Shirley-Anne Somerville: “Eradicating child poverty is the Scottish Government’s defining mission. We want to enable every family to flourish.”

We are determined to help drive improvements in the private sector, including through our work with the Scottish National Investment Bank.

I’m pleased the payment has supported so many older people across Scotland in its first year.

Scotland has some of the strongest homelessness rights in the world, and we will not roll these back.

Scotland continues to lead the rest of the UK in relative housebuilding with 35 homes per 10,000 population delivered in 2024–25, the highest rate in the UK.