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Auditor General's report on Coatbridge College 2013/14 accounts

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The Auditor General for Scotland, Caroline Gardner, has issued a report to the Scottish Parliament on matters raised in the audit…

Aberdeen is making progress but has much more to do

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Aberdeen City Council has improved how it is run in recent years and has plans for further changes but a great deal more work is…

Faster and more ambitious change is needed at Falkirk

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Falkirk Council has identified £46 million of savings it needs to make but has to do a lot more to deliver them, says the…

Management and scrutiny of NHS waiting lists have to improve

Audit Scotland has published the findings of its audit of the management of patients on waiting lists at NHS boards. This was…

Mergers need strong leadership from the outset

An Audit Scotland report, Learning the lessons of public body mergers, looks at nine mergers that took place between 2008 and…

Midlothian Council making progress on Best Value

Midlothian Council has made good progress improving services to deliver Best Value over the last four years. It still faces…

Data matching exercise is tackling public sector fraud and error

An Audit Scotland report, The National Fraud Initiative in Scotland, sets out the results of the 2010/11 exercise, the fourth…