The Appointed Auditor, Anthony Barrett, has this morning withdrawn the advisory notice he served to Pembrokeshire Council on 28 October 2014. 

A revised settlement agreement, to terminate the employment of the Chief Executive, has been agreed by all parties - in which the unlawful expenditure has been removed.

Welsh councils are finding ways to meet most of their statutory environmental health obligations, but there is concern over the way these important services are delivered in the future.

In the first of a series of studies, looking at how councils are managing to deliver key services with less money, the report 'Delivering with less – the impact on environmental health services and citizens' also includes information sought from the public by our 'My Healthy Town' campaign run in January of this year.

Huw Vaughan-Thomas, Auditor General, said:

For the first time ever, major external review figures in Wales have joined forces to stage an event which will explore some of the common themes coming out of their work.

The conference, on Wednesday 5 November, will bring together people using public services in Wales with those at the top of these organisations - to explore together what’s working well, what’s going wrong and what needs to change.

The Auditor General for Wales is hosting the event at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre together with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, the Children’s Commi