This week, First Minister John Swinney will announce our Programme for Government. Here is a reminder of what the Programme for Government is.

Today Fiona Hyslop announces that procurement will begin to replace ScotRail High Speed Intercity Trains. This will: 🔹 improve comfort and accessibility 🔹 ensure reliability 🔹 reduce emissions Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4cQtskx

Today marks 60 years of the Forth Road Bridge! 🌉 Opened in 1964, the iconic crossing was the first of its kind in the UK, and still serves as a vital transport link for the people of Scotland. Fiona Hyslop joined celebrations this morning. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/47fWbkc

Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced a review of Creative Scotland in this year's Programme for Government, and the release of: 🔵 £6.6 million, including £3m towards its Open Fund and £1m for Screen Scotland 🔵 £1.8 million for youth music ▶️ bit.ly/3ZhogmJ

First Minister John Swinney announced this year’s Programme for Government, outlining his priorities of: 🔵 Eradicating child poverty 🔵 Building prosperity 🔵 Protecting the planet 🔵 Improving public services ℹ️ gov.scot/programme-for-…

On 24 Sep 2024 the Abortion Services Act comes into force. From this date it will be a criminal offence to intentionally or recklessly influence, harass or prevent anyone from accessing or providing abortion services in protected zones. More➡️gov.scot/news/safe-acce…

Carbon budgets are used by countries such as Japan, France and Wales to track emissions reductions. The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill, proposes 5-yearly carbon budgets to track Scotland's progress to net zero. ➡️ bit.ly/3Xuh59o

On 24 September 2024 the Safe Access Zones Act comes into force. From this date it will be a criminal offence to intentionally or recklessly influence, harass or prevent anyone from accessing or providing abortion services in protected zones. Watch for more.

Ending child poverty is our highest priority. We are investing around £3 billion to tackle poverty and mitigate the cost of living crisis, with our policies estimated to keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty this year. gov.scot/news/deliverin…

First Minister John Swinney has published our Programme for Government, which prioritises: 🔵 eradicating child poverty 🔵 building prosperity 🔵 protecting the planet 🔵 improving public services ℹ️ gov.scot/programme-for-…