Publications

Scotland's councils are maintaining good financial controls, but scope remains for improving the work of audit committees and budget monitoring, while the inten

The first Best Value report on Stirling council commends the council's ambition and commitment to improvement.

The Accounts Commission's first Best Value audit report on North Ayrshire Council says that the council has laid firm foundations for Best Value and Comm

This report highlights a number of challenges faced by councils.

This report says that while the percentage of waste that was recycled and composted in 2003/04 rose to just over 12%, there is still a long way to go to meet th

This report shows that there were encouraging signs of further improvement in key areas of social work services last year.

These performance indicators show that in 2003/04 Scottish councils improved in a number of key areas.

These performance indicators show that the number of books being borrowed from libraries continues to fall.