HOLYROOD bosses have brought in a new time-based format for First Minister’s Questions after Reform dropped to third place.

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HOLYROOD bosses have brought in a new time-based format for First Minister’s Questions after Reform dropped to third place.

Crisis Scotland has welcomed the First Minister’s recognition of the scale of Scotland’s homelessness challenge, after its new research was raised in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, and urged all parties to use the coming budget to turn that recognition into action.

Here is a summary of the main talking points from this week’s party leaders’ FMQs: Scottish Labour's Michael Marra asks Swinney to act on homelessness, after a new report by Heriot-Watt University for Crisis Scotland said Scotland's extreme homelessness could be nearly halved in two years with the right interventions Swinney welcomed the report and said additional measures have been taken to construct more housing and support those at risk of homelessness Reform UK's Scotland leader Malcolm Offord asked Swinney to condemn the UK Green parties over their comments about the Israel-Gaza conflict and Zionism The first minister questioned Offord calling the Green Party "racist" just hours before his party is due to lead a debate on banning the burqa Gillian Mackay, Scottish Greens co-leader, called for a full public consultation on data centres, and Swinney said the government was engaging with parties and more guidance will come later this year The Tories urged Swinney to back their bill which aims to tighten up benefit fraud, which Swinney says Social Security Scotland already does well The Lib Dems led on violence in schools and called for support for teachers, and the first minister said violent protection framework and behaviour codes...