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It will not be the case that it will become easy to travel on the M8 as a result of the new line. However, if people cannot get on to the M8 because they do not have a car, how do they get about?
Then when the project has got going the funding stops—all the good work is undone and the money is wasted. That happens because new equals a good story; if a minister, a councillor, a health board or whoever has a new project, that gets a story.
That could affect other aspects of their lives, such as their ability to get insurance. Scotland CAN has been trying for many years to get smoke-free public places through voluntary arrangements.
Then when the project has got going the funding stops—all the good work is undone and the money is wasted. That happens because new equals a good story; if a minister, a councillor, a health board or whoever has a new project, that gets a story.
That point was made ably by many colleagues.We know that disadvantaged young people and long-term unemployed adults in Glasgow have great difficulty getting into the new jobs that are being created by a number of sectors in Glasgow.