Delivering for you and your family
This month marks one year since the SNP's historic election win, and a year of achievement for the new Scottish Government.
With the abolition of road tolls, the historic concordat signed by local authorities and a whole host of policies and legislation, the Scottish Government hit the ground running and has shown what the SNP can do for the people of Scotland.
From April, you will begin to save money with five key manifesto pledges coming into force. Scots from all walks of life will benefit with:
- A reduction in prescription charges, moving towards full abolition by 2011
- A Council Tax freeze for 2008/09, benefiting householders across Scotland
- An end of the £2,289 graduate endowment, benefiting students who graduated last year, and students currently in the system
- A Small Business Bonus Scheme, benefiting 150,000 small businesses in Scotland
- Free personal and nursing care payments to older people in care homes rising in line with inflation, benefiting more than 9,000 people.
That all this is taking place less than a year after the new Scottish Government came to power underlines the fast pace of delivery and the fact that this is a government of action.
These policies will help deliver a fairer society, putting more money in people's pockets and boosting the wider Scottish economy.
