THE SNP-GREEN Scottish government have joined with Tory MSPs to block plans to boost support for those injured at work.

Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin’s Employment Injuries Advisory Council (SEIAC) Bill aimed not only to put plans in place for a new employment injury benefit, but to create a new council of experts — including trade unions — which could advise on the scale and scope of the new benefit, and monitor progress.

However, just two days after SNP First Minister Humza Yousaf told the told the STUC of his ambitions to “do more to support workers and their families here and now,” his government joined with Tory MSPs to block the legislation.