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Scottish Greens members back powersharing agreement with SNP

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Scottish Greens have backed an agreement that could see the party join the Scottish Government alongside the SNP. Party members voted to support the deal to enter government at Saturday morning's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) following a two-hour debate.

The Scottish Greens' Party Council will still have to approve the deal by a two-thirds majority. With proxy votes still to be counted, 715 members (88.5 per cent) had backed the deal, 84 (10.4 per cent) voted against and nine (1.1 per cent) abstained.The outcome of that final decision is expected to be announced by co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater at a press conference scheduled to begin at 3pm.The pair would become government ministers under the powersharing deal, with the.

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