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Our investment in that mode has risen significantly in recent years: from £40 million in 2017-18 to a record £150 million for 2022-23. Our third focus is on improved connectivity in our rural and island communities.
We are the only Government in the United Kingdom to offer 100 per cent rates relief for the past two years without any cap and are preventing a cliff-edge return to full liability by extending that support for retail through rates relief for the first three months of 2022-23. We are also supporting our high streets through the £10 million Scotland loves loc...
Part of that will be about building up the capability to do as the Bank of England and other organisations do, which is to look back at their own forecasting performance to inform future forecasts.
It has been argued that higher duties might encourage UK residents to holiday at home. However, the issue is not just the cost of the flight but the cost of the holiday.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 September 2024
Section 1(2) states that the first report must be submitted by 30 November 2026, and that subsequent reporting periods will run for periods of 5 years from that date.
Section 1(4) provides that the Scottish Ministers may amend section 1(2) in order to substitute another time-period or to specify a date (or dates) by which one or more subsequent reports must be submitted.
Dumfries and Galloway experienced severe flooding as the River Nith burst its banks and the River Girvan in Ayrshire was recorded as being at its highest level for 16 years.
As Tavish Scott mentioned, farmers and crofters across the country will be seriously concerned about bank loans and cash-flow issues, because the funding that they normally get in December may not arrive until June the following year.