Audit finds weaknesses in council bus cash control

An audit of cash handling on council bus services in south west Scotland has flagged up a string of concerns.

It found there was a "significant risk of loss or undetected error" in half of the eight objectives it looked at in Dumfries and Galloway.

The local authority runs 18 bus routes across the region – one out of Stranraer, six out of Castle Douglas and 11 out of Dumfries.

A report said five action points highlighted by the audit – including banking bus service income at least once a week – had now been implemented.