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But beneath the rhetoric, the incentives tell a different story. “Budgets remain siloed. Accountability remains vertical. Risk is still punished rather than supported.
There was no seconder present who had been at the previous meeting, so the minute will be brought to the next meeting for approval. 3.2 Annual Return (Paper 1) & Accounts 2024-2025: (Paper 2) The Annual Return & Accounts 2024-2025 were both approved for submission to the Standards Committee. 3.3 Annual Subscription 2...
Referral to secondary care should be considered for children with repeat presentations (three or more times) of any symptoms which do not appear to be resolving or following an expected pattern, taking into account parent/carer and child concerns.”
While UoE is not asking for public money to fill an urgent funding gap, we believe that there are many parallels in the two institutions in terms of failures of planning, governance and transparency and accountability. At UoE, we have seen overspending in a number of areas, including excessive capital spending and on expensive and poorly planned IT projects...
An example of this may include a joint bank account which has had monies removed by one of the account holders, with no other reported incidents to consider as part of a wider investigation.
The relative complexity of these arrangements means that costs for temporary accommodation are spread across a number of accounting areas, making it difficult to see the whole picture.
AS make reference to their ‘How the Scottish Government is set up to deliver climate change goals’ report, citing the need for ‘clear accountability arrangements for each policy.
This can be done within the evidence or narrative provided to the court, albeit there is no obligation on the court to take such factors into account when deciding on the appropriate disposal or sentence. 19.
The report also emphasised the importance of councils taking a “place-based” approach to tackling digital exclusion, that involves “working with local people and organisations and taking account of the local needs, assets, and geography to plan activity”.