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Scotland's higher education sector is financially healthy but faces future challenges, and tough choices are likely to lie ahead if public funding is to

The security and transparency of Scotland’s public finances have been strengthened after a national data-sharing exercise found nearly £17million

A Scottish Government programme set up to deliver complex agricultural reforms and financial support to rural workers continues to have serious cost and oper

Budget reductions mean starker choices ahead for councils which will not be met simply by continuing to cut staff and services, says a new report.

A lack of national leadership and clear planning is preventing the wider change urgently needed if Scotland’s health and social care services are to ad

Progress on community planning has not yet achieved the major change needed to fulfil its potential to reduce inequalities and put communities at the heart o

Councils need to improve further the way they manage major projects like schools, roads, housing and flood prevention, says the Accounts Commission.

An update on the progress being made to implement the financial powers in the Scotland Act 2012 has confirmed that Revenue Scotland successfully delivered tw