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Audit Commission chief to step down

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Local Government and also in Housing
Thursday 26th November 2009 - 3:06pm

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The head of a public spending watchdog is to step down, it was announced today.

Steve Bundred will quit as chief executive of the Audit Commission in the first half of next year after more than six years in the job.

Mr Bundred has been outspoken in his role as scrutineer of the billions of pounds spent on local public services.

This summer he called for a public sector pay freeze as a "pain free" contribution to a a £50 billion package of spending cuts and tax rises to cut national debt.

"This feels a practicable moment for the chairman and the board to move to appoint a successor in time to begin responding to what the forthcoming general election may bring," he said today.

"Just over six years feels to me a reasonable tenure of the job,"

Commission chairman Michael O'Higgins said: "We will have to work hard to find as able a successor. Steve steadied, then brought about durable changes in the structure and functioning of our organisation."

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