Delivering progress: top 100 snp achievements in government

1. FREE TUITION. We believe in education based on the ability to learn, not the ability to pay. While students in England now face tuition fees up to £28,605 under Labour, Scottish students

receive university tuition for free, and always will with the SNP. 2. RECORD HIGH HEALTH FUNDING. We’ve invested over £19.5 billion in our health service, with frontline spending more than

doubling with the SNP. That’s nearly £3,500 per person in Scotland. 3. CARE FOR ALL. We extended free personal and nursing care to everyone who needs it, regardless of age. 4. THE BABY BOX.

We’re giving every baby born in Scotland the best start in life by providing the Baby Box for free, filled with essential items needed in the first six months of a child’s life. Other

countries, like Ireland, have since followed Scotland’s footsteps. 5. 1,140 HOURS OF FREE, HIGH-QUALITY CHILDCARE. All eligible children now benefit from at least 1,140 hours of funded early

learning and childcare, saving parents around £5,500 per child per year – and we’re working to expand it even further. 6. NEW SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, DELIVERING 15 BENEFITS. After the

limited devolution of welfare powers, we have built Social Security Scotland – the new social security system based on dignity and respect, treating social security as an investment in

Scotland’s people. 7. THE SCOTTISH CHILD PAYMENT. One of the new benefits, the only one of its kind in the UK, has been called “game-changing” by charities and will help lift tens of

thousands of children out of poverty. We have increased it from £10 to nearly £27 per week per child – over five times what campaigners originally called for. 8. FREE PRESCRIPTIONS. We have

abolished NHS prescription charges in Scotland, which are now £9.90 per item south of the border. It’s estimated that’s saved the average patient in Scotland nearly £190 a year. 9.

DELIVERING OVER 133,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES ACROSS SCOTLAND. Scotland leads the way in the UK on building warm, safe affordable homes – and we’re working to deliver 110,000 more by 2032, the

majority of them for social rent. 10. NHS STAFFING AT A RECORD HIGH. Since the SNP took office, there is over 33,000 more doctors, nurses and other staff working in Scotland’s NHS, an

increase of over 26%. 11. FREE BUS TRAVEL. Almost two million Scots enjoy free bus travel across the country, including over-60s, people with disabilities, and young people under the age of

22. 12. LOWEST STUDENT LOAN DEBT IN THE UK. Despite having 8% of the UK population, Scotland only has around 3% of the total student debt in the UK. We’ve also increased support available to

higher education students by £3,650 and the maximum support available to the most vulnerable students has increased to £11,400. 13. FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES. Universal free school lunches are

available for all pupils in primaries 1-5, and in special schools, saving families taking those meals around £400 per child each year. 14. HIGHEST NUMBER OF GPS PER PERSON IN THE UK FOR THE

LAST FIVE YEARS. Scotland has significantly more GPs per person than England and Wales, and they’re the best paid too. 15. WE TOOK SCOTRAIL IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. We brought Scotland’s railway

into public hands to deliver a better, fairer service for passengers. 16. BEST PERFORMING CORE A&E SERVICES IN THE UK. Scotland’s core A&Es have been the best performing in the UK

for over 9 years, with lower average waiting times than England and Wales. 17. FREE NHS DENTAL CARE FOR UNDER-26S. Scotland is the only part of the UK without dental fees for young people.

18. RECORD HIGH INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND SKILLS. Scotland has more teachers per pupil than any other UK nation and the highest per-person investment in education. We also have record

numbers of people from the most deprived communities going to university. 19. THE QUEENSFERRY CROSSING. We delivered this £1.35 billion marvel on the Forth, under budget. 20. NO BRIDGE

TOLLS. With the SNP, the Forth and Tay crossings are free from tolls – saving individual commuters around £3,000 to date.