ScotlandCounted

The people who run local services

What is your council doing with the money?

Council tax and government grants pay for services near you. This section follows the money, the targets councils set and the results that have actually been published.

What this means

This is not a league table made from guesses. A council only gets a performance claim here when the target, result and source can be checked together.

Every record is built from official council papers, Scottish Government figures, auditors or regulators. If a number or promise cannot be checked, the page says so instead of filling the gap with a guess.

Money

Budgets, funding gaps and reserves

Results

Targets, actual performance and missed deadlines

Scrutiny

Audit findings, regulator warnings and responses

All 32 council areas

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32 of 32 detailed accountability records published

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