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Executive Summary
Local government finance is an increasing area of both political and public interest. Comparing changes to this complex area over time can be challenging because of the frequent re-profiling of services, and the need to ensure that like-for-like data is being compared.
We therefore seek confirmation from the Scottish Government of whether the data provided by the National indicators will remain comparable so that progress against the National Outcomes can be compared year on year.
When making comparisons on the provisional settlement for local authorities, on a "like for like" basis, Argyll and Bute Council faces a fall in Total Revenue Funding of 4% in 2018-19, compared to a Scottish average of -1.8%.
Using the 2021-22 level of the Real Living Wage, which is £9.90 an hour, this would be around £158 weekly, compared to the current earnings threshold of £128.
(S6F-04284) NHS Scotland vacancies follow a seasonal pattern. Mr Whittle compared June data with December data, but vacancies typically go up in the spring as people retire and decrease again over the summer and autumn as new graduates join the workforce.
I can reassure Mr Findlay that the Scottish Government has taken forward an economic agenda that has seen gross domestic product per person in Scotland grow by 10.3 per cent, compared with 6 per cent in the United Kingdom.