John Swinney: “This is no way to govern. Scotland deserves better.”

We are working to try to ensure the proposals we bring forward are strong and robust and they can deliver the assistance we want to see in place.

The necessity for the policy remains absolutely the same.

My commitment to the people of Scotland is clear. You come first. Government works for you and will always be alive to the realities of your day-to-day experience.

My new Programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda for post-school learning and development – from protecting free university tuition, expanding apprenticeships and delivering a new national skills plan, to supporting university…