we emerge from the pandemic, choices will be made that will shape our economy and society for decades to come. which parliament, westminster or holyrood should make these choices? was nicola sturgeon unveiling her government s programme for the year ahead. more on that to come. we will talk more about the other story dominating here today, the changes announced on nhs and social care funding. the increase in national insurance of 1.25%. let s discuss with doctor roger barker, director of policy at the institute of directors. good afternoon. your thoughts. i must say i am rather shocked about the way i must say i am rather shocked about the way the i must say i am rather shocked about the way the chancellor has gone a tunnelling the way the chancellor has gone a funnelling the social care reform. one may funnelling the social care reform. one may feel social care reform, nhs
there s been a recent increase in cases in scotland, all those concerns about furloughed coming to an end and universal credit as well. i m sure nicola sturgeon will address some of that. and also the climate crisis, the snp are now in coalition with the scottish greens and that is going to affect their agenda when it comes to those issues and also of course the cop26, that crucial climate summit happening in glasgow injust about crucial climate summit happening in glasgow in just about two months time. the independence referendum, will there be one and what will the snp and nicola sturgeon say about their plans? they would like one before the end of 2023. the scottish greens are a bit more relaxed about the timetable but borisjohnson said it is not going to happen soon in the immediate future. that s a key question nicola sturgeon is going to have to address. a couple of other issues, the proposalfor our
this parliament. the triple lock will be no this parliament. the triple lock will be no longer this parliament. the triple lock will be no longer next - this parliament. the triple lock will be no longer next year. i this parliament. the triple lock. will be no longer next year. more from westminster over the course of the afternoon and much more reaction very busy day westminster. let s look at some other stories right now, though. police scotland has been fined £100,000 after admitting that failures in its call handling system materially contributed to a young woman s death following a car crash six years ago. lamara bell and john yuill died after the crash which occured off the m9 near stirling in july 2015. a member of the public had reported the accident, but police scotland took three days to send officers to the scene. by then, mr yuill was dead and his girlfriend ms bell was seriously injured. she later died in hospital. our 0ur correspondence our correspondence give us
or holyrood should make these choices and what the principal will they be guided by? these are questions that cannot be avoided nor postponed until the die is already cast. we intend to offer the choice and we ll do so only when the covid crisis has passed but our aim is it will be in the first half of this parliament, before the end of 2023. crucially, we will ensure the choice when it does is our fully informed one. to that end i can confirm the scottish government will restart work on the detailed prospectus that will guide the decision. the presiding officer, the case for independence is a strong one. we will present it openly, frankly and with confidence and ambition. building a betterfuture with confidence and ambition. building a better future for those who come after us should be the ambition of any government. the immediate priority of this government is to lead scotland out of the pandemic. we are currently