Economy and Finance:

1. Scrap council tax: The SNP first promised to scrap and replace Scotland’s council tax in 2007, but it remains in place, with a recent survey of councils finding that they are planning rises of at least 5% in 2026-27, and over a fifth are planning rises of over 10%.¹  

2. Scrap council tax for under 22s: Promised in the 2021 SNP manifesto and the 2021-22 programme for government promised legislation over the course of the Parliament but this was never introduced.   

3. Income tax: The 2021 SNP manifesto promised to freeze income tax rates and increase thresholds by a maximum of inflation. In 2022 John Swinney reduced the top rate threshold ox tax and in 2023 the SNP announced a new tax band for incomes over £75,000².  

4. Industrial Just Transition Fund: In 2021 the SNP announced a 10-year, £500m Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray. However, in the first three financial years of the fund only £75m was allocated. In 2025-26 only £15.9m was spent and the same has been allocated for 2026/27 leaving the target increasingly out of reach. ³ 

5. Offshore Supply Chains: In October 2023 the SNP committed to spending £500m on offshore wind supply chains in the subsequent five years but are off track to hit this commitment⁴. £3.6m was spent in 2023/24 and £5.8m in 2024/25. Budget lines were cut to £137m in 2025/26 and in 2026/27 only £110.2 has been committed⁵ 

6. National Infrastructure Company: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto committed to create a new National Infrastructure Company despite not being endorsed by the Infrastructure Commission the year prior. The set up of the company was mentioned in the 2021-22 Programme for Government but not again the following year.  

7. Young Person’s Guarantee: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to fund a university, college, apprenticeship, training place or job for every young person who wants it but most recent figures show that there As of June 2025, the unemployment rate among 16-24 year olds was 12.9%. ⁶ 

8. Modern apprenticeships: The SNP’s 2016 manifesto committed to increase annual modern apprenticeship starts to 30,000. This was never achieved and was then repeated in the 2021 manifesto as part of the pandemic recovery but by 2025/26, funding was only approved for 25,500 modern apprenticeships⁷. 

9. Support for Women-owned businesses: The SNP 2021 manifesto promised to create a dedicated Women’s Business Centre, backed by £50m over the course of the Parliament. The 2021-22 Programme for Government said that this would support 100 women every year to develop business ideas. Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES), a non-for profit, runs a digital Centre with advice and support for women business-owners and the CEO of recently wrote to the First Minister calling for action on the 2021 manifesto commitment⁸. 

10. Quangos: The SNP 2011 manifesto promised to achieve a 25% cut in the number of quangos by the end of the year. As of 2025 there were 131 devolved public bodies⁹ costing over £6.6bn¹⁰, with up to 838 positions on executive boards and a board member pay bill of almost £9 million¹¹.  

11. Balanced Budget: The SNP claim that they always set a balanced budget but in reality they were forced to make emergency budget cuts in 3 of the last 5 years.¹²  

Health and Social Care:

12. NHS Recovery Plan: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised a recovery of services, but this failed with waits for tests and treatment stand at over 830,000 and John Swinney announcing the SNP’s fifth NHS recovery plan in less than 4 years¹³.  

13. NHS free at the point of need: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised an NHS free at the point of need, but patients are unable to access treatment meaning that a record 27,000 admissions were recorded in the first half of 2025¹⁴.  

14. End long waits for treatment: In July 2022, the SNP Health Secretary set targets for ending long waits for inpatient/day cases and outpatient appointments, yet not a single target has ever been delivered, with waits of over two years now standing at 9,300¹⁵.  

15. Treatment Time Guarantee: In 2012, the SNP Government passed legislation setting out a 12-week legal guarantee for inpatient and day case treatment. This legal guarantee has been missed 886,086 times¹⁶.  

16. Reduce pressure on A&Es: The SNP Government’s NHS Recovery Plan promised to take action to reduce pressure on A&E departments, but since then longest waits have hit record levels¹⁷.  

17. Eradicate delayed discharge: The SNP promised in 2015 to eradicate delayed discharge, but since then over 6 million bed days have been lost, costing the NHS over £440 million alone last year¹⁸.  

18. National Treatment Centres: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to replace and refurbish hospitals including a flagship programme of building National Treatment Centres. But in 2024, the SNP put more than a dozen NHS construction plans on hold including the National Treatment Centres in Aberdeen, Ayr, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Perth¹⁹.  

19. Reduce cancer waiting times: In 2011 SNP set a target to treat 95 per cent of all eligible patients with cancer within 62 days but this has not been met nationally since 2012²⁰.  

20. Fast track cancer diagnostic centres in every health board: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Centres in every health board but less than half of these have been delivered²¹. 

21. Increase staff numbers: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to grow the NHS workforce, but Scotland is still experiencing a staffing crisis with hundreds of millions still spent on agency workers and locums²².  

22. 800 more GPs by 2027: In 2017 the then SNP Health Secretary promised to recruit 800 more GPs in the following decade but the latest Audit Scotland report found that it would miss its target and, in fact, there are less whole-time equivalent GPs than a decade ago²³.  

23. New GP contract: In 2018, the SNP Health Secretary negotiated a contract that was supposed to improve general practice, but this contract has not been implemented in full and general practice’s share of the NHS budget is still lower than a decade ago²⁴.  

24. Elections to health boards: The SNP 2007 manifesto promised direct elections to Scottish health boards to improve public confidence and local involvement in health service planning but by 2013 the pledge had been dropped²⁵.  

25. Develop an NHS app: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to create ‘MyNHS, a safe, simple and secure app that helps people access services directly and own their own health information’. The app has been beset by delays and will not be fully rolled out until 2030²⁶.  

26. Invest in diagnostic scanners: The SNP Government’s NHS Recovery Plan promised to invest in new diagnostic imaging equipment, but health boards are still using decades old scanners²⁷.  

27. Invest in mental health services: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to invest 10 per cent of the frontline NHS budget in mental health services, but analysis has shown that the overall share of NHS funding has decreased²⁸.  

28. 1,000 additional mental health workers: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to recruit 1,000 additional roles to support community mental health resilience, but this has not commenced²⁹.  

29. Improve CAMHS services: The SNP Government’s previous Mental Health Strategy promised to improve access and reduce waiting times for CAMHS services, but some children and young people are still waiting years for treatment, all while the government fudges waiting lists numbers to disguise the reality facing families³⁰.  

30. Reduce health inequalities: In 2007, the SNP Minister for Public Health established a Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities, yet Scotland continues to have the worst health inequalities in western and central Europe³¹.  

31. Women’s health inequalities: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to take action to improve women’s health, yet some patients are waiting years for hysterectomies and inequalities in cancer screening continue³².  

32. Create a distinct neurodiversity treatment pathway: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to bring forward a Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill, as well as creating a Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodiversity Commissioner but despite a public consultation in 2023 the SNP have delayed the Bill, saying they will only publish draft bill provisions for further consultation³³.  

33. Abolish NHS dentistry charges: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to abolish all NHS dentistry charges by the end of this Parliament, and to which no progress has been delivered. In reality, Scots are struggling to register with an NHS dentist, whilst some patients are waiting years for an appointment³⁴.  

34. Halve childhood obesity by 2030: In 2018, the then SNP First Minister met Jamie Oliver and committed to reduce childhood obesity to 7%³⁵. The latest Scottish Health Survey reported that levels have increased with 18% of children at risk of obesity³⁶.  

35. Disability health checks: Following a successful pilot in 2019/20, the SNP government committed to carry out annual health checks for people with Learning Disabilities in 2022 to be completed by 2023 but as of 2024/25 only 24% of eligible people had been offered a health check.³⁷  

36. Establish a National Care Service: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to have a National Care Service up and running by the end of this parliament, instead they were forced to drop this flagship policy, passing a stripped-down Bill (costing the taxpayer over £30 million) that did not create a single extra care package, all while over 11,000 Scots wait on care assessments or packages³⁸.  

37. Scrap non-residential care charges: The SNP 2021 manifesto promised to remove non-residential care charges by the end of this Parliament, but they remain in place with some clients being charged as much as £20-30 an hour³⁹. 

38. National Mission to tackle drug-related deaths: In response to record drug deaths, in January 2021 then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a” National Mission” to reduce drug deaths and harms but Scotland continues to have the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe deaths. In 2024, 1,017 drug-related deaths were recorded⁴⁰, as well as 1,185 alcohol-specific deaths were recorded⁴¹.  

39. Introduce alcohol advertising restrictions: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to introduce restrictions, but the government was forced to u-turn on these plans⁴².  

40. Alcohol and Drug funding: The SNP’s 2011 manifesto promised to maintain investment in frontline drug treatment services at 2010-11 levels but in 2016/17 the SNP slashed funding for alcohol and drug partnerships by 20% in cash terms and kept funding at a flat rate for years⁴³. The 2021 manifesto promised £250 million in investment over 5 years, but Alcohol and Drug Partnerships report that insufficient funding is a barrier to delivering residential rehabilitation services⁴⁴.  

Education and Young People:

Education and Young People 

41. Close the attainment gap: As First Minister, in 2015 Nicola Sturgeon announced that this would be her “defining mission” for the 2016-21 session of the Scottish Parliament⁴⁵. Despite some small fluctuations, the most recent exam results show the gap persisting.⁴⁶. 

42. Free school meals in primary schools: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to deliver free breakfasts and lunches to all Scottish primary pupils all year round. As of September 2024, only pupils in P1-5 can access free lunches and further roll out has been limited to P6-7 pupils in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment⁴⁷ 

43. Increase teacher numbers by 3,500: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to increase numbers to teacher and classroom assistants by 3,500. Compared to 2021 in 2025 there were 810 fewer teachers⁴⁸ and most recent stats for 2024 show only 747 more FTE pupil assistants⁴⁹.  

44. Reduce teacher contact time: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to reduce class contact time for teachers by 90 minutes. This has not been delivered and in February, EIS said that the lack of a plan made a dispute inevitable⁵⁰ and in 2026 was balloting members over strike action⁵¹.  

45. Class sizes of 18: Nicola Sturgeon announced this would happen if the SNP won the 2007 Scottish Election⁵². The target was quietly abandoned in 2009 through and agreement with Cosla and average class sizes are currently 23.3 pupils⁵³.  

46. Additional Support Needs: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to fully implement the findings of the Morgan Review on support for pupils with additional support for learning needs but in 2025 Audit Scotland said that a fundamental review was needed of planning for and funding additional support for learning⁵⁴. 

47. Childcare for 1-2 year olds: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to expand wraparound childcare and free early years education to all 1 and 2 year olds. Expansion has so far only been to 2 years olds in some low-income families may receive access to free early learning and care⁵⁵ and a recent report found that childcare costs for under-3s remain significantly higher in Scotland than the UK average⁵⁶. 

48. Replace Erasmus scheme: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to create a Scottish programme of exchange to replace the Erasmus+ scheme post-Brexit. However, four years on they have failed to do so, despite thousands of Welsh students participated in a specific scheme set up by the devolved government in Wales⁵⁷. 

49. Student debt: In 2007, the SNP manifesto promised to scrap student debt and remove the burden of debt repayments from students, however this was ditched shortly after the election with SNP Ministers seeking to blame the UK Government when it was apparent that the pledge was unaffordable⁵⁸. Total debt instead increased by 120% between 2011 and 2019⁵⁹. 

50. Free digital devices for all children: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to provide every child with a digital device and free internet connection to get online. As of February 2025, the Scottish Government had issued no devices⁶⁰.  

51. Free bikes for children in poverty: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to provide free bikes to all children who could not afford one. As of October 2024 they had delivered fewer than 4,000 bikes at a total cost of £4m⁶¹.  

52. Playparks: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to “renew every play park in Scotland” but Cosla analysis showed just 2,000 of Scotland’s 4,787 parks are set to benefit from the SNP’s plans.⁶²⁶³ 

53. School nurses: In 2007 the SNP manifesto promises to double school nurse numbers and to deliver an individual health check for every pupil. In 2018 they committed to recruiting an additional 250 school nurses⁶⁴ but in September 2024, FTE figures were only 129 higher than the start of 2018⁶⁵. 

54. Looked after children: In 2016 Nicola Sturgeon as First Minster committed to improving the care system, commissioning the Independent Care Review and in 2022 producing the 80-steps required to deliver “The Promise” made to children in care by 2030. In 2025 Oversight Board published its third report noting that despite being halfway to the deadline, insufficient progress had been made⁶⁶. 

Crime and Justice:

55. Police Numbers: In 2007 the SNP promised to recruit 1,000 more police officers, maintaining at least 17,234 officers. The target was ditched in 2016 to give the force flexibility but recent figures show the number of officers to only be 16,441 FTE⁶⁷. In 2024 Police Scotland rolled out a plan to no longer investigate low level crime to free up capacity⁶⁸.  

56. Prison Replacement: The SNP 2021 Manifesto committed to a programme of prison replacement, including a new HMP Glasgow to replace Barlinnie which the 2021 Programme for Government said would be complete by 2026. In 2025 it was announced the new HMP Glasgow would be completed by 2028 at a cost of almost £1bn – up from the proposed £100m cost in 2014⁶⁹.  

57. Misogyny Legislation: After refusing to back the inclusion of a sex aggravator in Hate Crime legislation, the SNP government committed to passing a Misogyny Bill, adopting the recommendations made by the working group led by Baroness Helena Kennedy. No Bill has been consulted on or introduced and in April 2025 the SNP announced a u-turn, halting plans for legislation and now saying they will update the Hate Crime Act⁷⁰. Sexual violence and domestic abuse continue to increase in Scotland.⁷¹ 

58. Legal Aid: The 2021 SNP manifesto promised to engage the legal profession and victims organisations on reform of legal aid. No reform has occurred and there are reports in 2025 of legal aid deserts, lawyers ending their legal aid work as it is no longer viable and individuals unable to get a lawyer to support them⁷². 

59. Role of Law Officers: The 2021 SNP manifesto committed to consult on whether the dual role of the Lord Advocate should be spilt. An internal report has been commissioned but not published by the SNP government⁷³, but no consultation legislation has been published.  

60. Bairns’ Hoose: The 2021 SNP manifesto promised to establish a single point of access to justice services for child victims or witnesses and committed to ensuring every child victim or witness could access a “Bairns’ Hoose” by 2025. A number of projects have been set up but they remain in the “Pathfinder Phase” until 2027⁷⁴ 

Net Zero, Energy & Transport:

61. Climate targets: In 2024 the SNP government was forced to admit that it would not reach its 2023 greenhouse emissions targets. It was forced to legislate to scrap the interim and annual targets set out in the 2009 Climate Change (Scotland) Act ⁷⁵ and has delayed publication of its Climate Change Plan. 

62. Heat in buildings: In 2016 the SNP’s manifesto promised a Warm Homes Bill to tackle fuel poverty and energy efficiency⁷⁶. This was not delivered and in the 2021-2026 Parliament the SNP promised a Heat in Buildings Bill. This was delayed and amended and then dropped completely⁷⁷ 

63. Public Energy Company: In 2017 the SNP promised to establish a publicly owned energy company but plans were quietly delayed and then ditched⁷⁸. The 2021 manifesto did then commit to a “public energy agency” which has apparently been “operating virtually” within government since October 2022⁷⁹. 

64. Green Jobs Fund: The 2021 SNP Manifesto promised a £100m Green Jobs Fund to support new opportunities for green job creation. The budget line was “reprioritised” in the 2024-25 budget and not replaced in the 2025-26 budget⁸⁰.  

65. Green Growth Accelerator: The 2021 SNP Manifesto promised to create Green Growth Accelerators to unlock £200m of investment from local authorities to help reach net zero. The scheme was paused in 2024⁸¹.   

66. 130,000 Green Jobs: In 2010 the SNP promised to deliver 130,000 green jobs by 2020, but latest figures for 2023 show there to only be 33,500 low carbon and renewable energy jobs in Scotland⁸².  

67. Energy Strategy: In 2021 the SNP promised a refreshed energy strategy. A draft strategy was published in 2023 but, despite the public consultation closing that year, a final strategy is yet to be published⁸³.  

68. Mossmorran Transition Plan: In April 2024 the SNP Government committed to developing a just transition plan for Mossmorran, with the Cabinet Secretary saying that work would being in early 2025⁸⁴. In November 2025 Exxon announced that it would be closing the site at the cost of over 400 jobs. The Scottish Government appears to have done no work on the transition plan and tried to suggest the closure was a surprise⁸⁵.  

69. Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to deliver the above bill and although they have carried out a consultation, it has been left to Labour MSP, Sarah Boyack to bring the legislation forward⁸⁶. 

70. Flood defence schemes: In 2015, the Scottish Government set out a list of 42 priority flood prevention schemes for completion between 2016 and 2021⁸⁷ – however, nine years on work hasn’t begun on 20 of these.⁸⁸ 

71. Community-owned energy: The Scottish Government set a target to generate 1 GW of community and locally owned energy by 2020⁸⁹ but had failed to deliver this as of 2023⁹⁰. 

72. Recycling: The SNP previously committed to increase household recycling to 60% by 2020 but this has never been achieved and was then abandoned by the SNP government during the passing of the Circular Economy Bill⁹¹.  

73. Reduce car usage: In 2020 the SNP promised to reduce car usage by 20% but this has been dropped and car milage has increased to almost pre-pandemic levels⁹²  

74. Decarbonise buses: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to remove fossil fuels form public buses by 2023 but as of 2024, only 800 of the c.3,500 buses in Scotland were net-zero⁹³.  

75. Bus infrastructure funding: In 2019, the SNP pledged to spend £500 million on bus priority infrastructure via the Bus Partnership Fund.⁹⁴ However, just £26.9 million has been spent as part of that scheme ⁹⁵ – and in the 2025-26 budget, the SNP quietly confirmed it had been scrapped.⁹⁶ 

76. Integrated ticketing: An integrated ticketing system for public transport across Scotland was first promised in the SNP’s 2011 manifesto⁹⁷. It was reannounced as part of strategy by Transport Scotland in 2024 but is yet to be delivered⁹⁸.  

77. Rail decarbonisation: The SNP’s 2020 Decarbonisation Action Plan has proposed phasing out all diesel trains and electrifying the network by 2035 but it has been confirmed that this has now been in pushed back a decade to 2045⁹⁹.

Housing:

78. 110,000 affordable homes: The 2021-22 Programme for Government committed the SNP to building 110,000 new affordable homes by 2032 but at the current rate of delivery they are not on track to hit this target.¹⁰⁰  

79. Temporary Accommodation: The SNP’s Ending Homelessness Together 2023 Report included the commitment to reduce the use of temporary accommodation by 2026. The most recent Homelessness in Scotland statistics show the number of households and number of children in temporary accommodation at record levels.¹⁰¹  

80. Decarbonising homes: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to invest £1.6bn over the course of the Parliament to decarbonise homes and buildings. However, after successive in year budget cuts Energy Efficiency and Retrofitting Funding was cut by £23.5m in the 2026-27 budget.¹⁰²   

81. Empty homes: The SNP previously committed to tackle the level of empty homes and work on introducing compulsory sale order powers. Two years later they admitted that legislation would not be introduced and by in September 2025 there were 44,453 empty homes in Scotland.¹⁰³ 

82. Cladding: Following the Grenfell Tower fire, SNP Ministers set up a cladding remediation programme. The SNP’s 2021 manifesto committed to take forward a scheme of single assessment to support the people affected backed up by £100m but as of December 2025 only 17 Single Building Assessments had been completed, and only £15.9m of funding has been delivered.¹⁰⁴  

Social Justice:

83. Child poverty targets: In 2017 the SNP set its child poverty reduction targets for 2023, with an interim target of fewer than 18% of children living in relative poverty by 2023/24. Data shows that this target was missed with 22% of children, equivalent to 220,000 children living in poverty¹⁰⁵ 

84. Social security system: During the creation of Scotland’s devolved social security system, the SNP promised a system based on “dignity, fairness and respect”, yet individual have faced long waits for ADP claims to be processed, with the SNP removing the 10 week target from their website¹⁰⁶ and hundreds dying before their claims were approved¹⁰⁷.   

85. Disabled young people’s transitions: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to publish a National Transitions to Adulthood strategy to ensure all young disabled people get the support they need. The strategy has been repeatedly delayed¹⁰⁸ and the SNP rejected the Member’s Bill brought by Pam Duncan-Glancy regarding disabled young people’s transitions to adulthood¹⁰⁹ 

86. Human Rights Bill: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to bring forward Human Rights Bill that would have integrated four remaining UN Treaties but following the fallout from the UNCRC legislation, the commitment was abandoned in John Swinney’s 2024-25 Programme for Government¹¹⁰.  

87. Disability Equality Plan: The SNP promised to co-produce and publish an updated Disability Equality Plan but in October 2024 a number of disability organisations withdrew from the process citing a lack of meaningful progress¹¹¹. 

88. Independent Living: With its 2022 Coming Homes Implementation Report the SNP promised to progress moves from institutionalisation to independent living arrangements and support for people with learning disabilities. However, in 2025, the Scottish Human Rights Commission found significant gaps in human rights and implementation with over £12.5 million of a £20 million public fund called “the Community Living Change Fund” remained unspent or unaccounted for¹¹². 

89. Parent Employability Fund:  The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised double investment in a Parental Employability Fund to £15m over two years to support low-income and disabled parents into good jobs. However, in 2023 the SNP abandoned the pledge¹¹³.  

Culture & External Affairs:

90. Scottish Youth Performing Company: The SNP 2021 manifesto promised to establish Scotland’s first regularly funded Youth National Performing Company, to showcase the creative gifts of Scotland’s young people, and help grow the talent of tomorrow but this has never been delivered or featured in a Programme for Government.  

91. Increased investment in sport: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to double the Scottish Government’s investment in sport and active living to £100 million a year by the end of the Parliament. In the 2026-27 budget, this still has not been met, with SportScotland receiving £54.6m and Active Healthy Lives being allocated £27m.¹¹⁴ 

92. Public artwork funds: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to create a new £2 million fund for public artwork. As of 2026 the SNP Government did not have a timetable for this, and progress has not been made since¹¹⁵. 

93. Peace Institute: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto and 2021 Programme for Government promised to create a Scottish Peace Institute by the end of 2022 to build on Scotland’s role in conflict resolution. A review was completed in 2023 and a procurement closed in 2024 for a Scottish Peace Platform but no announcement has been made¹¹⁶.  

94. Arts funding: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised a new requirement that a percentage of budgets for construction of public buildings and spaces be set aside for community art commissions – raising up to £150m for the arts. A commitment to develop this was repeated in the 2023 Culture Action Plan¹¹⁷ and it was noted again in the 2025 review of culture funding, but the scheme has never been established¹¹⁸.  

Rural Affairs:

95. Dualling the A9: The 2007 SNP manifesto promised to dual the A9 and in 2011 said this would be done by 2025. A new delivery plan has pushed this back until 2035 but doubt has also been raised about whether this will be delivered¹¹⁹.   

96. Rollout of Superfast Broadband: The SNP’s 2016 manifesto promised to deliver 100% superfast broadband coverage to all of Scotland by 2021 by as of 2023 there were still 82,270 premises remaining to be connected through R100 contracts¹²⁰.  
    
97. Tree planting: The SNP’s committed to 18,000 hectares of tree planting per year by 2025 as recommended by the Climate Change Committee. They have consistently failed to meet its own tree planting targets¹²¹, subsequent funding cuts have raised concerns about if the target can be met¹²².  
    
98. Ferries: The SNP announced the construction of two ferries at Ferguson Marine in 2015, with promised delivery date of 2018. Problems with design, construction and various leadership teams have led to substantial delays and cost over-runs so the ships are at least 7 years behind scheduled and £300m over budget¹²³. 
    
99. Right to Food: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to enshrine the Right to Food in the Good Food Nation Bill but failed to do so and then dropped the commitment all together¹²⁴. 
    
100. Rural Entrepreneur Fund: The SNP’s 2021 manifesto promised to establish a £20m rural entrepreneur fund but by 2023 this commitment had been put on hold and has not materialised¹²⁵.