East Renfrewshire’s scrutiny committee has questioned why the council receives less money for new-build projects. Funding is provided by the Scottish Government, through the affordable housing supply programme. The standard grant per unit given to East Renfrewshire Council is £59,000. Housing associations receive more than £70,000 per unit, a council report states. A council officer said: “It is an historic issue. I believe the rational was originally that because local authorities can access loans via the Public Works Loan Board, it was felt local authorities had access to cheaper finance and therefore required less of a subsidy.” He added the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) is lobbying the Scottish Government to change subsidy arrangements “so they are more favourable” to councils.
Vision Films to Release Economic And Political Tour De Force Hot Money from Susan Kucera, Jeff Bridges, Jim Swift and General Wesley Clark
First Look Debuted At Clean Energy For America Inaugural Ball
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Vision Films Inc. ( Vision ) announces that immediately following the Clean Energy for America (CE4B) Inaugural Ball, the documentary
Hot Money will be available on VOD and DVD in the U.S. and Canada. Co-executive producers, Retired General Wesley Clark and Jeff Bridges virtually introduced the preview at the streamed inaugural event.
Hot Money is from director and acclaimed filmmaker Susan Kucera, and co-executive producers Jim Swift, Bridges, and Clark.
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McConnell says there s not enough time to hold fair and serious impeachment trial before Biden takes office
January 13, 2021
On Wednesday, the House voted to impeach outgoing President Trump a second time after his supporters attacked the Capitol building last week. Trump will now face a second impeachment trial before the Senate â but that won t happen until the body reconvenes just a day before President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday. Given the rules, procedures, and Senate precedents that govern presidential impeachment trials, there is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before Biden is sworn in, McConnell said in a statement. Even if the Senate process were to begin this week and move promptly, no decision would be reached until after President Trump had left office. That is not a decision I am making. That is a fact, McConnell continued, citing how previous Senate impeachment