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For all those disagreements, however, I know that we share many areas of common ground, including many of the areas that have been outlined not just by me but by each party leader today.
As Patrick Harvie said, we are going backwards in many policy areas, and we are simply not taking many of the actions that are required to meet the targets that we discuss in the chamber.
The ASN estate had been inherited from the former regional councils—as were many types of estate throughout Scotland—and many policies and practices were out of date.
We know that there are gaps, because at last week’s committee session we learned that it was not clear how many people who claim ADP are in work and how many are out of work.
As you have heard through your evidence sessions, there are many flexibilities which the Scottish Funding Council has been discussing for many years, including multi-year funding settlements and year end flexibilities, along with rationalisation of funding pots (which was also discussed in the Withers review).