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The local government base budget is difficult to identify, given all the new funding that is coming through and all the new initiatives that are added on a yearly basis.
Introducing further financial incentives to recruit new dentists is really good news. The Liberal Democrats are pleased that the Executive has accepted that we need to train more dentists in Scotland, which is excellent.
I wonder whether the goalposts have moved somewhat, because the new crossing, if and when it is built, will open a new context in terms of the finances involved and whether tolls will be necessary.
Rail investment is on the increase and has resulted in the new Glasgow-to-Edinburgh service that runs every 15 minutes, new railway stations in Fife and new diesel rolling stock right across the network.