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It seems to me a good deal more informal than the approach that involves banking and borrowing. Banking and borrowing is simply about the budgets; it is not necessarily about the action that is required to address the problem.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 2013
Do you accept that a consistent start date would be helpful to the process and that you would not want there to be a variety of start dates covering a two-month period?
The situation is on the move and many of the figures are changing, so the issue must be dealt with on the basis of up-to-date figures. That is why I am interested in taking the opportunity to consider the outcome of current meetings and negotiations between the interested parties.