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At the moment, there is no stream of charities—not even a trickle—seeking voluntarily to register with us, other than those that plan to be active in Scotland. So, in order to get the relief, a charity would have to register voluntarily.
We do not want that to happen; we want businesses to get the support that they deserve. A lot of businesses just ask us to get out of the way so that they can get on and do what they want to do, which is fine.
Aftercare Participants were told that once you leave care you can get help and support until you are 26 (for example, assistance with paying rent, etc) - but if you leave care before you turn 16, you are not entitled to such support.
More than £500 million of that will be used to support world-class sporting events and, crucially, £400 million is being provided for grass-roots sporting facilities in order to help more people to getactive and improve their wellbeing, and so that the sporting talent of tomorrow can be discovered.
As I said, we would want to see some of the additional elements—for example, the top-ups that people would get for being a carer or having limited capability for work or work-related activity—continue in any system.