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Swinney unveils plans to cut health boards, introduce misogyny bill and roll out £2 bus fare cap
The programme would cut NHS health boards to two, extend the £2 bus fare cap and add a new cap on some essential foods.
- On Tuesday, First Minister John Swinney launched his Programme for Government, detailing a radical public sector overhaul to address fiscal challenges and improve service delivery across Scotland.
- The Scottish Government faces an estimated £4.7 billion public sector funding gap by 2030, driving structural consolidation to "improve the fiscal sustainability of the public service delivery landscape."
- Key reforms include capping bus fares at £2 across Glasgow and the west, reducing 14 NHS territorial health boards to two, and introducing legislation to cap essential food prices.
- Opposition politicians dismissed the food price cap as a "political stunt," while Unite general secretary Sharon Graham labeled the NHS restructuring a "slash and burn programme."
- By 2031, Swinney targets a full national rollout of the bus fare cap and aims to ensure "no one waits more than 26 weeks for the treatment they need.
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