Publications

Councils and services are improving. But the scale of the budget challenge they face means urgent action is needed.

In a wide-ranging report, Protecting and improving Scotland's environment, Audit Scotland looks at progress in improving air quality, the water environ

Members of Tayside Joint Police Board need to gain a better understanding of their role before the board will be able to achieve best value.

A report by the Controller of Audit to the Accounts Commission under Section 102(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are making progress in a number of key areas but now need to put in place an overall programme plan, en

Scotland’s public sector is under the greatest financial pressure in the ten years since devolution.

This report looks at progress since 2004, when this new type of audit was introduced to assess how well councils meet their Best Value duties to deliver impr

The report received very high levels of media coverage and downloads from Audit Scotland’s website, and a lot of political interest.