The 2024/25 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts
The Scottish Government is still using short term measures to balance its budget, and that means putting off the harder decisions necessary to balance the public sector finances. 
A stark gap remains between the funding available to ministers and what they want to spend on public services.
The Scottish Government has a strategy for longer term savings, but it needs to translate that into detailed delivery plans.
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