Scottish exit trials 2012

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Entries will close at the end of the day on Monday 30th November Preparations are underway for the Scottish Six Days Trial with all of the behind-the-scenes work kicking off. The organising committee confirmed that they were planning to hold the event as usual during the first week in May 3rd- 8th May As everyone will be aware there is a huge degree of uncertainty when planning anything in the near The aim of this was to give back to communities in and around Fort William.

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This Budget recognises the role they have played, and supports their continued operation and reform. Given the experience of the pandemic, we will also ensure the necessary funding to reform our wider justice system — tackling the pandemic-induced backlog, while making access to justice as efficient and effective as possible. That includes redoubling our focus on community justice and prevention, and on the needs of victims and their families.

In delivering on our ambitions, the Scottish Government cannot do it alone. A national recovery is a national endeavour. We are reliant on countless partners — across the public, private and third sectors — to ensure delivery, and provide joint leadership, not least within local government.

Throughout the pandemic, local government led the way in supporting the resilience of our communities and safeguarding some of our most at-risk and vulnerable people.

They will continue to play a vital role in our recovery — delivering a diverse range of services, working to improve the lives of people across all of our communities, and helping support economic recovery and prosperity. In difficult financial circumstances, this Budget delivers stability and certainty for councils: protecting funding for those services in real terms, ensuring they are an equal partner in delivering on our shared ambitions, and starting to open up new revenue-raising opportunities, putting more say over local resources in local hands.

This will enable continued funding to organisations supporting some of the most vulnerable in society, through Delivering Equally Safe and Embedding Equality and Human Rights funds. It also delivers on a range of Programme for Government commitments in equality, inclusion and human rights, including support to front-line organisations that work to tackle gender-based violence or deliver Equally Safe. This sets out a vision for a more successful country, where all of Scotland has the opportunity to flourish through increased wellbeing, and sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

Alongside this vision, the Scottish Budget delivers against our eleven national outcomes:. To focus on creating a more successful country with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish through increased wellbeing, and sustainable and inclusive economic growth. We are a society which treats all our people with kindness, dignity and compassion, respects the rule of law, and acts in an open and transparent way.

A The prior year comparators throughout this document reflect the position as set out in the Scottish Budget as approved by Parliament for that year. The funding position shown is consistent with that original budget allocation. The budget position changes throughout the year and subsequent budget revisions are available from the Scottish Government website. The Block Grant figures shown here represent core funding allocation calculated in accordance with the Barnett formula as detailed in the UK Spending Review of 27 October.

This analysis is of Fiscal aggregates only and excludes ring-fenced non-cash budgets. B Under the Fiscal Framework, there are additions to the block grant to reflect social security expenditure devolved to Scotland under the Scotland Act Further details on the devolved social security benefits with a corresponding Block Grant Adjustment are set out in Annex B of the Medium-Term Financial Strategy, published in December EU replacement funding is ring-fenced for that purpose.

There are additional non-Barnett resource and capital allocations in respect of a specific Network Rail funding agreement. E Under the Fiscal Framework, the block grant is reduced to reflect revenues devolved to Scotland under the Scotland Acts and G Resource borrowing undertaken to smooth the impact of forecast errors on the budget — actual borrowing drawdown will be determined based on in-year financial position.

H Initial planned capital borrowing — actual borrowing drawdown will be determined based on in-year financial position. Information We use cookies to collect anonymous data to help us improve your site browsing experience. Accept all cookies Use essential cookies only Set cookie preferences.

Home Publications. Scottish Budget to Supporting documents. Contents Close. Chapter 1 Strategic Context: A Fairer, Greener Scotland Economic and Fiscal Context Since the publication of Scottish Budget , Scotland has taken significant strides in reopening our economy, and in returning our lives to something approaching normality.

Scottish Government funding Against this wider economic and fiscal context, and as a result of UK Government funding decisions, the Scottish Government will face further financial pressure in delivering our ambitious programme to secure a fair and green recovery.

Long-term spending The UK Government Autumn Budget and Spending Review provided some clarity for the Scottish block grant in the medium-term — albeit not for the full duration of this Scottish Parliament.

Tackling inequalities While it has been a difficult 18 months for many young people and their families, particularly those on the lowest incomes, the Scottish Government is determined that they will not bear a long-term burden. Once expanded, around , children will be eligible, and 40, are expected to be lifted out of poverty.

Our investment includes the biggest increase in funding to support teacher recruitment since Rare cancers are rife, babies are born with shocking deformities and the suicide rate is reported to be more than four times the national average. Meanwhile, between and , France conducted more than nuclear tests in French Polynesia - the collection of islands and atolls that is part of the country. By , 41 nuclear weapons had been blown up which the government had long contested was done safely.

But a two-year study, dubbed the Moruroa Files, revealed tests could have exposed up to 90 per cent of the , living in the area to radioactive fallout - roughly 10 times as many people as the French government estimated. The French state has long down-played the effects of the tests, reluctant to acknowledge the health impacts felt by many living in French Polynesia. The effects of testing carried out by UK authorities still continue to ripple through generations too. Fearing the loss of its international power after World War Two, Britain had embarked on a quest to build the nuclear bomb.

Codenamed High Explosive Research, it started with the UK's first successful mission, Operation Hurricane, in , and led to a series of four groundbreaking tests called Operation Grapple between and Lured by the promise of exotic postings, troops were sent on dangerous nuclear missions with no idea of the risks they'd be taking - and countless soldiers involved went on to become struck by cancer and blood disorders after being forced to fly, sail and crawl through contaminated sites with barely any protection.

Shockingly, the aftermath of the trauma is still being felt today - by the soldiers' children and grandchildren. Around , descendants of those contaminated are suffering from illnesses such as breathing problems, infertility, repeated miscarriages and severe birth defects like heart and spinal deformities.

With the disastrous effects of nuclear testing laid bare in the many years since the first detonation back in , steps have been taken to ban such trials that bring with them tragic consequences. It also emphasises that "every effort should be made to end nuclear tests in order to avert devastating and harmful effects on the lives and health of people" and that "the end of nuclear tests is one of the key means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world. For it to come into force, it must be ratified by all 44 states listed in Annex 2 which have significant nuclear capabilities.