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We have higher debt than a number of economies, which is partly to do with the fiscal regime before the recession and partly to do with the scale of the crisis as it hit the UK.
Not all is well within the legal aid system, however, and the legal aid bill will be challenged by the fallout from recession, bankruptcies, redundancies, broken relationships and debts.
However, that has happened following a period of economic recession during which some of the sources of private money—corporate concerns, trusts, foundations and individuals—have also come under intense pressure.
At the moment, under the Scotland Act 2012, current borrowing can only be used to borrow for forecast errors, but the Scottish Government might forecast a recession and need to be able to borrow for that.
Our previous conversations with your organisation and Scottish Enterprise were about it maybe not being the best time to dispose of property because we had not come out of the recession, but the new figures would suggest otherwise.
However, since the beginning of the recession, the number of older workers has increased dramatically, whereas the number of young people getting jobs has suffered somewhat.