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A job worth doing: Raising the standard of internal audit in Scottish councils - a follow-up report

The standard of internal audit in Scottish councils has improved since 2001.

Managing housing voids: The impact of low demand properties

This Accounts Commission and Communities Scotland joint report looks at how councils and Registered Social Landlords manage empty and low demand houses.The repo

Commissioning community care services for older people

This report looks at the way in which councils plan, purchase and review their older people's services.

Local economic forums: a follow-up report

This follow-up report says Local Economic Forums (LEFs) have made good progress towards their goal of eliminating overlap and duplication in the support provide

Overview of the 2002/03 local authority audits

Scottish councils are commended for improving their financial controls and maintaining sound financial stewardship of public funds.

Following the Public Pound

In this report The Accounts Commission for Scotland expresses concerns about the way councils manage their financial relationships with arms-length organisation

Cultural and community services - Performance Indicators 2002/03

The report gives performance indicator results for 2002/02, showing that the proportion of people in Scotland borrowing from libraries fell for the fifth year r

Environmental regulatory services - Performance Indicators 2002/03

This report gives councils'performance indicators results for 2002/03.