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The Draft national Planning Framework 4 contains a new policy, dedicated to town centre living, calling on planning authorities to proactively encourage and support opportunities for town centre living.
They do not want that for 12 hours a year or an hour every month; they want to live with and be with their brothers and sisters and have a natural lived experience with them that is combative but absolutely understanding.
That is especially the case for those who are lucky enough to live in my local area, where we are blessed with not only stunning coastline, but freshwater lochs and inland sea lochs right on our doorstep.
We are building incrementally so that we are constantly learning and adapting before we go live—and indeed after we go live—to ensure that we do not have the same problems of inflexibility.
If we are to end poverty—irrespective of how it might be labelled—folk need to have enough money to live on, and they also need not to be ripped off over their essential living costs.
I recall that Rangers recently played in a game in Berwick that was broadcast live in which sectarian singing was clearly audible, and there were great complaints about that.