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I understand that £600,000 is to be allocated under the competitive tendering programme and that Glasgow City Council has opted to run the first pilot.
It comes down to the fact that two independent GPs—who are not employees of the national health service—could not continue to agree on the way in which the partnership should operate in the future.
As the employer, it has the responsibility to negotiate with its employees. The union has the same responsibility to negotiate on behalf of its members.
I am sure that each department consults the equality unit on the gender impact of their programmes, but we do not have a separate local government finance gender impact programme.
Is he aware that in many instances—involving councils all over Scotland—people have been charged for assistance with meal preparation when it should have been provided free of charge following the introduction of free personal care in July 2002?