Scottish Budget
Details of the Scottish Government's spending plans.
Equality and rights
Policies
- Access to justice
- Armed forces and veterans community
- Asylum and refugees
- Disabled people
- Employment support
- Faith and belief
- Gender equality
- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)
- Gypsy/Travellers
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- LGBTQI+
- Languages
- Poverty and social justice
- Race equality
- Social security
- Victims and witnesses
- Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
Featured
Improving the Lives of Scotland’s Gypsy/Travellers 2: action plan 2024-2026
Second joint action plan by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).
Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland
First Minister John Swinney announced his first Programme for Government on 4 September 2024.
Publications
Consultations
Statistics and research
News
Social Justice Secretary: “Scrap damaging welfare reforms”
Call for UK Government to follow Scottish Government lead on social security.
Scrapping the two child limit to help end child poverty
Shirley-Anne Somerville announces start date for key policy.
Heating support for pensioners
Universal Winter Fuel Payments.
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Jenny Gilruth MSP
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Siobhian Brown MSP
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Kaukab Stewart MSP
Directorates
- Children and Families Directorate
- Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate
- Justice Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Social Security Directorate
- Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate