Developers welcome promise of new major projects office for Scotland

By Daniel Gayne2026-09-02T11:13:00

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New programme for government also includes bill to scale up clean energy

Scotland’s first minister has promised to end the use of “unsafe and harmful” temporary accommodation for children and re-iterated his pledge to build 111,000 affordable homes by 2032.

John Swinney, leader of the Scottish National Party, delivered his programme for government 2026-2031 to the Scottish Assembly on Tuesday, setting out a vision for public service modernisation which he said would mark “a decisive shift to prevention and early intervention”.

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