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Council tax is broadly related to the ability to pay, but it is also a supplement to the national Government's funding of local authorities, contributions towards which come from income tax and other forms of national taxation.
Comments from the petitioners were considered in February 2003 and they expressed the view that they would like a firm timetable to be applied to the Executive's proposals, and a firm commitment to the wider funding of mental health services. It was agreed that the Executive should be asked to respond to those points.The Executive has now provided informati...
The Executive also indicated that it was funding four current projects and one research fellow project concerning complementary alternative medicine.The BMA stressed that the efficacy of complementary alternative medicine would have to be determined to justify any action being taken on the introduction of a comprehensive policy on provision or the implement...
We know that the Scottish National Party would cancel the schools contracts that we are currently funding. We will talk about the issues for the election on 1 May.
It is vital that services in Argyll and Clyde rise up to the proper level and that the funding of Argyll and Clyde NHS Board does not get into the sort of chaotic state that could damage those services in the longer term.
As Minister for Finance, with the funding that he gave to local government, and as Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs, with what he has delivered on McCrone, he has done more than his fair share in delivering on that agreement.
Instead of squandering millions of pounds of taxpayers' money in attempting to abolish the pound, why does he not use that money to fund his apparent commitment to providing free personal care for our old people?
National Health Service To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to provide further additional funding to enable excessive winter pressure to be avoided in the national health service this year in the light of the recent closure to admissions of several Glasgow hospitals.