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The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is a counter-fraud exercise that is run every two years.

Educational attainment is improving overall in Scotland, but there is a need to close the gap between the lowest and highest performing pupils.

New legislation means councils will have to transform the way they deliver social care, offering people choice and control over the support they need.

Public bodies have coped well so far with reduced budgets but need to focus more on priorities and develop longer-term financial plans.

Falkirk Community Planning Partnership needs to develop specific priorities and plans to convert its aspirations into improved outcomes for local people.

Our update report in May 2014 found that performance against the four-hour accident and emergency waiting times target had deteriorated since Audit Scotland

Glasgow Community Planning Partnership has a clear sense of purpose and direction for tackling some of the city's deep-seated social and economic problem

Councils have improved how they manage procurement but they can achieve further benefits and savings, says the Accounts Commission.