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Has the SNP delivered on its promises at Holyrood?

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Health, education, tax and more - Has the SNP delivered on its promises at Holyrood?

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What happened

Health, education, tax and more - Has the SNP delivered on its promises at Holyrood?

Why it matters

- Published Holyrood has broken up for May's election, and parties will spend the next six weeks debating their policies for the future of Scotland.

Common ground

The SNP's record in government will be a major point of contention too, with John Swinney proud to defend it against the attacks of opposition leaders.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rxnp11y7yo

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 22 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The SNP pledged to recruit 3,500 additional teachers and classroom assistants.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found to support or refute claims about SNP teacher recruitment targets.
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Claim 2: “A deal was struck to cut class contact time to honor the teacher time pledge.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 3: “The decarbonisation of heating for one million homes by 2030 is no longer considered achievable.”
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No sources were found to confirm or refute the achievability of the 2030 decarbonisation target.
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Claim 4: “A £40m fund was allocated for teacher recruitment in 2024.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 5: “£200m was pledged annually to the Attainment Scotland Fund.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 6: “The rail decarbonisation target was delayed to 2045.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 7: “An extra line in the manifesto promised more time out of the classroom for teachers.”
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Claim 8: “Teacher numbers fell slightly, leading to a new target of restoring numbers to 2023 levels.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No sources were found to confirm or refute claims about teacher numbers and 2023 restoration targets.
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Claim 9: “The National Care Service plans suffered a slow-motion collapse due to lack of detail and costings.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found to support or contradict claims about the National Care Service plans' collapse due to lack of detail.
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Claim 10: “31,064 affordable homes were completed by September 2025 toward the 2032 target.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 11: “Scotrail was brought into public ownership as promised.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 12: “The SNP pledged to freeze income tax rates and bands, but neither happened.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No sources were found to confirm or refute the SNP's tax freeze pledges or their fulfillment.
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Claim 13: “The Scottish Child Payment was doubled to £28.20 per week.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 14: “Higher and top tax rates were increased by 1p in 2023, with an advanced rate added in 2024.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found to support or contradict claims about tax rate changes in 2023 or 2024.
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Claim 15: “Free school breakfasts and meals were limited to P1-P5 pupils.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 16: “NHS staff pay increases exceeded the 4% target due to inflation.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No relevant sources were found to confirm or refute claims about NHS pay increases exceeding targets due to inflation.
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Claim 17: “Health funding increased by 28%, an increase of just under £5bn.”
DISPUTED
The claim of a 28% increase (approx £5bn) is contradicted by evidence showing a real-terms increase of only 2.5% (2023-2024 data). The 28% figure appears to be nominal or headline growth, not real terms.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frontline (stylized in all capital letters) is an investigative documentary program distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Episodes are produced at WGBH in Boston, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontline_(American_TV_program…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Girls' Frontline (simplified Chinese: 少女前线; traditional Chinese: 少女前線; pinyin: Shàonǚ Qiánxiàn) is a mobile strategy role-playing game for Android and iOS developed by Chinese studio MICA Team, where …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls'_Frontline
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Claim 18: “The SNP pledged to increase frontline health spending by 20%, or at least £2.5bn.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the SNP pledged a 20% increase or £2.5bn for frontline health spending. The BBC (2026) and 2021 sources explicitly state this pledge, while the 2024 manifesto reaffirms the commitment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (31 December 1954 – 12 October 2024) was a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure in the Scottish national…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SNP may refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠtʰi ˈn̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪ə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party
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Claim 19: “The SNP promised to increase NHS staff pay by an average of 4%.”
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The SNP's 2023 pledge of a 4% NHS staff pay rise is directly confirmed by the web search citing Nicola Sturgeon's announcement. Wikipedia entries about the SNP's healthcare focus provide contextual support.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠtʰi ˈn̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪ə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Scottish National Party leadership election took place in February and March 2023 to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) to succeed Nicola Sturgeon, who announced her resig…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_Scotland
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Claim 20: “The attainment gap remains wider than pre-pandemic levels.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 21: “Peak rail fares were abolished as promised.”
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Claim 22: “The SNP pledged £1bn to close the attainment gap in schools.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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