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Humza Yousaf freezes council tax as he makes spending pledges of more than 拢1bn          stanley usa        17 October 2023, 17:50                                Humza Yousaf has pledge to freeze council tax in his first SNP conference speech as leader.            Picture: Alamy                          stanley taza                        By Gina Davidson                Humza Yousaf has pulled the rug on plans to hike council tax in Scotland, promising it would be frozen for a year to tackle the cost  stanley cup of living crisis, as part of spending commitments of more than 拢1bn over the next few years.            Listen to this article                Loading audio...    The Scottish Government had been consulting on changing council tax bands and previously suggested they could rise by as much as 22.5% for homes in higher bands.But in his first speech as leader to SNP conference, Humza Yousaf pledged they will remain at the current levels when councils set their budgets for 2024-25 next April.He described the proposed freeze as evidence of  the SNP delivering for people when they need it most. It is expected to cost at least 拢100m over the next year and was part of a raft of spending pledges which amount to more than 拢1bn.He also promised:-  拢300m over the next three years to tackle NHS waiting lists- 拢500m over five years to support the offshore wind supply chain- a doubling of spending on the arts sector which would see it be 拢100m higher than it is today at the end of a five year period- 拢500,000 for Xaqd Sri Lanka Attacks: Police Looking For 140 People With Links To Islamic State
OKLAHOMA CITY  AP  鈥?A federal judge in Oklahoma on Monday ruled the states three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional, paving the way for the state to request execution dates for more than two dozen death row inmates who were plaintiffs  stanley italia in the case.              Judge Stephen Friot s ruling followed a six-day federal trial earlier this year in which attorneys for 28 death row inmates argued the first of the three drugs, the sedative midazolam, is not adequate to render an inmate unable to feel pain and creates a risk of severe pain and suffering that violates the U.S. Constitutions Eighth Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.                The prerequisites of a succ stanley cup essful lethal injection challenge under the Eighth Amendment have been made clear by the Supreme Court,  Friot wrote, citing three earlier rulings on the death penalty.               He continued:  The plaintiff inmates have fallen well short of clearing the bar set by the Supreme Court.                Jennifer Moreno, one of the attorneys for the death row inmates, said they are still assessing their options for an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.               The district courts decision ignores the o gourde stanley verwhelming evidence presented at trial that Oklahomas execution protocol, both as written and as implemented, creates an unacceptable risk that prisoners will experience severe pain and suffering,  Moreno said in a statement.              Oklahoma Attorney Gener