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Scottish Budget Key Changes 2025-26
Created: 04/12/2024
News/Events Category: General News
The Scottish Budget for 2025-26 was announced on 04 November 2024. Key changes include:
- A proposal to effectively abolish the two child benefit cap (with Westminster agreement) which will help to lift 15,000 children in Scotland out of poverty
- Staff in early learning and childcare to be paid at least real Living Wage from April 2025
- Social care funding increased by 25%
- Hospital at Home to receive 600 more beds
- The introduction of Bright Start Breakfasts which will result in more breakfast clubs in primary schools
- £800 million more in social security benefits "ensuring benefits rise by inflation"
- £768 million for social rent, mid-market and low-cost home ownership
- £120 million for headteachers to address poverty-related attainment gap
- £4 million for homelessness and prevention pilots
- £2.5 million to support actions with Disability Equality Action Plan
- A total of £21 billion for health and social care - this is an increase of £2 billion for NHS Boards
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