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Dr Henry Midgley's Outputs (27)

Democracy, accountability and audit: the creation of the UK NAO as a defence of liberty (2021)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., & Midgley, H. (2022). Democracy, accountability and audit: the creation of the UK NAO as a defence of liberty. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 35(2), 413-438. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-10-2020-4985

Purpose: The study focusses on explaining why advocates for reform to state audit in the United Kingdom (UK) in the early 1980s, focussed on improving the links between the new National Audit Office (NAO) and Parliament, rather than on traditional no... Read More about Democracy, accountability and audit: the creation of the UK NAO as a defence of liberty.

Data, trust, democracy and Covid-19: the first parliamentary assessment of the UK government’s approach to data during the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., Hardy, C., & Midgley, H. (2021). Data, trust, democracy and Covid-19: the first parliamentary assessment of the UK government’s approach to data during the pandemic. Public Money & Management, 41(8), 676-678. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1946311

There is a challenge with the collection, storage, use and archiving of data by government, especially regarding upholding trust in democracy. A gap in our knowledge exists with the use of data during crises. To address that gap, this article conside... Read More about Data, trust, democracy and Covid-19: the first parliamentary assessment of the UK government’s approach to data during the pandemic.

Holding the Government to Account for its Finances: The ‘Unsung’ Heroes of the UK Parliament Scrutiny Unit (2021)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., Honeysett, L., & Midgley, H. (2021). Holding the Government to Account for its Finances: The ‘Unsung’ Heroes of the UK Parliament Scrutiny Unit. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management, 33(2), 109-113. https://doi.org/10.1108/jpbafm-11-2020-0180

Purpose This paper describes the role and remit of the Scrutiny Unit, which assists Members of Parliament (MPs) with the analysis of accounting data. Design/Methodology/Approach The analysis is developed through an understanding of the secondary lite... Read More about Holding the Government to Account for its Finances: The ‘Unsung’ Heroes of the UK Parliament Scrutiny Unit.