ENVIRONMENT: Deliver Net Zero by 2045; reforest Scotland’s landscape + end new oil & gas extraction

COST OF LIVING:

• Free bus travel for all
• Replace Council Tax with a Residential Property Tax + wipe out Council Tax debt
• Increase Scottish Child Payment to £40 + Extend funded childcare
• Aim for free school meals for all + breakfast clubs in all schools

EDUCATION: Raise school starting age to 7 + end routine use of homework in primary

JUSTICE: “Decriminalise sex work to ensure sex workers are legally protected from exploitation, trafficking and violence and have improved access to support and healthcare.”

PALLIATIVE CARE: “Deliver a long-term, sustainable funding model for hospice care, including fully implementing pay parity between NHS and hospice care staff; Establish an independent review of palliative care; Ensure all patients, carers and health and care staff have access to a 24/7 palliative care helpline; Make training in palliative care a mandatory requirement for all workforces supporting a terminally ill person”

ABORTION: “Decriminalise abortion and remove the ‘two doctor rule’ by bringing forward legislation that ensures there are no offences for anyone ending their own pregnancy; Expand abortion services in Scotland so patients are not required to travel to England”

 EQUALITY:

• Introduce Human Rights Bill & review effectiveness of Hate Crime Act
• “Introduce a comprehensive ban on conversion therapy covering all settings, such as religious, informal, community, family-based and therapeutic, with clear protections for affirming healthcare, and inclusive of trans, non-binary, and asexual identities. This ban will be backed by appropriate criminal and civil penalties”
• “Publish a gender-affirming care action plan within 6 months”
• “Revisit all NHS policy changes made as a result of the Cass Review to ensure they are aligned with international evidence-based best practice”
• “Recognise the rights of LGBT+ families to access IVF and IUI on the NHS, and develop national guidance and a standard treatment pathway specifically for LGBT+ families accessing assisted conception.”