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Overall, therefore, there is the possibility of inflation coming back in line with price stability by about 2024, which is not inconsistent with a rate of around 2 per cent at the end of 2023.
Allowing for the continuation of the period of assignment until 31 March 2024 broadly aligns with the delivery of disability benefits, and this will allow for appropriate judicial training arrangements to be put in place.
Seven of Scotland’s colleges reported a deficit in 2023-24 and further deficits are anticipated in 2024-25. The Scottish Funding Council’s September 2025 report “Financial sustainability of colleges in Scotland 2022-23 to 2027-28” projects a £10.7 million deficit in 2024-25 across the sector.
Those protections already exist in law, under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, and there is a commitment to incorporate further human rights under a human rights bill.
The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024, which was passed with cross-party support, outlines the sequence of events that result in a final climate change plan.