When the first Scottish Executive set out its plans for the introduction of free personal care for the elderly in September 2001, the then First Minister, Henry McLeish, could not have been more unequivocal.
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When the first Scottish Executive set out its plans for the introduction of free personal care for the elderly in September 2001, the then First Minister, Henry McLeish, could not have been more unequivocal.