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He also referred, as did his leader, to the waiver of charges levied by councils. Whether we should criticise councils for levying charges, given their other financial difficulties, is a moot point.
The DPM explains that the powers are needed to cover situations in which ratepayers and tenants are required to pay a levy or to determine how the rateable value element of voting will be distributed.
It may be that in reviews of how we restructure the levy bodies that are used to support the various food sectors, attention should be given to sectors other than the beef sector.
Furthermore, the previous job losses at Levi's and—to a lesser extent—Continental had a big impact in West Lothian, even though both companies were based in Edinburgh.
Furthermore, the previous job losses at Levi's and—to a lesser extent—Continental had a big impact in West Lothian, even though both companies were based in Edinburgh.
We are concerned that relocalisation would lead to an increase in business rates, more variation across Scotland and a lack of predictability. Business tax, much of which is levied by Westminster, has risen sharply in the past four years; the Government has hit the business sector hard while holding to its pledges on personal taxation.
A formal request is where someone cites the code in a request, if a request is refused or if charges are levied. That figure of 28 formal requests is set against approximately 200,000 items of correspondence, which the Executive and its related bodies receive in any given year.