Publication: Local government in Scotland: Financial overview 2016/17
Councils are showing increasing signs of financial stress and face even tougher challenges ahead, says the Accounts Commission.
We have identified an error in the Local Government Financial Overview 2016/17. This relates to how the additional income collected through this year’s council tax reforms flows through to councils. The report has been updated to reflect this and an explanatory letter has been published here.
Main report
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- 1.25 MB
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- Main report (text only)
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- 72.96 KB
- Supplement 1 - Scrutiny tool for councillors
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- 160.11 KB
- Supplement 1 - Scrutiny tool for councillors (text only)
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- 103.42 KB
- Supplement 2 - Local Government Pension Scheme 2016/17
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- 555.79 KB
- Supplement 3 - Housing Revenue Account 2016/17
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- 402.73 KB
- Supplement 4 - Measures taken by councils to close their funding gaps in 2017/18
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- 54.94 KB
- News release
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- 36.63 KB
- Podcast
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- 4.2 MB
- Podcast transcript
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Data about councils' finances
Our interactive Tableau visualisation illustrates councils' income, reserves and revenue costs of general fund borrowing.
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Measures taken by councils to close their funding gaps
