Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announced yesterday to the Finance and Constitution Committee that agreement had been reached to ensure the spending plans are approved by MSPs.

The Greens have helped to pass each of the Scottish Government's five budgets throughout this parliamentary term due to the SNP operating as a slight minority administration in Holyrood with 61 of 129 MSPs. The five Greens members ensure the Government gets a majority.

In order to secure support from the Greens, the Scottish Government has pledged to extend the concessionary travel scheme – announced as part of last year’s budget deal and due to come into force this year – to anyone under 22 years old.

Forbes has also agreed to pay rises for public sector workers, amounting to £800, or around 4%, for those earning under £25,000, 2% for those between £25,000 and £49,000 and 1% above that.

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The Greens also secured Covid-19 relief payments of up to £130 for low-income families as well as two further instalments of £100 each in August and December for families with children eligible for free school meals.

Half a million families will receive the smaller payment, while 170,000 will be eligible for the full £330, the Greens have said.

All primary school pupils in Scotland will also be able to claim free school meals during term time, under the new plans, and £40 million will be invested in active travel, energy efficiency and other environmental efforts.

How are other parties expected to vote?

Forbes is still looking to gain support from the LibDems ahead of the vote, which is expected to run into the evening. The part is expected to back the Budget, but have highlighted the need for business support, an education bounce back plan, and better mental health services.

Scottish LibDem leader Willie Rennie said: “We think that people expect parties to work together in the middle of a pandemic. Our focus has been to put recovery first."

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said that talks between the Finance Secretary and his party were progressing well but he would wait to see the final details of the bill before the party decides its position.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has said his party will vote against the spending plan, claiming it did not deliver free school meals or fair funding for councils.

“We cannot endorse an SNP Budget when they have plans to wreck Scotland’s recovery by continuing their push for indyref2 as early as this year,” Ross said.