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Scotland’s public bodies follow good practice with early departures but need to show the value for money
Posted: 23 May 2013
Scotland’s public bodies need to demonstrate the value for money from schemes allowing staff to take early retirements and redundancies.
More work needed to improve Scotland’s roads but on tighter budgets
Posted: 17 May 2013
Major changes called for two years ago to improve the management of roads maintenance have yet to result in significant improvement in road condition, says the Accounts Commission.
New local government scrutiny plan
Posted: 25 April 2013
The fourth National Scrutiny Plan for Local Government has been published. Prepared by the main organisations responsible for scrutinising Scotland’s 32 councils, the activity timetable shows strategic scrutiny work for 2013/14, looking at each council overall and its key services.
