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We have achieved that and more.Scotland's employment rate is now the best in the UK and is also among the highest in Europe—unemployment is down by a third.
That will allow local authorities to make the best possible use of public money and it exemplifies the Executive's overall approach to public finance.We are determined to secure the best possible value for money.
We should drop the meaningless and failing targets of big government and empower Scotland's best asset—its people—to build the sustainable solutions that we need.
We promote the exchange of best practice between those who can meet the needs of rural areas and those who work in other areas so that we can get best value from the limited funds available.
Amendment 118 will do that and will ensure that we are well placed to make best use of existing skills and resources, if that is considered to be the best way forward, rather than duplicating effort.
The evidence of Trevor Bailey of Dundee City Council was that the best means of recovering goods from the chancers—those who can pay but will not—are already in place.