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Scotland has the potential to create a world class fire and rescue service but faces major challenges in doing so, says an Accounts Commission report publish

Central Scotland Police and its police authority, the Central Scotland Police Joint Board, perform well.

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary performs strongly and provides a good service.

Public sector mergers need strong leadership from the outset to ensure important decisions are made about the new organisations’ vision, structure and

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

The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is a counter-fraud exercise that is run every two years with the 2010/11 NFI report being the fourth.

The national scrutiny plan provides a summary of the scrutiny activity for each council in Scotland.

Local authorities spend almost £40,000 every minute (£21 billion a year) providing vital services.