Publications

Borrowing is a major source of funding for councils to invest in key services like schools or roads.

Councils have managed financial pressures well but face increasingly difficult challenges and tough decisions to balance their budgets.

South Ayrshire Council has responded quickly to criticism earlier this year, but it must keep the positive momentum going to ensure improvement is sustained.

The City of Edinburgh Council faces substantially greater challenges to cut its spending while meeting increasing demands on services.

An overview report published for the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General for Scotland says ambitions for community planning have yet to be translated

Orkney Community Planning Partnership lacks effective leadership - all partners need urgently to agree priorities and align resources to deliver them.

West Lothian Community Planning Partnership has considerable strengths built up over years of effective joint working which has delivered real benefits to lo