UK's spending watchdog concerned by management of EU funds

The UK National Audit Office has said it will increase its scrutiny of EU accounts after the EU’s Court of Auditors failed to approve the EU’s accounts last year for the ninth year in a row.

Sir John Bourn, in his report to the UK Parliament, draws attention to the continuing problems in the management of European Union funds.

"It is a matter of concern that, for the ninth year in succession, the Court of Audi...