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By providing a level playing field in that way, there is scope to have the free and private sectors working together and each doing what they are best at without the client facing any difference in fees, whichever route they go down.
Our fix for the first problem involved a great deal of effort to produce a one-trick-pony ADS bill, but that is not the best way of dealing with the problem.
Are there other things that you want that go beyond what the Government has introduced to Parliament? I guess that it is best for me to answer that question. COSLA wants greater local fiscal empowerment, which is a key driver for us at the moment.
That is why we have made the 6.5 per cent pay offer, which has been described as the best in 20 years, lifting pay and putting cash into the pockets of officers.