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The Secretary of State for Scotland has now made it clear that he is unwilling to make changes to the devolution settlement or to explore options, within the current devolution settlement, which would assist us. I enclose the latest correspondence between myself and the Secretary of State in this respect.
Increasing women’s pay helps to reduce child poverty, which is one of the Scottish Government’s four priorities. In 2025-26, we are investing £155 million to enable an increase in the pay of adult and children’s social care workers in commissioned services to the new real living wage rate of £12.60 per hour.
Further details can also be found in the latest State of Nature Scotland Report for 2023, a collaborative work between government agencies and eNGOs, published on 28 September 2023.