Publications

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.

Key organisations are working well together to plan for dealing with emergencies such as severe weather and the current flu pandemic.

Nearly all councils agreed or strongly agreed that the report had made a good impression on them.

Aberdeen City Council has made progress since the publication of largely critical reports in 2008.

The council has made insufficient progress with key improvement priorities.

There was extensive media and political interest in this report.