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We can talk all that we like about the many improvements that can be made without extra resourcing but, if we really want to meet the targets that have been put in place, we will have to make resources available.
The fact that England has received significant resources perhaps gives it extra flexibility to implement the national pay modernisation agenda and to make a little extra available for other things, too.
Many supermarkets have been helpful, but the consumer has a responsibility not to accept over-packaged goods and to get rid of that extra packaging, and to encourage their families to do the same.
It is important that the UK Government acknowledges the extra resource pressures that that entails and assists by making appropriate provision when the size of the block grant is considered.