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Superfast broadband for Scotland: a progress update

The Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are making good progress in widening access to high-speed broadband, but extending coverag

Maintaining Scotland's roads: a follow-up report

Urgent action is needed if the condition of Scotland's roads is to improve.

Supporting Scotland’s economic growth: The role of the Scottish Government and its economic development agencies

Scotland’s enterprise agencies are performing well and having a positive impact on businesses and communities but the Scottish Government needs to do m

Audit of higher education in Scottish universities

Scotland's higher education sector is financially healthy but faces future challenges, and tough choices are likely to lie ahead if public funding is to

The National Fraud Initiative in Scotland 2014/15

The security and transparency of Scotland’s public finances have been strengthened after a national data-sharing exercise found nearly £17million

Common Agricultural Policy Futures programme: an update

A Scottish Government programme set up to deliver complex agricultural reforms and financial support to rural workers continues to have serious cost and oper

An overview of local government in Scotland 2016

Budget reductions mean starker choices ahead for councils which will not be met simply by continuing to cut staff and services, says a new report.

Changing models of health and social care

A lack of national leadership and clear planning is preventing the wider change urgently needed if Scotland’s health and social care services are to ad