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The report goes into many health inequalities, but it misses the inequalities that result from living in rural areas. I think the Government's task force has done the same.
People are sick to the back teeth of a bonus culture that does not connect with any kind of reality that they experience in their day-to-day lives. However, I would not want to be political about the matter.
In earlier evidence, you said that costs have risen but have not yet been passed on to the customer. For people who live in remote communities, as Mr Banks and I do, everything coming in and out costs a bit more due to transport costs.
It is fine to say that you are repopulating an area, developing houses in it and so on, but you need to create economic jobs that give people work and allow them to make a living. Surely your aim to get people to move into the local authority area will be hindered if there are no jobs in it that they can make a living from.
As I am sure the committee is aware, the roll-out has been phased, with all the early focus being on new claimants—people who are not in receipt of the legacy benefit, disability living allowance, and are coming fresh to the process.
Of course, the problem is that each of the parties promised to enshrine that target in legislation, but they have not lived up to that promise and they will not live up to it until the next general election.
Over four years, young Scots from lower-income homes will need to borrow £22,000 to obtain their full state support for living costs. So much for writing off student debt.