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16 Jun 22
The Scottish government needs to provide more detail on how and why it spent emergency Covid-19 funding, according to the national watchdog.
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19 May 22
The Scottish Government has been told it needs to figure out how £760m of annual benefit payments will be balanced alongside other spending.
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17 Mar 22
Measuring the effectiveness of billions of pounds of Covid-19 support paid to Scottish firms is impossible due to the poor quality of data collected by the Scottish government, according to...
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24 Feb 22
Scotland’s NHS needs major reforms to help the Scottish Government through the recovery from Covid-19, according to a report by a spending watchdog.
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9 Feb 22
Auditors were unable to give an opinion on the accounts of the public body in charge of Scotland’s inland waterways because of flaws in the way it recorded and valued its assets.
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3 Sep 21
The costs of public services and extra pressures related to Covid-19 have become a strategic risk for Scotland, according to the nation's watchdog.
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12 Aug 21
Scotland’s largest Local Government Pension Scheme has reported a suspected £300,000 fraudulent claim to the police, after it was revealed a deceased pensioner was receiving pay-outs.
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21 May 21
Scottish colleges recorded growing deficits in 2019-20 but the full effects of Covid-19 are yet to be felt, according to Audit Scotland.
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24 Feb 21
The UK government refused a request from Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes for £1.7bn of additional funding to support the Holyrood administration’s Budget for 2021-22, it has emerged.
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4 Jan 21
Former CIPFA presidents Caroline Gardner and Brian Roberts have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List.
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11 Dec 20
The Scottish Police Authority was unable to balance its budget for the second year running and remains financially unsustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.
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4 Dec 20
NHS Tayside’s high running costs remain a risk, although the health board has improved its financial management, the Scottish spending watchdog has said.
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27 Nov 20
City of Edinburgh Council’s use of its general fund reserves is unsustainable and will be unable to cover future economic shocks, Audit Scotland has warned.
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11 Mar 20
Stephen Boyle was nominated as auditor general by members of the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon to replace Caroline Gardner, who has held the position for the last eight years, subject to...
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15 Jan 20
The Scottish government has no plan in place to measure the long-term success of a £5.2bn city deals programme, auditors have said.
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28 Jun 19
“Serious concerns” remain over the finances of Clackmannanshire Council, which faces a budget gap of £23m over the next three years.
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14 Feb 19
Auditor general for Scotland Caroline Gardner asks whether public mistrust of auditors has grown recently, with the collapse of firms such as BHS and Carillion.
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5 Feb 19
The unwillingness of public bodies to relinquish control of budgets is hindering the integration of health and social care in Scotland.
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27 Nov 18
Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
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29 Sep 17
Scotland’s auditor general has given the Scottish Government a clean bill of health for the accounting and management of its £34bn budget in 2016-17, but warned ministers that they will...
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24 Mar 17
The Scottish Government faces major funding and staffing challenges in the next stage of financial devolution, Audit Scotland has warned.
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7 Mar 17
The performance of Scottish local authorities in coping with continual financial squeezes varies widely, according to the Accounts Commission.
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22 Dec 16
Scottish auditor general Caroline Gardner has today raised concerns about the weak financial leadership in the country’s policing bodies and stated their continuing poor financial management was...
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16 Dec 16
Scotland’s local government watchdog has reiterated concerns about the finances of East Dunbartonshire Council and warned the authority is not on schedule to make the £27.6m in savings it needs in...
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31 Oct 16
Poor record-keeping means that some Scottish councils pay for the upkeep of property they don’t own, according to the official in charge of the Scottish Land Register.
16 Jun 22The Scottish government needs to provide more detail on how and why it spent emergency Covid-19 funding, according to the national watchdog.
19 May 22The Scottish Government has been told it needs to figure out how £760m of annual benefit payments will be balanced alongside other spending.
24 Feb 22Scotland’s NHS needs major reforms to help the Scottish Government through the recovery from Covid-19, according to a report by a spending watchdog.
3 Sep 21The costs of public services and extra pressures related to Covid-19 have become a strategic risk for Scotland, according to the nation's watchdog.
12 Aug 21Scotland’s largest Local Government Pension Scheme has reported a suspected £300,000 fraudulent claim to the police, after it was revealed a deceased pensioner was receiving pay-outs.
21 May 21Scottish colleges recorded growing deficits in 2019-20 but the full effects of Covid-19 are yet to be felt, according to Audit Scotland.
4 Jan 21Former CIPFA presidents Caroline Gardner and Brian Roberts have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List.
11 Dec 20The Scottish Police Authority was unable to balance its budget for the second year running and remains financially unsustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.
4 Dec 20NHS Tayside’s high running costs remain a risk, although the health board has improved its financial management, the Scottish spending watchdog has said.
27 Nov 20City of Edinburgh Council’s use of its general fund reserves is unsustainable and will be unable to cover future economic shocks, Audit Scotland has warned.
28 Jun 19“Serious concerns” remain over the finances of Clackmannanshire Council, which faces a budget gap of £23m over the next three years.
14 Feb 19Auditor general for Scotland Caroline Gardner asks whether public mistrust of auditors has grown recently, with the collapse of firms such as BHS and Carillion.
27 Nov 18Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
29 Sep 17Scotland’s auditor general has given the Scottish Government a clean bill of health for the accounting and management of its £34bn budget in 2016-17, but warned ministers that they will...
24 Mar 17The Scottish Government faces major funding and staffing challenges in the next stage of financial devolution, Audit Scotland has warned.
22 Dec 16Scottish auditor general Caroline Gardner has today raised concerns about the weak financial leadership in the country’s policing bodies and stated their continuing poor financial management was...
16 Dec 16Scotland’s local government watchdog has reiterated concerns about the finances of East Dunbartonshire Council and warned the authority is not on schedule to make the £27.6m in savings it needs in...
31 Oct 16Poor record-keeping means that some Scottish councils pay for the upkeep of property they don’t own, according to the official in charge of the Scottish Land Register.
