“I’m not saying we shouldn’t give them more money. I’d be happy to review both the funding and the funding mechanisms.”
Glasgow City Council has made the latest round of cuts in a now annual event that has seen half a billion pounds wiped from its budget in the last ten years.
“Can we loosen that, so they have more flexibility to spend that money on priorities that they think matter to the people that they represent? is shameful and it’s a stain on our collective conscience and we have got to as a government make sure we are stepping up."When I appoint, if I’m first minister, a minister for drugs policy, they would report directly to me as first minister, much as they do at the moment so that again shows the national importance.”
“I would make sure we are doing everything we can to use that £50m a year we’ve committed, to get that out to the grassroots community organisations, in Glasgow of course, but across the country who have the experience of helping people who have substance abuse issues.”He said: “I think we should look to devolve more power to local government.
He added: “I also want to see what we can do to increase the fuel insecurity fund, without a shadow of a doubt fuel insecurity is a challenge right across Scotland but here in Glasgow as well.
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