Devil in the Detail – our take on the Scottish Programme for Government 2025/26
With only one year left of the Scottish Government’s current term, First Minister John Swinney set out his Programme for Government for 2025-26.
We listened to the main speeches and then went digging into the detail – and we found quite a lot that caught our eye. Our verdict? Mainly highlights but also the occasional lowlight. As the old saying goes- the devil is in the detail.
If you have already watched John Swinney and Kate Forbes speeches from 6th May you can skip forward to our assessment. Or you could listen to our take on the plan first!
Main Sections:
- 02:15 John Swinney speech 6th May 2025
- 25:35 Kate Forbes speech 6th May 2025
- 37:11 We Dig into the detail. Do you agree with us? Let us know in the comments.
- This Programme for Government is linked to the Scottish Budget set out by John Swinney and Shona Robinson in December 2024. We listened to that and gave them a Scottish Budget Scorecard!
- Link to the full Programme for Government
- Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence
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