Accountancy body ACCA seeks ‘timetables for addressing key issues such as economic, fiscal and corporate governance reforms’.

Sir Keir Starmer has committed the Labour administration to ‘service’: by rights, that should include improving business ethics.

Dirk Beerbaum writes the Wirecard scandal underlines the need to confront the ‘inherent’ conflicts of interest caused by companies paying the auditors who police their financial reporting.

Investors support need for ESG policy; revised reporting standards; call for ARGA; US climate debate hots up; a big bath on earnings.

The Institute of Directors’ ‘Manifesto for Business’ also seeks change to section 172 to promote company purpose.

Reporting on internal controls is a key feature of the scaled-down 2024 update, as is the principle of ‘comply or explain’.

The LSE’s response to the government’s panicky U-turn on governance regulation is not helpful to NEDs and other stakeholders.

Although the government cancelled the requirement, resilience disclosures ‘cannot be wasted effort’, says senior auditco chair.

Government legislative agenda sees FRC reduce governance code revisions, but declaration on controls survives the cull.

Further delay ‘will not achieve the aim of restoring trust in audit and corporate governance’, says Deloitte managing partner.