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      <title>Budget proposals</title>
      <description>Finance Secretary meets opposition parties on budget proposals.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Councillors' pay frozen</title>
      <description>Local Authority Remuneration Committee Review to be revisited next year.</description>
      <link>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/12/29102844</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Council Tax freeze continues</title>
      <description>Agreement in principle to 2012-13 settlement.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scotland's Third Sector</title>
      <description>Improving access to public sector contracts.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scotland Bill Committee’s report</title>
      <description>Scottish Government responds to report.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>National Performance Framework </title>
      <description>Framework updated to better measure progress towards achievement of Government’s purpose.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Severe weather update</title>
      <description>Advice on school closures, drivers warned to avoid travel.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Storm update</title>
      <description>Take care and heed advice from police and travel authorities - Deputy First Minister.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Local Government settlement</title>
      <description>Allocation of more than £34 billion to councils.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eastern Qing Tombs</title>
      <description>First Minister launches 'digital diplomacy'.</description>
      <link>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/12/04144037</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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