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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought significant challenges across the Scottish public sector as bodies seek to deliver services for individuals, communities an

The powers of the Auditor General are considerable and are intended to support the democratic scrutiny of how well public money has been spent.  For me,

Covid-19 raises risk of public-sector fraud

The Accounts Commission has published its annual report for 2019/20.

North Ayrshire Council has demonstrated a culture of continuous improvement since a previous report by the Accounts Commission in 2011. 

A summary of the cases of fraud and other irregularities at public bodies reported by external auditors for the financial year 2019/20.

This briefing paper considers the impact of Covid-19 on the work of public audit in Scotland and provides information on our strategy and considerations.

This report is the Accounts Commission’s annual summary of the key challenges and performance issues faced by councils.