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We announced a winter outdoor clothing fund to ensure that more children are able to spend time outdoors as part of their funded nursery experience, and that should help to reduce inequalities for children whose parents perhaps cannot buy suitable winter clothing just because we are in a pandemic.
My car was broken into; the washing machine got the last rites and, with no money to buy a new one and with a baby in the house, that created a major biohazard.
As David said, there are some fantastic examples of delivery at a local level. I recently visited a project in Midlothian that is working with 16 to 26-year-olds who are leaving the care system, ensuring that they have permanent housing solutions.
Right now, we have a fairly tight labour market in Scotland. It is not that there may be new jobs or new businesses; we are not looking at this tax from that perspective.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2017
The 2025-26 Policy provides “pay metrics that are fair, sustainable and realistic within a multi-year pay envelope of 9% over 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 set against an expected inflation forecast of 7%, ensuring a level of pay restoration”.