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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…