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The review gives us an opportunity to revisit some issues that were live then and are still live. As Coree Brown Swan said, it about looking at the mutual recognition principle that has, in this legislation, become an absolute rule that affords very little scope for autonomy or local decision making to exist unaffect...
We have been able to combine that judgment with the fact that we have an unbalanced workforce in terms of where they live. A larger number of our staff live in the west and the east, so we have been able to build that knowledge into our new estate strategy.
For example, there might not have been an involvement with third sector or throughcare services, or somewhere for that person to live, or mental health or drug and alcohol support might not have been in place for them.
There is a question about what kind of country we want to live in. We have elections, parties put forward manifestos and politicians are then elected to make such decisions.
It should help communities and individuals who live in the localities, as well as enhancing the tourist experience for both leisure and business tourists.