Read in full: Shona Robison's Holyrood speech outlining £500m in cuts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : On public spending, our approach to the forthcoming Budget will be focused on action in areas key to addressing spending pressures, some of which I will highlight today.
52% : Our cumulative decisions on Income Tax since the devolution of powers are estimated to have raised around £1.5 billion in 2024/25 compared to if we had UK rates and bands.
43% : This is even more important given that Brexit has been estimated to have left the UK economy at least £69 billion worse off compared with EU membership.
41% : Anyone who would advocate removing the progressive changes to Income Tax in Scotland will need to set out where the £1.5 billion of cuts would fall as a consequence.

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