Annual Review 2024 / 26 August 2024
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A look back on the parliamentary year 2023 - 2024
3 Editor’s note: While the parties may have been slow to recognise the scale of what was coming, both the Conservatives and SNP met their reckoning
6 2023/4 Roundup: Pictures and numbers from the past year
OVERVIEW:
10 THE POLITICAL YEAR: A look back on another eventful 12 months in Scottish politics
INTERVIEWS:
14 Lord Steel & Alison Johnstone: Holyrood’s first presiding officer sits down with the incumbent to talk parliamentary change
34 Kate Forbes: The last 18 months may have been politically tumultuous but for the former finance secretary it has also been personal
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PARTY LEADERS:
20 John Swinney: The SNP will learn from its election defeat
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26 Douglas Ross: The issue of independence should be off the table
28 Anas Sarwar: In place of SNP and Tory failure, Labour offers change
30 Alex Cole-Hamilton: People have placed their trust in the Lib Dems, and we will repay that
PORTFOLIOS:
40 The year in Finance & Local Government
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Shona Robison
42 The year in health & social care
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray
45 The year in education & Skills
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Jenny Gilruth
47 The year in net zero & Energy
+Comment from Acting Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin
49 The year in transport
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop
51 The year in rural Affairs, Land Reform & Islands
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon
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56 The year in constitution, External Affairs & culture
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson
58 The year in social justice
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville
60 The year in justics & home affairs
+Comment from Cabinet Secretary Angela Constance
62 Event Report: A look back at a year of Holyrood events
64 Diary: Holyrood’s best diary stories from the past year
66 Last Word: Sketch: Rishi Sunak is being held captive as Tory MPs jockey for his job