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Audit with purpose
Members of the Accounts Commission are united by a shared ambition to make a difference, to help ensure that the £27…
Community justice aims not yet being met
The Scottish Government has yet to achieve its objective of ensuring that people convicted of criminal offences increasingly…
Aberdeen City Council has made strong improvement, but needs to do more to address housing and education
Over the past five years Aberdeen City Council has significantly improved its performance while making challenging savings…
Longer-term approach needed to PPE planning
The rise in PPE prices at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic increased costs for the body that provides support services to the…
New code shapes the future of public audit in Scotland
The Code of Audit Practice shapes and defines the independent audit of public bodies in Scotland. It supports democratic scrutiny…
Councils and communities worked well together, but impacts of Covid-19 are unequal
Scotland’s councils reacted quickly, working alongside communities and partners, to address the unprecedented challenges…
Cyber crime: A serious risk to Scotland’s public sector
Recent cyber attacks at SEPA and the University of the Highlands and Islands have highlighted the threat that cybercrime poses to…
