Scotland's Programme for Government RECAP: Draft independence referendum bill among announcements from Nicola Sturgeon

The First Minister will announce her government’s legislative plans for the next parliamentary year in the Scottish Parliament.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out her programme for government in the Scottish Parliament.

Amid the wreckage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Nicola Sturgeon will announce her government’s plans for how best to recover at the Scottish Parliament.

The programme for government is expected to announce plans to boost jobs in Scotland and battle the most acute recession in generations.

The Programme for Government will set out the various bills which the government intends to introduce and push through at Holyrood this year ahead of the elections in May 2021.

The plans are likely to include investment in plans for a youth guarantee for unemployed young people, a programme for retraining people into new areas of the economy, and specific investment announced in green jobs and skills.

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