The SNP has unveiled its plan of action for the first 100 days of the next Scottish Government if the party is re-elected next week.
The snappy document is just 10 pages long and designed to give voters a flavour of what they can expect from a fourth term SNP administration.
Here are the key policy pledges on offer:
Health and social care
- Delivering a pay rise for NHS workers
- Publishing an NHS Recovery Plan and opening the first 3 fast-track cancer diagnostic centres
- Remove dental charges for care experienced young people as the first step to removing charges for all
- Laying the groundwork for vital longer-term reforms, including the first steps to establish a National Care Service
The economy
- Urgent additional support to business sectors which have been hard hit by the pandemic
- Launch the £10 million ‘Scotland Loves Local’ programme to support local businesses and back Scotland Loves Local loyalty card schemes.
- Roll out the £25m tourism fund including new campaign to boost Scottish tourism and vouchers for days out and short breaks for carers, people with disabilities and families on low incomes.
- A new Council for Economic Transformation to shape the new 10-year National Strategy for Economic Transformation.
- An extra £25m to help small businesses benefit from digital technology.
Children and families
- Deliver a £20m summer programme of help for pupils
- Fund councils to increase teacher numbers by 1,000 and classroom assistants by 500 - as part of our commitment to 3,500 additional teachers and classroom assistants over the Parliamentary term
- Introduce free school lunches for Primary 4 children as the first step to delivering Free School Breakfasts and Lunches for all primary school pupils
- Start to deliver free bikes to children who cannot afford them by establishing pilot projects and commit to rolling the scheme out fully within 12 months.
Young people
- Deliver around 5,000 more short, industry-focussed courses to help young people train for jobs in key industries
- Establish a new Summer Student Support Hardship Fund of £20 million for students unable to find work in the months they do not receive student support and begin a review of the future of summer student support.
- Roll-out new school coordinators across the country to support young people access education, work, or training.
