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The challenges tend to be in urban environments such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, where hard standing and roof area mean that much more surface water is captured and transferred quickly into the sewer network.
If there is a change in ownership, we have considered—and I am sure the programme board will be looking at this too—the continuity of any guarantees and insurance in relation to the engines, but that would happen in any transfer of ownership. The propulsion systems are in place, I believe.
Eighty-six per cent of the councils that responded to us have a policy, plan or strategy in place for dealing with 20mph zones, but we do not see that transferring to actual roll-out of the policy.
Successive UK Governments and different political parties have either failed or deliberately intervened to undermine the position of low-paid women in the labour market. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations directive, which would have addressed Richard Leonard’s point, was due for implementation before Labour lost the election...
Looking over the life course and towards later-life working, which is my area, I have to say that a big area is grandparenting and the number of older men and older women who care for grandchildren in order to let their daughters—usually—enter the economy. There is an intergenerational transfer here that is pulling not only older women but some older men ou...