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The process for the 2019-20 consolidated accounts did not conclude until December 2020, and the whole public sector accounts cannot happen until after those accounts are complete and audited.
There is a lot of negative procedure here, which is highly problematic for parliamentary accountability. It is part of a broad approach at Westminster and Holyrood, whereby Brexit is resulting in a loss of parliamentary accountability and an increase in ministerial discretion.
However, a criticism of them is that they do not take account of the ability to pay—at least the ability based on income—whereas income tax does take the ability to pay into account.
I want to see all forms of persecution eliminated from the countryside and those who carry it out brought to account through the criminal justice system.
The report lays out starkly the challenges that exist with regard to the complaints procedure and, at times, the deficiencies in the historical culture of Police Scotland.