🚜 Farmers and crofters will benefit from £20 million additional capital support this year and £26 million next year, First Minister John Swinney has confirmed. 💛 Your @thesnp Government is supporting a flourishing rural Scotland. 👉 More:

🔍 @ScotGov Techscaler accelerator programme has raised over £118m in the last two years. 🌍 We are making Scotland one of the best countries in the world for tech start-ups. 👉 More:

RT @theSNP: Anas Sarwar promised in the 2024 Westminster election that Labour would save the jobs at Grangemouth. Labour broke that promis…

As Minister for Higher & Further Education, I delivered a statement following introduction of the Tertiary Education & Training Bill to Parliament. An important step in driving improvement, reducing complexity & helping ensure annual £3bn investment delivers the greatest impact.

📢Application deadline for parents/carers of children becoming eligible for School Age Payment is 28 Feb- it's only automatic if already on Scottish Child Payment. 👩‍👧‍👦 Available only in Scotland, this payment helps towards school essentials. 👉Read more:

🏭 There is at least one Labour MP, ready to call out his party for their false promises. ❌ With that kind of integrity, we suspect he won't be holding the Labour whip for very long.

It's extremely disappointing that the Labour UK Government has still to confirm the Acorn carbon capture & storage project for Grangemouth. The FM has been clear today that this should be a matter of priority, to give certainty to the workforce & protect this key skills cluster

📢 We have introduced the Tertiary Education and Training Bill to simplify funding for colleges, universities, and apprenticeships. 🧑‍🎓 If passed, the SFC will oversee all national training programs and help improve Scotland's skills system! 👉 Read more:

🤥 Anas Sarwar said ‘vote Labour’ to save the refinery - instead they are missing in action. ❌Despite the promises made during the election, Labour has not acted to secure a future for the refinery. 🥀 Labour's ambivalence towards Scotland will have devastating consequences.

💷 On the fifth anniversary of The Promise, @ScotGov is investing £38 million in Whole Family Wellbeing funding. 💛 This increase of £6 million will help local Children's Services Planning Partnerships to support families. 👉 More:

🚨 Keir Starmer's MPs are urging him to implement Farage's policies. 😱 Anas Sarwar has refused to rule out working with Reform at Holyrood. 🥀 Labour are utterly lost - Reform must be confronted, not mimicked.

📈 Police officer numbers in Scotland have risen to over 16,000 in 2024. 👮 @theSNP is investing in safer communities. 👉 More:

💛 @theSNP Budget faces its first vote in Parliament today. ❌ Shamefully, Labour will join with the Tories in refusing to vote for measures to deliver progress for Scotland.

📈 Labour promised it would cut energy bills by £300 - but bills are up by around £150. 🔍 They also pledged to create 1,000 jobs at GB Energy in Aberdeen, only to backtrack months later. 👇 @theSNP will hold Labour's feet to the fire on their election promises.

🔍 The boss of GB Energy has admitted it could take two decades to realise Labour's pledge of 1,000 jobs for Aberdeen. 🥀 Yet again, Labour have overpromised, but underdelivered. 👇 Is it any wonder trust in Labour is plummeting?

📚 @theSNP Budget provides an uplift of £186.5 million for councils to increase teacher numbers. 🔍 @AngusCouncil will benefit from an additional £3.8 million for this purpose. 💷 @ScotGov is investing in a better future for young people. 👉 More:

💷 People with learning disabilities will be supported to reach their full potential through a £1.6 million fund. 💛 The Learning Disability Support Fund will be available to third sector organisations to promote equality and inclusion. 👉 More:

📆 A reminder of the constituency surgeries I'm holding tomorrow, Monday 3rd February, in Arbroath, Wellbank and Birkhill. See details below👇

📉 ONS data has shown how disastrous right-wing immigration policies would be on Scotland in the long term. 🔍 Scotland urgently needs more immigration to tackle rural depopulation, support public services, and grow our economy. 👉 More:

🥀 Labour's commitment to the Brexit project is damaging Scotland's interests. ❌ Instead of embracing the rhetoric of Farage, Starmer should be drawing the UK closer to the EU. 💛 For Scotland - the real prize is EU membership through independence.