Young) regarding their withdrawal from the Housing Benefit Assurance Process, and a quarterly report on the Savings Delivery Programme.

Audit Committee Officer

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday 16th July 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit and Governance Committee convened to discuss a range of reports, including updates on GDPR compliance, contract waivers, internal audit findings, risk management, counter-fraud measures, and savings delivery. The committee reviewed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) annual report, quarterly reports on contract waivers, internal audit updates, risk management, counter-fraud progress, and savings delivery, as well as the year ahead forward plan. Several action plans were criticised for lacking specificity, and officers were asked to rewrite and resubmit them with more detail.

Audit Committee Officer

Audit and Governance Committee - Monday 30th June 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit and Governance Committee of Newham Council convened to discuss a range of critical issues, including the election of a vice-chair, review of past minutes and action logs, and updates on the LGA peer review, treasury management, external audit plans, and the draft statement of accounts. A key focus was the progress made on the LGA peer review action plan and the council's financial strategy amid ongoing economic challenges.

Audit Committee

Audit Committee - Wednesday 12th March 2025 7.00 p.m.

The meeting received updates from the Council's External and Internal Auditors, received details of contract waivers that were approved in the last quarter, reviewed the Savings Delivery Programme, and considered a report on financing the 2025/26 Capital Programme.

Audit Committee

Audit Committee - Wednesday 15th January 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit Committee noted the Treasury Management Mid-year Report (Pages 29 - 50) and the Treasury Management Strategy Statement (TMSS) and Treasury Management Annual Investment Strategy (AIS) (Pages 51 - 86). The Committee also considered the London Borough of Newham Statement of Accounts 2023/24 (Pages 87 - 320) and delegated authority to the Chair of the committee and the Section 151 Officer[^2] to approve the statement of accounts once Ernst & Young (EY) have completed their work. They also approved the final Annual Governance Statement for 2023/24.