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- PAUL HUTCHEON

Political Editor JOHN Swinney is set to reverse Humza Yousaf's £200million cut to housing in a full reset of the SNP government.

In a victory for the Daily Record, the First Minister's Finance Secretary Shona Robison is poised to announce the decision in today's Budget.

Yousaf was widely panned after he delivered a £196million cut to affordable housing last December.

The move angered critics who pointed out that the country is in the grip of a housing emergency and homelessness crisis.

We have led the way in exposing the harm caused by the housing cuts and Swinney is poised to bin the Yousaf policy by restoring the funding.

The SNP government may also increase the housing budget over and above wiping out the previous cut.

Housing groups have pleaded with Swinney to axe the Yousaf cut. Sally Thomas, chief executive of the Scottish Federation of Housing Association, said: "This Budget needs to be a "

"Ministers have repeatedly promised housing would be the priority should there be an increase in the capital budget.

"The Scottish Government can now choose to keep its promise and reinvest in the affordable rented housing we desperately need. That means reversing last year's hammerblow cut and taking immediate action to tackle spiralling waiting lists.