COUNCILS cannot provide clear and complete information on how they spend £21 billion of taxpayers' money every year, a report by Scotland's public spending watchdog has claimed.
COUNCILS cannot provide clear and complete information on how they spend £21 billion of taxpayers' money every year, a report by Scotland's public spending watchdog has claimed.
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GERRY BRAIDEN Local government correspondent
Audit Scotland said data about how the £40,000 spent every minute by the 32 local authorities is often "of poor quality, unclear and incomplete".
Important facts are found hidden away in lengthy reports, making effective scrutiny of performance difficult, it said. It also found a lack of balance in official reports, with positive messages taking precedence over areas that need improvement.
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