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From memory, I cannot recall seeing a big local government underspend within the totals. The latest figures for local authorities show a considerable underspend.
On the assumption that the market would be static, the study concluded that setting up the new visitor centre would create jobs in the centre but take them from other businesses.
It is quite clear that, if a 40-year-old invites a 14-year-old girl, in full knowledge of her age, to visit him in his flat when no one else is present, there could be a problem.
That was caused by the deliberate transfer of taxation from national to local government, the creation of new burdens for local authorities and the partial funding of new initiatives, particularly by the Scottish Executive.