Ambitious vision for Scotland, and ‘beautiful dream’ of independence to follow

Newsnet.scot presents First Minister Nicola sturgeon’s party conference speech today in full, as a service to readers. Chasing her first election victory as FM, and way ahead in the polls, Sturgeon set out to paint her vision for the Scottish Government’s next five years, addressing issues of Parliamentary powers, the economy, health, education, poverty and Scotland’s constitutional future.