Stephen Gethins: “In democracy, I’m a great fan of setting the rules out before the election, not after the election.”

The programme is already delivering significant results for people and businesses.

More than 6,700 payments have been made since the Scottish Government launched this scheme to ensure households with the greatest need could meet the cost of keeping their homes warm.

I welcome Audit Scotland’s constructive recommendations on ways it can be strengthened.

To do that, every single penny taken from us by the UK Government must be reinvested in a Future Generations Fund to seize that opportunity with both hands – Scotland’s hands.