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24. The People’s Final Say 🟢
The Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 already supplies the machinery for a Scotland-wide poll. The 2026 Scottish Parliament electorate was 4,320,981. Ten per cent of that register is 432,098 signatures.
The Peoples Future Scotland
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23. Food Security & Farming First 🟢
The 2026–27 Budget allocates more than £660 million to farmers, crofters, land managers and rural communities. The Rural Support Plan 2026–2031 maps £677 million a year through four tiers, £3.385 billion over five years.
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22. Digital Scotland 🟢
Ofcom’s July 2025 snapshot found full-fibre in 71 per cent of Scottish homes and gigabit-capable in 81 per cent. By 30 July 2026, R100 had delivered 99,434 contract connections and 6,299 voucher connections.
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21. Veterans Honoured 🟢
Scotland’s Census 2022 recorded 176,100 UK Armed Forces veterans — 3.9 per cent of people aged 16 and over. Half were 65 or older. Housing, NHS care and most employability support are devolved. Defence, service pensions and core benefits are not.
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20. Housing for Scots First 🟢
By 31 March 2026, the Affordable Housing Supply Programme had completed 35,368 homes toward a 110,000 target for 2032. In 2025–26 it finished 6,832 and started 7,421. On 31 March 2025, 180,074 applications on local-authority and common-housing-register lists were reported.
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19. Green Jobs Boom 🟡
ONS estimates 35,200 full-time-equivalent jobs in Scotland’s low-carbon and renewable energy economy in 2024, on £13.3 billion of turnover. A wider CBI Economics / ECIU study puts net-zero-related activity at 105,700 jobs and £10.2 billion of GVA.
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18. Anti-Corruption Watchdog 🟢
Holyrood already publishes MSP expenses, runs a statutory lobbying register, and uses an independent Commissioner to investigate most Code of Conduct complaints. In 2024–25, members’ scheme spend was £27.45 million.
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17. Cultural Pride Protected 🟢
Education and the historic environment are devolved. From August 2028, the Curriculum Improvement Cycle will replace Experiences and Outcomes with a Know–Do–Understand model.
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16. Rural Revival 🟢
About one in six people in Scotland live in rural areas on the official 6-fold classification. By 30 July 2026, the R100 contracts had delivered 99,434 connections, plus 6,299 voucher connections, against a planned 112,939.
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15. Mental Health First 🟢
In the quarter to March 2026, 91.2 per cent of children started CAMHS treatment within 18 weeks. Adult psychological therapies reached 79.4 per cent, below the 90 per cent standard.
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14. Sustainable Environment for Generations 🟢
Scotland created 8,470 hectares of new woodland in 2024/25 — 54 per cent of the UK total, and almost half the 15,040 hectares of the year before. The Climate Change Committee has said the 2023/24 rate proved a rapid rise is possible, and that grant-scheme cuts then halved it.
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13. Strong Families – The Scottish Way 🟢
Every three- and four-year-old is entitled to 1,140 funded hours a year, with no parental work test. Eligible two-year-olds have the same hours; take-up among them was about 55 per cent in 2025.