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Scottish councils spending less on children, home care and roadsCouncil spending on children's services, elderly people and road users has fallen as the austerity programme in Scotland deepens, according to a comparison of local authority financial data. 20 May 2013
Scottish roads spending fallsScottish councils spent a fifth less on roads maintenance in a year but still managed to improve the condition of the network, according to the Accounts Commission. 17 May 2013
Scots independence: SNP and Labour reach out to more votersBoth sides in Scotland's independence referendum campaign today announced strategy shifts to extend their appeal to fresh groups of voters. 13 May 2013
Swinney boosts housing with Barnett fundsScottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a £290.8m investment boost for housing plus plans to shift funds from colleges and police to make up for central budget cuts. 03 May 2013

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Gardner's question time: auditor general interviewFormer CIPFA president Caroline Gardner is back at Audit Scotland, sowing the seeds of good financial management and tackling the public sector's perennial problems. She tells PF that her past experience and a tough recent post have made her personally and professionally ready for the challenge 01 September 2012
Councils of despairAs economic crisis turns to political crisis across Europe, what are the lessons for local democracy here? The May 3 elections sent out some strong messages on mayors, majorities and political mandates. But is anyone in Whitehall listening, asks Tony Travers 01 June 2012
Through a glass, lightlyShould the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers finds some reasons to be cheerful 18 November 2010

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A problem shared: co-production in practice
Campbell McLundie
Council accounts: what about the users?
Don Peebles
Council cuts: valuing the vulnerable
D Asenova and S Bailey
Scottish independence: over a barrel
Iain Macwhirter
States of confusion
Iain Macwhirter

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