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Within the last two years local authorities in Scotland have succeeded in setting up community safety partnerships to help create safer places for people to liv

Council refuse collection services are much more efficient than they used to be following the wide-spread introduction of kerb-side wheelie bins and bigger refu

This report shows there is a wide variation in cleaning costs for hospitals which cannot be explained by the size of hospital, higher productivity or quality of

Best Value emphasises the importance of ensuring a customer/citizen focus across all local government services.

Scottish councils could improve the performance of their Direct Labour Organisations and Direct Service Organisations (DLOs/DSOs) by following guidelines publis

The report, 'Credit to the Force', showed that there was scope in some forces for local commanders to be given more control over their budgets.

No area in Scotland yet has a comprehensive range of social and health care services for adults with mental health problems, two years after the publication by