SCOTTISH Labour will abstain on the Budget, its leader Anas Sarwar said today.

Mr Sarwar said Labour could not support the Budget unless the SNP adds a commitment to end the two-child benefit cap, which is ironic given that the cap, which the SNP opposes, has been kept in place by the Labour government at British level.

Abstention ought to leave the minority Scottish National Party government with the numbers for its Budget to pass.