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Labour brand Scottish government's housing pledge a ‘sham’
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THE SNP government’s affordable housing pledge is a “sham” that will see numbers of new builds fall next year, according to Scottish Labour.

SNP finance secretary Shona Robison set out funding for 8,000 new affordable homes in her draft budget for 2025/26, the lowest number since 2016/17 outside of the Covid pandemic.

It comes after three years which have seen between 9,500 and 10,400 completions and the affordable home budget slashed by a staggering 26 per cent in last year’s budget.

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