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Willie Rennie: To ask the Scottish Government whether funding allocations earmarked for new and existing teaching posts will be made permanent, to enable local authorities to award a greater number of permanent contracts.
It is really important that the report is not given warm words today and then filed away without us talking about it again. We will have a new First Minister, and there might be a new Cabinet and a new approach in Government.
Ideally, as a society, we want to prevent children from experiencing poverty in the first place. The latest data from 2019-20 reports that 26 per cent of children in Scotland—260,000 children—were living in relative poverty.
Visit by some group members and secretary to Fibromyalgia UK in Paisley and More than Fibro, regular visits to relevant other CPGs on Arthritis & MSK, Women’s Health, Long Covid.
The numbers of children in Scotland with palliative care needs is also increasing. According to the latest available figures, there are 40% more children who may die 25 young in Scotland in 2018/19 compared with 2009/10.
Scottish income tax is forecast to raise a record £20.5 billion in 2025-26, with the latest SFC forecast showing a positive contribution to the 2025-26 Scottish budget of £616 million, with the total tax net position to be £2.3 billion by 2029-30.