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Free iPad scheme suspended to fund Scottish council pay deals

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10 m will be saved by pausing Connecting Scotland's digital devices programme.

The scheme was set up to help people get online during the Covid pandemic.

It has delivered free internet access and more than 61,000 devices since 2020 .

Shona Robison said diverting the funding was "not a decision we have taken lightly".

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