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Only Shetland Islands Council continues to qualify for a grant and will receive just under £761,000, which is payable in 12 equal monthly instalments.The housing support grant originally dates from the Housing (Financial Provisions) Scotland Act 1978, which is 34 years old.
Therefore, because of the timing, it did not have the advantage of either our up-to-date numbers or, in particular, the Government’s view on how we would achieve balanced budgets based on those up-to-date numbers.
Should there be greater recognition of what the risk might be of a further crash or recession and of the necessity for resilience in the face of that possibility?
Local Government and Regeneration Committee 24 June 2015 Local Government and Regeneration Committee 24 June 2015Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Good morning and welcome to the 19th meeting in 2015 of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee, which is our last meeting before the summer recess. I ask tho...