Independent advisers say ministers have not delivered the policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Scotland's flagship 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is now out of reach, the government's independent advisers have warned.
Chris Stark, chief executive of the Climate Change Committee, said the target was "too stretching" and there was no plan in place to get anywhere close to hitting it. It previously accused the Scottish government of losing its lead over the rest of the UK on tackling the issue. New electric car sales in Scotland are lower than for the UK as a whole although public charge point provision is on track.Scottish ministers conceded the 2030 target was ambitious when they announced it. They also said no one “should be in any doubt” that they would use “every policy lever” to try and achieve it.
In Scotland’s NHS the Treatment Time Guarantee states that all eligible patients must start to receive treatment within 12 weeks.
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