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I do not think that we are likely to fine-tune it forecast by forecast, depending on the latest tweak that appears in speeches about where things might or might not go.
That is one of the main transitional challenges for the voluntary sector—we matched up to one market, but a new market is being developed. The question is how to move large and small organisations over to that new market without destabilising those organisations.
In my letter at the end of August approving the merger of the Glasgow colleges, I made it clear that a new business case needs to be produced for the new campus Glasgow.
The ASL legislation is being implemented more consistently now, but there is still a way to go with regard to the latest amendments, which are very much to do with looked-after young people.
Yesterday, I put a point to the cabinet secretary about the new buildings—HMP Glasgow and HMP Highland—and the cabinet secretary said to me that another reason why there would be no new building was the cost.