Nicola sturgeon’s top 60 achievements — scottish national party

------------------------- A SCOTLAND FIT FOR THE FUTURE WE’VE MADE SCOTLAND A MORE MODERN, MORE PROGRESSIVE AND MORE VIBRANT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK – WITH SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN KEY

INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICIES DESIGNED TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES. 1. ScotRail brought into public control and ownership – and we’ve frozen rail fares until at least March 2023. 2. The new

Queensferry Crossing, an engineering marvel on the Forth, delivered under budget. 3. Over £11bn invested in rail infrastructure in Scotland, including the refurbishment of Glasgow Queen

Street and Edinburgh Haymarket stations, and electrifying over 400km of track. 4. Powers transferred to local authorities to enable them to run their own bus services. 5. The Scottish

National Investment Bank established to grasp Scotland’s competitive advantage in high-tech, low-carbon technologies. 6. Voting franchise expanded to 16 & 17 year olds, as well as all

foreign nationals and refugees with the legal right to stay in Scotland. 7. £325 million invested in supporting community-led regeneration, town centre action, 20 minute neighbourhoods and

community wealth building. 8. Established the Scottish Land Fund, which will double to £20m by 2026 – helping over 270 communities across the country to purchase land. 9. Scotland has the

UK’s second highest number of electric vehicle public charge points, second only to London. 10. Opened the new Borders Railway, returning rail services to Levenmouth, and reconnecting

communities across Scotland to the railway with new stations. > ✅ We have nationalised ScotRail and already reconnected 15 > communities to the railway. >  > 🚉 Alloa > 🚉 

Laurencekirk > 🚉 Armadale > 🚉 Blackridge > 🚉 Caldercruix > 🚉 Conon Bridge > 🚉 Shawfair > 🚉 Eskbank > 🚉 Newtongrange > 🚉 Gorebridge > 🚉 Stow > 🚉 Galashiels > 

🚉 Tweedbank > 🚉 Kintore > 🚉 Reston pic.twitter.com/bMgDRjBlJF >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) July 28, 2022 ------------------------- A WEALTHIER SCOTLAND WE’RE WORKING HARD TO ATTRACT

INVESTMENT INTO SCOTLAND AND SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR VAST NATURAL RESOURCES, WHILE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENSURING SCOTTISH TAXPAYERS GET THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY. 1. A new

progressive income tax system – ensuring the majority (52%) of Scottish taxpayers pay less than elsewhere in the UK, while delivering extra support for our public services. 2. By reforming

and extending our Small Business Bonus Scheme, we’re ensuring that 100,000 business premises are taken out of paying business rates – the most generous scheme of its kind in the UK. 3.

Scotland is now an exporting powerhouse – Scotland’s exports were valued at £35bn in 2019, up 67% since 2007. 4. Scotland was the first government in the UK to become an accredited Living

Wage employer – and we’re outperforming the UK in the number of Living Wage accredited employers. 5. Our median gender pay gap is lower than elsewhere in the UK, and we’re working hard to

eradicate it. 6. Scotland is the top destination in the UK, outside of London, for attracting inward investment. 7. We met our target to reduce youth unemployment by 40% by 2021, four years

early, in 2017. 8. Scotland’s food and drink industry is booming – with Scotland accounting for the largest share of food and drink exports in the UK. 9. We’re taking action to make Fair

Work the norm in workplaces across Scotland, and expanded the Fair Work First criteria for public contracts. 10. Reduced youth unemployment by 40% – four years ahead of our 2021 target, in

2017. > 🔎 Despite the challenges of COVID, we're building a stronger, > more resilient economy: >  > 📈 Scotland outperforming the rest of UK on productivity > 🤝 More 

employers paying the Living Wage > 💻 Youth unemployment target met, ahead of schedule > 💷 Massive investment in infrastructure pic.twitter.com/Ovm1REInWh >  > — The SNP (@theSNP)

 March 3, 2022