NICOLA Sturgeon's Cabinet will meet virtually today to vote on a co-operation agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens.

A partnership deal has been made and the Cabinet vote will take place at 9.30am today to approve the proposal, according to the BBC.

The plans are based on a New-Zealand model of working together pioneered by Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and that country’s Greens.

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The agreement is set to see a Green MSP join the Scottish Government as a minister, but it will not be a full-on coalition.

Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater are expected to set out details of the deal later today.

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The SNP are only one MSP short of a majority at the Scottish Parliament, despite Scotland’s electoral system being set up in such a way as to make majorities highly difficult to achieve.

The deal is seen by some as a way to boost the case for Holyrood’s call for a second independence referendum when the UK Government is again approached.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has previously said that the two parties “can help build a better future for Scotland”.

She stressed the parties were “agreeing to come out of our comfort zones to find new ways of working for the common good”.

She added: “As we embark on this process, we are setting no limits on our ambition.

“So in that vein let me be clear that while this is not a guaranteed or a pre-agreed outcome, it is not inconceivable that a co-operation agreement could lead in future to a Green minister or ministers being part of this Government.”

Slater has expressed her hope that talks with the SNP would allow them to “deliver real change”.

She said: “The Scottish Greens have always worked constructively with other parties, delivering meaningful change like free bus travel for young people."

Climate is expected to be a key area of the partnership, coming ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow later this year.