Exaro reveals the list of 96 public bodies spending between £1 million and £6.5 million a year that will escape audit under government plans.
Some of the councils due to escape audit have had critical audit reports. One, Swanage town council, which spends £1.6 million annually, has had two adverse reports from auditors in the last two years.
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