Councils across Scotland faced significant financial challenges during 2021/22 and are now entering the most difficult budget setting context seen for many years. Increasingly difficult...
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New Controller of Audit starts
Helena Gray joins us today as the new Controller of Audit, leading on the reporting of issues from the audits of local government in Scotland to the Accounts Commission. Helena is an...
What we do
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Find out more about each of the areas below:
Who we engage with
The public in general are our principal stakeholder but we engage with a wide range of others.

Who we engage with:
- Audit Scotland
- Auditor General
- Citizens
- Parliament and Government: Government ministers, MSPs, Parliament committees
- Local government: councils, joint boards, COSLA, SLGP, SOLACE, Improvement Service
- Councils' community planning partners: public, private and third sectors, local communities
- Other stakeholders: Equalities and Human Rights Commission, other UK audit and scrutiny bodies, professional bodies, trade unions
- Press and broadcasting media
- Scrutiny partners
- Private sector audit firms
Latest publications
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Local government in Scotland: Financial bulletin 2021/22
January 12, 2023 -
Why Best Value matters, now more than ever
November 10, 2022 -
Best Value Assurance Report: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
September 29, 2022 -
Briefing: Tackling child poverty
September 22, 2022 -
Scotland's councils' approach to addressing climate change
September 8, 2022 -
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