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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Accounting watchdog investigates Deloitte over Go-Ahead audits

Deloitte
Deloitte is one of the UK’s biggest accounting firms. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

One of the UK’s biggest accounting firms, Deloitte, is under investigation by regulators for its audits of Go-Ahead, after the bus and rail operator was embroiled in a scandal for wrongly withholding £50m of taxpayers’ money.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it had opened an investigation in relation to Deloitte’s audit of Go-Ahead’s annual financial accounts between 2016 and 2021.

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