Accountancy

Legal & General chair Sir John Kingman blasts government over neglect of audit regulator

Kingman attacks 'indefensible' failure to appoint new FRC chair

Kingman has been highly critical of delays to beefing up audit oversight
Kingman has been highly critical of delays to beefing up audit oversight Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

The chairman of Legal & General Sir John Kingman has said it is “indefensible” that audit regulator the Financial Reporting Council has not had a permanent chair for a year.

The City grandee has hit out at the government for failing to line up a new leader for the organisation at a critical time in the FRC's history.

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