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public spending
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Ban private firms from auditing Scotland’s public spending, urges report
The Scottish Government should ban private firms from auditing local authorities’ accounts as their involvement is an obstacle to transparency and democracy, claims a new report.
Claim SNP NHS spending pledge lower than England and block grant is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by health secretary Matt Hancock about NHS spending in Scotland and England.
Michael Russell claim that ‘Scotland pays out more than it gets back’ is False
Ferret Fact Service looked at a claim from Scottish Government minister Michael Russell about how Scotland's revenue and spending.
Economic figures ‘manipulated’ to fit government narrative
Vital information on the health of the economy is “arbitrarily” altered to avoid awkward questions, claims former ONS worker.
