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When will the cabinet secretary do the job that taxpayers have sent her here to do? When will she sanction an offer, get it on the table and get a deal done?
It was felt that these areas face similar problems to Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders and could therefore also benefit from the agency's activities and its combined focus on inclusive growth, community and skills development1Scottish Government. (2018, October 3).
Older workers, particularly women, are at higher risk of becoming economically inactive and labour market prospects for people with a disability and black and minority ethnic groups have not shown improvement.
The rate for men increased over both the quarter and years while it fell over the quarter but increased over the year for women.
The inactivity rate is currently 21.4%. Over both the quarter and the year the inactivity rate saw larger decreases in Scotland than across the UK as a whole.