'The Budget seems good on paper - I hope it saves my job'
Elise PrenticeFinance Secretary Shona Robison has delivered her second Scottish Budget, with changes to council tax, income tax and a surprise announcement to end the two-child benefit cap.
Promises were made on increased spending in the NHS, more affordable homes and an increase in culture funding.
BBC News Scotland has been speaking to people with a range of incomes about what they wanted from the Budget and how it might affect their circumstances.
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Elise Prentice from Glasgow, who uses they and them as pronouns, works as a creative assistant in a sustainable textiles charity.
Elise was keeping a close eye on the Scottish Budget for funding announcements in the arts sector.
Their income averages about £10,000 a year and their job security depends on if the charity gets enough funding in the new financial year.
Elise could be out of a job in May.
"The £34m promised sounds good on paper – it’s an exciting number but I am anxious to see how it’s put into practice," Elise said.
"I liked hearing about money for the breakfast clubs.
"I went to what were considered deprived schools in Glasgow's east end, and I work with young people in deprived places - and so does my mum, so we are always listening out for things like that."
Elise is positive about a lot of the announcements but is "sceptical" about how they might be put into practice.
"When you listen at first it sounds great but sometimes there’s a gulf between what's announced and what it ends up as," they say.
Elise is now hopeful the funding will eventually trickle down to their employer but says it will not happen fast.
But they are trying to be optimistic.
"I see a glimmer of hope but I am sceptical – I will take it with a pinch of salt until I see it happen.
'I'm underwhelmed - I expected more'
"It's just more of the same, isn't it?" says Llion Wright-Evans, 24, a student nurse in Glasgow.
He earns £770 per month from his bursary, having to top up his earnings with team leader shifts in a care home.
He wanted to see a boost in funding for the NHS to improve conditions for patients and staff.
But Shona Robison's promise that by March 2026 no one will wait longer than 12 months for a new outpatient appointment, inpatient treatment or day case treatment, did not impress.
Llion says: "I heard that and thought - is it that much now?
"I would have liked it to be six months or less - there are conditions affecting people day-to-day, they should be able to live comfortably and without pain."
The lifting of the council tax cap worries him - he is exempt as a student now but won't be after he qualifies.
"I am not looking forward to that increase," he says.
He was pleased to hear that free bus travel would be reinstated for asylum seekers.
But he doesn't think the Budget will change much.
"Overall I was a bit underwhelmed," he says. "I expected more."
'My income is £28,000, the Budget's unlikely to change that'
Retired reverend Derek Gunn from Falkirk fears this budget is going to significantly hit those who are just above the benefits threshold.
He earns £28,000 from various pensions and tops it up with part-time work as a minister.
"There were no real surprises," he says.
"It feels like the benefit will all come later. There is no immediate hope for those on the margin."
"Lifting the council tax cap was well-flagged to happen. But a hike in council tax will cause some dismay."
Many of Derek's parishioners had expressed concern over losing the winter fuel payment and with the mitigating payments not coming until next year, he believes this will be a double hit.
"The cost of living is still going up. Everything is rising. Incomes are static – this will affect those just above the line for receiving benefits. Those people will be hardest hit."
Derek sees no silver linings other than the easing of fuel payments this time next year.
"I don’t want to be too critical. I appreciate that the Scottish government is in a corner too - it's all conditional on the block grant from Westminster."
'If my costs go down, I can cut my prices'
Domenico Crolla is the third generation of Crollas to run Oro restaurant in Glasgow's Shawlands area.
He was hoping to see the rates relief granted to businesses in England and Wales extended to businesses here by the Scottish government after seeing his rates double in recent years to almost £40,000.
"I would have been surprised to hear anything that was amazing," he tells BBC Scotland News.
"But what could they have done?
"I wasn’t expecting any good news but there's nothing too bad."
The finance secretary did announce that business rates relief would be extended to "most of the hospitality sector".
But the Scottish Licensed Trade Association said the vast majority of its members - which include pubs, hoteliers, restaurants and clubs - would be over the threshold.
The detail is yet to be seen, but Domenico says, "The rates are scandalous – I am in the southside where every second shop is closed. People can't afford to pay the rates.
"If I had a wish it would be to drop VAT or tax.
"If I got that I would reflect that in my prices. If my menu prices go up they can equally come down."
'It takes longer to fix something than it does to break it'
Farah, a retired academic (due to a hearing disability), works three days a week as a charity administrator to supplement her work pension.
She considers herself "comfortably off" but sees a lot to be done to improve the lives of those around her.
She sees some hope in the Scottish Budget.
"This all needs to be a long term plan. There will be no easy fixes to the amount of damage that has been wreaked in the last 14 years."
She is glad to see investment in the NHS but feels this will take a long time to seep through.
“I worry people will be impatient," she says. "The key thing to remember is that it takes longer to fix something than it did to break it.
“We also need to look at how to train more doctors, nurses, dentists and allied professions. This will mean revising visa rules, bringing back proper funding for student nurses, and this is all going to be expensive.”
Farah says she cheered at the announcement to end the two-child benefits cap in Scotland.
“The two child benefits cap was a dystopian abomination brought in by a government with a perverted sense of Scrooge-like morality. Scrapping it will, all on its own, lift many children out of poverty.”