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Scotland’s councils have increased reserves over the last year but must address the impacts of an overall reduction in funding and ongoing challenges c

The Scottish Government must focus on transforming health and social care services to address the growing cost of the NHS and its recovery from Covid-19.

The Scottish Government needs to take urgent action to ensure essential progress in improving how workforce skills are planned and provided.

Councils and communities worked well together, but impacts of Covid-19 are unequal.

Attainment gap remains wide and better education data needed Progress on closing the poverty-related attainment gap betwee

The Scottish Government acted quickly to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed by Covid-19, but it could have been better prepared to respond to the pandemi

Council finances increased in 2019/20, but Covid-19 will intensify pressures.

Covid-19 has accelerated the use of digital technology in councils