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Yet again proving that you don't know what an auditor is. This is fucking cringey. I am an external auditor. I'll say it again so maybe you understand this - I do not work for any council. I audit councils. I am not internal audit. Also note that I never said *which* council(s) I audit, otherwise I'd be doxxing myself since it is public information which firms audit which councils. Anyway. It is my job, as part of an independent team, to check that the published financial and some non-financial information isn't an absolute pack of lies. I have *literally no say in how any council spends their money* because the money is spent by the time I arrive. I confirm they've collected and recognised their income correctly, properly recognised expenditure, that the expenditure actually happened, that their governance isn't dogshit...

If you want to criticise councils, fine, but start by actually understanding what you're talking about. Every council in Scotland publishes their financial statements publicly. You can read the audit results reports for every public sector body through Audit Scotland, where their auditors provide opinions on value for money, governance, financial management, etc. We don't get paid by Audit Scotland based on whether we give an unqualified opinion - we're paid regardless of our opinion so we have fuck all incentive to lie about our findings. Because we're an independent third party. You can read the minutes of every meeting of every board in every council, minus some limited private sessions that are private for good reasons.