The Audit Commission is still likely to be open in 2014 despite the government promising to scrap it at least a year earlier, a leaked memo suggests.

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More NHS staff take sick leave in areas of high deprivation of England, figures from the Audit Commission suggest.

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Almost 120,000 frauds costing £135m were uncovered by English councils last year, the Audit Commission says.

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Councils uncover £135m of fraud

Audit Commission chairman Michael O’Higgins rejects claims by the government that he has overseen a regime of extravagance.

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