Climate minister says ‘we are doing everything possible’ but says government will not intervene to reduce consumer use
Funding for a second Scottish independence referendum will not be cut, the nation’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Sturgeon was asked if the budget to prepare for another independence referendum – for which around £20m has been set aside – will be cut in order to support people further with the cost-of-living crisis.
We’re talking about this financial year and the independence referendum, I hope, will be in the next financial year. So, even if we did, which we’re not going to because I was elected as first minister on a commitment to democracy … I was elected with a record share of the vote in the Scottish parliament elections last year on a record turnout. So. we’re going to deliver on that commitment to people.
We are not sending that out as a message. All of us have bills, of course, and the bills have gone up.
Continue reading…Climate minister says ‘we are doing everything possible’ but says government will not intervene to reduce consumer useFunding for a second Scottish independence referendum will not be cut, the nation’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Sturgeon was asked if the budget to prepare for another independence referendum – for which around £20m has been set aside – will be cut in order to support people further with the cost-of-living crisis.We’re talking about this financial year and the independence referendum, I hope, will be in the next financial year. So, even if we did, which we’re not going to because I was elected as first minister on a commitment to democracy … I was elected with a record share of the vote in the Scottish parliament elections last year on a record turnout. So. we’re going to deliver on that commitment to people.We are not sending that out as a message. All of us have bills, of course, and the bills have gone up. Continue reading…