Swinney secures cross-party budget support and renewable energy funding
The First Minister negotiated an agreement at Holyrood securing the votes needed to pass the devolved budget, with additional resources committed to offshore wind supply chains and green industrial zones.
In a satirical industrial flat-pack scene, John Swinney proudly presents a budget booklet and an absurdly small Allen key beside enormous unassembled wind-turbine components. Two anonymous parliamentarians applaud behind him. A waiting engineering worker offers a proper industrial spanner.
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