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However, the corollary to that is that it gets harder and harder to access services—the bar that you have to pass to get services gets higher and higher.
Sport and Physical Activity (Deprived Communities) To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to encourage people from deprived communities to get involved in sport and physical activity.
However, people who are using tax avoidance schemes are still working hard, so a lot of activity is still taking place in the economy—it is just not getting translated into tax in the same way.
Of course, the more senior debt you can get into these businesses—because it is cheaper than other forms of capital—the cheaper the cost of the capital, which means that the business case for doing just transition-related activities becomes much stronger.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 December 2022
The Scottish Government’s ability to respond to the cost crisis is limited by the inactivity of the UK Government and the financial restrictions of devolution.
They should not be expected to come in first thing in the morning and stay all day if they are not getting paid, getting overtime or getting the resources for that.
Aligned to Scotland’s Labour Market Strategy, a number of actions have been taken or are underway to address levels of economic inactivity. These include:- Plans to prevent youth unemployment and inactivity.