📈 As we emerge from the pandemic, we face crucial decisions.
❓ Do you want Scotland's recovery in Scotland's hands, or those of Boris Johnson?
🗳️ If it's safe to do so, we will offer Scotland this choice in the first half of this parliament - by the end of 2023. #ScotPfG
💷 We will increase frontline health spending by 20% each year, making it at least £2.5 billion higher by 2026-27.
🏥 We’ll also invest £10 billion in new and upgraded hospitals and facilities - increasing capacity and tackling backlogs. #ScotPfG
🧠 We’re ensuring that 10% of all frontline health spend will be dedicated to improving and expanding mental health.
🤝 This includes £120 million this year to support the immediate recovery of mental health services. #ScotPfG
Drug-related deaths are heartbreaking and unacceptable, and it is our national mission to tackle it.
We’re committing to invest £250 million to tackle Scotland’s drug deaths emergency - ensuring better outreach, treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare services. #ScotPfG
🤝 As a minimum, we’ll deliver £800 million more for social care - that’s an increase of 25% by the end of this parliament.
💛 And we will introduce a Bill to establish Scotland’s new National Care Service, the most significant reform since the creation of the NHS. #ScotPfG
🎒 We will invest £1bn to tackle the poverty-related attainment gap - and we’ve already invested £215 million in the first 100 days of this Government.
🧑🏼🏫 This will help fund 3,500 additional and permanent teachers, on top of the 1,400 recruited during the pandemic. #ScotPfG
🏠 We’re working hard to ensure everyone has a safe place to call home - delivering more affordable homes and investing extra £50 million to tackle homelessness.
✅ On top of the 100,000 we've already delivered, we will deliver 110,000 more affordable homes by 2032. #ScotPfG
🏘️ We’re determined to deliver fairer housing, with stronger tenants’ rights in the rented sector.
🤝 We will bring forward a Housing Bill and design and implement an effective national system of rent controls. #ScotPfG
🏴 We have a bold plan for a fairer, greener economic recovery for Scotland.
🌊 This includes a £500 million fund for a Just Transition in the North East - supporting new, good and green jobs of the future, and re-skilling people to access them. #ScotPfG
🏡 We will invest at least £1.8 billion to make Scotland’s homes and buildings more efficient and easier to heat - while also tackling fuel poverty.
🌍 This will help decarbonise a million homes by 2030, and help us reach net zero by 2045. #ScotPfG
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This is the first gathering of the SNP since our election victory in May. So let me begin with a big, heartfelt thank you.” #SNP21
@NicolaSturgeon NS: “Firstly, and most importantly, to the people of Scotland - thank you for again putting your trust in me as First Minister and in the SNP as your Government.” #SNP21
💻 Follow the speech live on our social media, on snp.org/live or in the thread below.
📣 And join in the conversation using the hashtags #SNPbecause and #SNP21.
@ShonaRobison SR: “Social justice is not just in my job title. It’s in my DNA.
It’s why I went into social work, it’s why I went into politics and it’s why I joined the SNP - because I know independence is vital to achieving a fair, equal society for us all.” #SNP21
@ShonaRobison SR: “And it is social justice which is one of the starkest contrasts between the Scottish Government and the Tories at Westminster.
The tale of two governments is there for people to see.” #SNP21
📺 Watch @JohnSwinney's #SNP21 speech on our bold plans to secure a fairer recovery.
📲 Follow the speech live on our social media, on snp.org/live or in the thread below.
👋🏼 And join in the conversation using the hashtags #SNPbecause and #SNP21.
@JohnSwinney JS: “Friends, we meet again, not in person, but virtually.
And while life feels much more like it used to – the virus and the harm it causes has not gone away.” #SNP21
@JohnSwinney JS: “Meeting virtually allows us to perform our democratic duty as party members, while keeping us all safe.
For many, I know, that will be a disappointment – those yearning to see old friends, meet new ones and enjoy the hustle and bustle of SNP conferences.” #SNP21
📣 Watch @HumzaYousaf's #SNP21 speech setting out how we're building a stronger NHS.
📲 Follow the speech live on our social media, on snp.org/live or in the thread below.
👋🏼 And join in the conversation using the hashtags #SNPbecause and #SNP21.
@HumzaYousaf HY: “Conference, it’s an absolute pleasure to be talking with you as the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.” #SNP21
@HumzaYousaf HY: “I can’t tell you how much of an honour it is to have been asked by our First Minister to play a part in the future of the National Health Service – undoubtedly our most precious institution.” #SNP21
📣 Watch @_KateForbes' speech, opening Day 3 of Scotland's biggest political event.
📲 Follow the Conference live on our social media channels, on snp.org/live or in the thread below.
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@_KateForbes KF: “Good morning, conference, once again from the Highlands.
Much has changed since we met virtually in the autumn. For starters, last time I addressed you, I did so outside at the end of November, and I’m pretty sure I got a touch of frostbite.” #SNP21
@_KateForbes KF: “We’ve also had an election, with faithful friends retiring and new MSPs joining us.
I’m also addressing you in my new role, as Finance and Economy Secretary.
And to top off all the changes, I even got married. That feels like the biggest change of them all!” #SNP21
💻 Keep up with the speech live on our social media channels, on snp.org/live or in the thread below.
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@Ianblackford_MP IB: “Conference, as we meet here today, perhaps we should reflect that this is the 20th anniversary of what is often referred to as 9/11 - the dreadful attack on the Twin Towers, and the horrendous murder of so many innocent civilians.” #SNP21
@Ianblackford_MP IB: “I guess all of us will never forget the images that we saw on our television screens, and I’m sure all our thoughts are with the families of all those who were caught up in that, as we reflect on the terror of that attack 20 years ago.” #SNP21