Archives for March 21st, 2012

TEENAGE LIFESTYLE AFFECTS CHRONIC DISEASE RISK

Headlines, PublicNet: 21 March, 2012

Teenagers who turn their backs on a healthy lifestyle and turn to drink, cigarettes and junk food are significantly unhappier than their healthier peers. They run a high risk of chronic disease in later life because of their low well-being and poor health-related behaviours.

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AUDIT PRICE DROP FOR PARISH AND TOWN C0UNCILS

Headlines, PublicNet: 21 March, 2012

The Audit Commission is to cut audit fees for the country’s 9,800 smaller local public bodies, mainly parish and town councils.

The Audit Commission has set up five-year audit contracts to start in 2012/13. The savings from the procurement mean almost 4,500, around half of England’s small local public bodies, will not have to pay any audit fees at all. Those small bodies with annual income/expenditure of up to £10,000 will now fall into the ‘nil fee’ band. Currently this applies to just over 1,000 bodies with income/expenditure up to only £1,000. The savings also mean the fees for other small bodies will be cut by 30 per cent.

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