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DELEGATED POWERS Section 1(3) inserting new section 6A(6) into the 2024 Act: Power to set the maximum amount which a local authority may set as the amount of levy to be charged under new section 6A(2) where the levy is based on a fixed amount (or amounts).
Again, there is a degree of judgment involved here and, ultimately, if we find that the budget line exceeds what I have predicted in the latest update, we will have to meet that cost from other areas in the budget.
On our helpline, we hear of people who are not eating properly because they cannot afford to buy the food that they used to buy and are not having enough warm meals.
As a former councillor and member of a Community Planning Partnership, she recognised the significance of having the buy-in from the Community Planning Partnership, as it sets the agenda for all partners.
As a former councillor and member of a Community Planning Partnership, she recognised the significance of having the buy-in from the Community Planning Partnership, as it sets the agenda for all partners.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the potential impact of the funding allocated in its Budget 2025-26 on Aberdeenshire Council’s ability to invest in local infrastructure and support economic development.
To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support local authorities to better serve rural communities, such as those in Aberdeenshire and Angus council areas in the North East Scotland region.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
11 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft Budget2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the UK Government’s two-child benefit cappolicy in Scotland, what it estimates the cost will be of doing so, peraffected child.