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Council body Cosla and trade unions previously withdrew support, while health boards and care organisations also expressed concerns.

The NHS Oversight Framework, which sets out how trusts and integrated care boards are best monitored, will be updated to ensure performance is properly scrutinised.

A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention.

They see their vast wealth as a vehicle to infuse local governance — including the mayor’s office, county boards of supervisors, city councils and school boards — with more centrist leanings.

At the start of World War II, 87% of school boards would not hire a married woman and 70% would not retain female teachers if they got married.