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The divergence in the development of health services, the collection of data, the timeliness of the data that is collected and the date on which it is reported present a slight problem with regard to getting a truly accurate representation.
However, the Australians’ model is slightly different from ours—they encourage people to fill in their census on the day. We have always had a reference date, which helps to balance things. Even in 2011, we encouraged people to fill in their census before that date.
Another example is the Clydeside regeneration work that the Glasgow city deal partners have taken forward, which has helped to attract Barclays bank to develop its new office space on the south side of the river—the development was pretty advanced the last time I passed it.
After the last economic crisis, we had 10 years of austerity, and the state’s funds went towards banks and institutions to try to help rebuild the economy, with the consequence that the crisis hit the poorest people the hardest over 10 years.
For example, what issues might our financial sector face in accessing markets that it currently accesses if there is no agreement and we fall back on World Trade Organization rules? We know that the Royal Bank of Scotland is thinking about setting up an office in Amsterdam.