Scotland's new finance minister, Tom McCabe, has dismissed comparisons with England on efficiency in government, saying the targets set are 'appropriate for Scotland' irrespective of the figures for...
Audit Scotland has clashed with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) over the spending watchdog's claim that more than £170m of public money is being lost through non-payment and...
Capital spending in Scotland is to rise by 40% over the next three years, providing more than £3bn for infrastructure, Finance and Public Services Minister Andy Kerr announced this week.
The Scottish Executive is to strengthen its procurement and project management processes in the wake of the Holyrood inquiry report, Finance Minister Andy Kerr said this week.
Scottish Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm has pledged that he will delay any new hospital closures until a national review group produces a health plan next March.
Scotland's permanent secretary has called on the Civil Service Commission to investigate the role of civil servants criticised in the Fraser report on the Holyrood Parliament.
London council leaders are calling for a more regional analysis of patterns of poverty to ensure that the government resources intended to tackle its accompanying problems are properly targeted.
Scottish Water remains less efficient than the privatised companies in England and Wales, despite progress over the past two years, MSPs have been told.
Scotland's worst secondary schools are to be boosted by funding from both the public and private sectors, First Minister Jack McConnell announced this week.
Colleges should be allowed to take on a bigger role in delivering higher education, according to the latest report from an influential centre-Left think-tank.
Public sector organisations should actively promote the importance of whistle-blowing in the fight against financial corruption and mismanagement, Audit Scotland secretary Bill Magee said this week.
The troubled construction and engineering company Jarvis has lost a £174m public-private partnership contract for building and maintaining new schools in Scotland.
Councils in Scotland are urging the Scottish Executive to give them freedom to decide how to spend a potential extra £25m in income when the 50% discount on council tax on second homes is abolished.
Investment of £50m in wave and tidal power announced this week could put Scotland on the high road to becoming a world leader in generating power from the sea, ministers claim.
The rolling programme of in-depth Best Value audits of Scotland's 32 councils is now well under way, with the first report due to be published before the end of the summer.
Scottish ministers are to gain control of the rail network north of the border in what has been described as the most significant devolution of powers since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in...
CIPFA announced this week that it is undertaking exploratory talks on a possible merger with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Chartered Institute of...
Councils and health bodies need to ensure there are sufficient services to meet the future needs of Scotland's ageing population, an Audit Scotland report says.
Former bank chief executive Sir Peter Burt is to head the four-member team that will carry out Scotland's independent review of local government finance, the Executive has announced.
Scottish Finance Minister Andy Kerr is to include financial management in senior civil servants' personal performance targets in an effort to tackle underspending by the Executive and public bodies.
Scottish local authorities have called on ministers to agree to a budget of £9.3bn to fund basic services over the next year, according to proposals submitted in advance of the Spending Review.
An unprecedented row has broken out between the Scottish Parliament's chief executive, Paul Grice, and auditor general Bob Black over a damning report which is highly critical of the management of...
Primary care organisations are timid and lack the strategic vision to make the most of the new doctors' contract, according to GPs' leader John Chisholm.
