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Since 2022, auditors have undertaken thematic Best Value audit work alongside annual audit work at Scottish councils, such as the 2026 report, Delivering for the Future.
It concluded:
After careful consideration, I believe that the most prudent approach, best able to maintain balance and confidence in our system, is to seek support for a model with two verdicts, fifteen jurors, and a two thirds majority requirement for conviction.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
In response, the Minister emphasised the importance of co-design and co-production, as well as building on existing best practice.xviiThe Social Justice and Social Security Committee.
We wanted people to tell us what they think primary care should look like to best serve their needs, how it can be accessible for all and how the reality of cost impact can be managed.
Jenny Miller also said teacher workloads leave little space for genuine reflective learning or consulting with health colleagues on how best to tackle an issue. She said:
It is becoming increasingly difficult for teachers to do the million and one jobs that they are asked to do, alongside practising education4Scottish Parliament. (2026, February 17).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
The draft Plan cautions that the estimates it sets out: "... are based on forecasts to 2040 and so rely on a series of assumptions, meaning there is a degree of uncertainty and they represent best estimates. In reality, costs and benefits are likely to change as a result of economic and technological factors."
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Another aspect, which is even more important in the areas where children's services are not integrated and sit solely on the health side, is about how to bring together children's health services and children's social work services to best meet children's needs. We have high levels of complexity - we have children with neurodiversity and with mental health ...
Deputy Chief Constable Speirs said that the PSD is best placed to assess and investigate complaints about police officers, as the staff are trained to do so and committed to trying to be as efficient and effective as they can be.