UK Lawmakers Pressure Starmer on Long-Delayed Audit Rule Rewrite

Pressure is mounting on the UK government to implement much-delayed plans for tighter rules over audits of corporate financial reporting as more than 60 lawmakers wrote to Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanding action.

Starmer should prioritize the Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill promised by the government last year, 66 Members of Parliament from across parties said in a Monday letter. The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors coordinated the push after the government said in ...