Publication: Local government in Scotland: Financial overview 2017/18

November 29, 2018 by Accounts Commission
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Scotland's 32 councils have managed budgets well over the last year but face a difficult time ahead, says the Accounts Commission.

Main report - PDF 4.3MB

All files

Main report (text only) - RTF 290Kb Supplement 1 - Scrutiny tool for councillors - PDF 311Kb Supplement 1 - Scrutiny tool for councillors (text only) - RTF 150Kb Supplement 2 - Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme - PDF 2.2MB News release - PDF 126Kb Podcast - MP3 3.3MB Podcast transcript - RTF 51Kb Video transcript - RTF 40Kb

 

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Data about councils' finances

Our interactive Tableau visualisation illustrates councils' income, reserves and levels of debt.

 

Videos

Key facts from the report

A transcript of this video is available to download with the other files on this page.

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Key factsKey facts
Changes in Scottish Government funding 2017/18Changes in Scottish Government funding 2017/18
Relative size and nature of council's usable reservesRelative size and nature of council's usable reserves
Capital expenditure by service area 2017/18Capital expenditure by service area 2017/18