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SNP must support councils hit by Icelandic banking collapse
November 7, 2008 12:08 PM
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats
div class=field field-type-text field-field-body div class=field-items div class=field-itempLiberal Democrat Local Government spokesperson Alison McInnes today challenged Alex Salmond at FMQs to provide support for those councils suffering as a result of the collapse of Icelandic banks./p pspan class=inline inline-leftimg src=http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/files/images/Alison-McInnes.thumbnail.jpg alt= title= class=image image-thumbnail width=80 height=100 //spanCommenting, Mrs McInnes said:/p p"The First Minister has yet again failed to offer any real support for local authorities in Scotland. Alex Salmond is always quick to pass the buck to Westminster but on this issue his Government can offer support to Scotland's local authorities./p p"While financial regulation is a UK Government responsibility, local government is the responsibility of Scottish Ministers./p pThe Minister for Local Government in England has given assurances that any local authorities facing severe short term financial difficulties will be offered assistance, why can't the First Minister do the same?/p div class=image-clear/div/div /div /div
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