Plans to offer free iPads to people who are "digitally excluded" have been axed so that the money can be funneled into a plans to fund new council pay deals.
The project was originally set up during the COVID pandemic has handed out more than 61,000 iPads and Chromebooks to people who would otherwise not have access to the online world. However, a new report explains that Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said that the plans to ditch the Connecting Scotland digital devices program will help save £10 million.
