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Judith Duffy

Cost-of-living crisis a 'humanitarian emergency', Nicola Sturgeon says

Nicola Sturgeon outlines her Programme for Government at Holyrood

NICOLA Sturgeon branded the cost-of-living crisis a “humanitarian emergency” as she set out plans to support Scots, including rent controls, increasing child support payments and freezing train fares.

The First Minister outlined a raft of measures as she set out her plans for the year ahead in the Programme for Government, but warned Holyrood does not have the powers to “act in the manner and on the scale needed”.

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