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The Scottish Government published its Budget 2025-26 on 4 December, and the Committee received a response from the Minister for Equalities to its recommendations.
However, during a debate on the report held in Parliament on 26 February 2026, the Deputy First Minister stated, “I think that there are routes to implementing all the Committee’s recommendations”8Scottish Parliament. (2026, February 26).
Does the cabinet secretary share my view that that popular and well-used cultural service must be able to access the relevant support to commission a new greener vehicle that will allow it to visit our rural and island communities?
There is a strong base there to work from, but we need to make sure that that translates into our tax revenues. The latest forecast of the net position for income tax in 2023-24 has also improved, rising from £325 million at the time of the Scottish budget to £411 million in the latest forecast.