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Now reform is increasingly urgent – councils have never faced such acute challenges, putting budgets and workforce under severe stretch and strain.

Clearer leadership and focus needed to tackle digital exclusionAs more key services move online, all public bodies must deliver

A data matching exercise detected £21.5 million worth of fraud and payment errors across the Scottish public sector.

Integration Joint Boards' Finance and performance 2024

Our Best Value audit work allows the Accounts Commission to provide a Scotland-wide overview of key aspects of Best Value.

The Scottish Government needs to develop a clear national strategy for health and social care to address the pressures on services.

The Scottish Government will not be able to phase out fossil-fuel home heating systems by 2045 unless it significantly increases the scale and pace of activi

Financial pressures push councils to make hard decisions about service cuts