Holyrood's Programme for Government

Yesterday the First Minister set out another ambitious Programme for Government for the parliamentary year ahead. Lots of welcome announcements including:
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- 430 new school, college and university counsellors to help prevent mental ill-health amongst children and young people.
- Best Start Grant payments to low income families will begin by Christmas – six months ahead of schedule
- Pay deal for NHS Agenda for Change staff that will deliver a minimum pay rise of 9 per cent over three years for those earning up to £80,000
- Implementing the recommendations of the homelessness expert group, as we work towards ending rough sleeping for good.
- A new £20 million ‘Trading Nation’ export plan to help businesses looking to export.
- Further action to electrify Scotland’s roads through 1500 new charge points, 20 new ‘electric towns’,£20 million to help people and businesses switch to electric vehicles, and 500 new low emission vehicles for the public sector, and over 100 new green buses.
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Read more on the following link: https://www.snp.org/scottish_programme_for_government_2018?mc_cid=2a432ffa66&mc_eid=679f5f59e6