Scotland politics: Spending cuts laid bare as Shona Robison confirms £500m in cuts

There is lots happening in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, not least because Finance Secretary Shona Robison is due to make a statement on the Scottish Government’s finances, after announcing several cuts in recent weeks.

She is expected to make hundreds of millions of pounds of cuts.

This comes ahead of First Minister John Swinney’s Programme for Government on Wednesday.

It is not just Ms Robison’s statement we are looking ahead to this afternoon. There will also be ministerial statements on community cohesion, gender identity healthcare for young people, the Clyde and Hebrides ferries, and mobile phones, behaviour and relationships at schools.