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Greens back SNP deal – meaning co-leaders Harvie and Slater will be first Green government ministers anywhere in Britain
Trailblazers: Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

LABOUR has warned of impending cuts from Holyrood as the Scottish Greens agreed to enter government with the SNP this weekend despite the junior party’s co-leaders promising to deliver a transformative agenda. 

On Saturday afternoon, members of the Scottish Greens ratified a co-operation agreement with the SNP government following a two-hour debate and a meeting of the party’s national council.

The agreement will see the Scottish Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater become government ministers, the first time any Green representative has held political office in a government in Britain.

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