We made four recommendations. In July 2023, the Council’s Governance and Audit Committee received this report along with the Council’s actions to address the recommendations. This audit looked at whether the Council has addressed them. We also looked at the Council’s arrangements to monitor and report its progress in addressing external audit recommendations. Despite staffing challenges, the service has made good progress in addressing our recommendations. The Council did not have strong systems to track external audit recommendations, but through the federated model with Torfaen County Borough Council, it is making improvements.