Significant sums of public money are at risk as financial controls within councils come under increasing strain, according to the public spending watchdog for Scottish local government.
Council leaders have defended council executive pay after a campaign group’s research found the average local authority in the UK had six employees on salaries above £100,000 in 2017-18.
Britain’s government has launched a club to help Latin American companies that invest in the country and will celebrate their contribution to the economy with a new award.
The Scottish Government has defended its allocation of resources to councils to help them prepare for Brexit, saying it was up to local government to quantify the additional costs it faced.
