Slough Borough Council has been ‘playing catch up’ with its accounts since the 2018/2019 financial year, an auditor has said. Councils are responsible for publishing their accounts to show how much has been spent during each financial year. These records are then looked into by an external auditor who gives their overall opinion. But in 2021, the cash-strapped Slough Borough Council required intervention from the Government to deal with its financial situation, and since then, the local authority has been working on its transformation plan. It was not until 2023 that Slough’s external auditor, Grant Thornton, issued a ‘disclaimer of opinion’ for the local authority’s long awaited 2018/19 accounts.

Source: Express March 13, 2026 17:04 UTC