Nicola Sturgeon will be remembered as the first female and longest-serving First Minister of Scotland, but her legacy on policy is a little more complicated 🔎 Fact check by eleanormia
February 15, 2023 5:36 pm
Her main pledge was to close the educational attainment gap between poorer and wealthier students, but progress in this area has stalled throughout her time in office. It found that the system was “at risk of policy and institutional overload” and had no “identified cycle of policy review” to ensure best practices.One of the most recent challenges when it comes to Ms Sturgeon’s legacy has been NHS A&E waiting times, which hit their worst level on record in December last year.
Much of the current strain on the NHS in Scotland can be put down to the effects of the pandemic, throughout which Ms Sturgeon was praised for her clear communication and tough decision making when it come to setting out restrictions and lifting lockdown. But her repeated calls for a fresh independence referendum were met with deaf ears by the government in Westminster. In 2022, she attempted to force through a draft Referendum Bill to the Supreme Court, but it was eventually ruled she could not hold the vote.
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