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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.