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| Nicola Sturgeon to outline priorities for government | Nicola Sturgeon to outline priorities for government |
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| Nicola Sturgeon is to outline education and the economy as her top priorities for government in a speech at Holyrood. | Nicola Sturgeon is to outline education and the economy as her top priorities for government in a speech at Holyrood. |
| The SNP has formed a minority administration in the Scottish Parliament after returning 63 MSPs in the election earlier in May. | The SNP has formed a minority administration in the Scottish Parliament after returning 63 MSPs in the election earlier in May. |
| Ms Sturgeon has said the result gives her party a mandate to implement the manifesto it stood on in the election. | Ms Sturgeon has said the result gives her party a mandate to implement the manifesto it stood on in the election. |
| Opposition parties will have the chance to outline their own policies during a chamber debate. | Opposition parties will have the chance to outline their own policies during a chamber debate. |
| MSPs will also vote later in the day on a motion to extend future sessions of First Minister's Questions to 45 minutes. | MSPs will also vote later in the day on a motion to extend future sessions of First Minister's Questions to 45 minutes. |
| The first minister has reshuffled her cabinet with her key priorities in mind, introducing separate finance and economy portfolios and shifting her deputy John Swinney to the education brief. | The first minister has reshuffled her cabinet with her key priorities in mind, introducing separate finance and economy portfolios and shifting her deputy John Swinney to the education brief. |
| As one of its first actions, the cabinet has established an international council of schools experts to advise the government on education policy. | As one of its first actions, the cabinet has established an international council of schools experts to advise the government on education policy. |
| During the election campaign, Ms Sturgeon repeatedly underlined education as the issue that she wanted to be "judged on" during the coming Holyrood term. | During the election campaign, Ms Sturgeon repeatedly underlined education as the issue that she wanted to be "judged on" during the coming Holyrood term. |
| Following her speech, which begins at 14:00, opposition parties will get the chance to put forward their positions. | Following her speech, which begins at 14:00, opposition parties will get the chance to put forward their positions. |
| Ruth Davidson, whose Conservatives overtook Labour to become Holyrood's second largest party in the election, will get the first chance to respond, followed by Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. | Ruth Davidson, whose Conservatives overtook Labour to become Holyrood's second largest party in the election, will get the first chance to respond, followed by Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. |
| The debate, titled Taking Scotland Forward, will not conclude on Wednesday, but will be continued on Thursday afternoon after a debate on the European Union referendum led by Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop. | |
| Further debates on Taking Scotland Forward will take place on each sitting day the following week, focusing on issues from the economy to the environment and land reform. |