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The overall package that has been announced today, including new money, new flexibility and new and existing local revenue-raising powers, adds up to a package that is worth more than the COSLA figure of a £237 million cut to local services.
Committee consideration
The Scottish Government addresses this new power at paragraphs 25 and 26 of the supplementary DPM, stating:
Allowing Scottish Ministers to modify the definition of ‘support services’ would allow the flexibility to add additional supports that may be identified at a later date.
Maternity Services (Forth Valley) Forth Valley royal hospital maternity service in Larbert is the latest maternity service to receive a damning report from an unannounced inspection.