Further delays to the U.K.โ€™s long-promisedย Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Billย and the creation of a new regulator, known as theย ARGA, have triggered a slew of criticisms and calls for a timetable for reform. On Sept 8, 66 MPs from across all political parties sentย a letter to the Prime Minister, coordinated by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, calling for reforms to be brought back onto the Parliamentary agenda. They said the โ€œcase for reform is now more pressing than ever.โ€ย ย 

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...