the expenditure on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. One of the features of the criticism of the Audit Commission was an apparent campaign carried out in the press. On 3 November 2010, newspapers carried articles about alleged extravagant spending by the Audit Commission after its abolition was announced. See also National Audit Office (United Kingdom) Audit Wales Audit Scotland Care Quality Commission Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation Ofsted References Further reading External links Audit Commission website House of Commons Library Briefing Paper United Kingdom Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Auditing in the United Kingdom