Nicola Sturgeon announces the Programme for Government
by Conrad Landin
at Holyrood

NICOLA STURGEON promised to “get on with the job of building a better country” today — but Labour accused her of complacency over the challenges facing Scotland.
Announcing the Programme for Government at the start of the new parliamentary year, the First Minister revealed a raft of measures for a “new Scottish green deal,” including making the Highlands and Islands the first zero-emission region for aviation.
The Scottish government will pilot “low or zero-emission flights” in 2021, with the intention to “decarbonise all flights between airports within Scotland by 2040.”
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