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Scottish budget clears final Holyrood hurdle
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The SNP Scottish Budget has passed its final Holyrood hurdle with the support of the Greens, Liberal Democrats and Alba, while Tories opposed and Labour abstained.

Ahead of the final vote, SNP First Minister John Swinney had written to his Labour counterpart Anas Sarwar calling on him to rethink his abstentionist position after the Scottish government amended spending plans to fund a £25 million just transition fund for Grangemouth oil refinery and its workforce.

He wrote: “I hope that when the UK government provide more details on the announced £200 million being available through the National Wealth Fund that this will also be available for timely deployment on a similar basis as the funding I have set out and that these funds align to best support a just transition for Grangemouth.

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