THE Scottish Greens have questioned Scottish Labour’s transport commitments after the party accepted a six-figure donation from controversial businessmen James and Sandy Easdale.

The billionaire brothers preside over a property and transport empire that includes McGill’s buses, an operator which in 2024 launched a legal action against the Scottish government to prevent bus services being franchised.

Outlining his determination to remove the SNP from office in May, Sandy Easdale, who was jailed in 1997 for VAT fraud, told the Herald newspaper: “I think Anas Sarwar has a better handle on business and how Scotland’s business sector works.”

Despite his party being committed to publicly owned buses, Mr Sarwar said he was “grateful to Sandy and James for their support.”

But Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer said: “This is no longer a Labour Party that stands up for the working class, it’s a party of billionaires.

“The Easdales and a handful of others have made a fortune from the failed experiment that is the UK’s privatised bus network.

“Given who is now bankrolling Anas Sarwar, can he tell us what Labour’s policy is when it comes to bus ownership?”