Part of General Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at on 4 December 2025.
Shona Robison
Scottish National Party
The UK budget process has been chaotic and failed to deliver for Scotland. We needed the UK Government to prioritise investment in public services, support for jobs and industry in Scotland and serious action on energy Bills. Instead, Scotland was again treated as an afterthought, with families left to pay the price.
Abolition of the two-child limit is, of course, welcome, but it is long overdue. This Government has already taken forward plans to mitigate it in Scotland.
We are looking carefully at what the UK budget means for Scotland and our budget, which will be published on 13 January.
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