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Despite the unprecedented challenges to public finances in 2025-26, we will increase the police capital budget to £75 million—an increase of more than £10 million.
We have demonstrated our commitment to the culture sector through an increase of more than £34 million in funding for 2025-26 and by introducing new tax relief for hospitality premises, which will benefit smaller music venues.
That concludes our consideration of petitions today, and we will meet again to consider fresh petitions on Wednesday 25 October. 12:26 Meeting continued in private until 12:31.
As I said, more than £53.3 million of resource planning assumptions have been allocated to Stirling Council’s affordable housing supply programme for five years up to 2025-26, and we are providing up to £30 million in the current session of Parliament for the demand-led rural and islands housing fund.
Applause.First Minister’s Question Time First Minister’s Question TimeBudget 2025-26 Budget 2025-26 John Swinney said this week that, if his budget does not pass, we are playing “right into the hands of Elon Musk.”
This point is for Elspeth Macdonald. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the new Lerwick fish market and seeing for myself the fantastic variety of high-quality fish being landed.
The financial pressures that our local authorities face are well known and are a result of almost 20 years of the choices of this Scottish National Party Government. In its latest budget, the SNP administration in Perth and Kinross Council has indicated that it intends to use the proceeds from the visitor levy to support the long-term sustainability of rura...
Tuesday 25 November 2025 Business Bulletin Iris Ghnothaichean Revised at 2:26pm Guidance on Legislative Consent A new document, Guidance on Legislative Consent, has been published on the Parliament’s website.
Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill Marshalled List of Amendments for Stage 2 The Bill will be considered in the following order— Sections 1 to 28 Long Title Amendments marked * are new (including manuscript amendments) or have been altered.
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Earnings in Scotland: 2017
The Office for National Statistics released the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2017 provisional results on 26 October 2017. This briefing provides an overview of earnings in Scotland.