SNP secures budget package with £160m council funding pledge

Scotland’s finance secretary, Derek Mackay, was involved in weeks of talks with Greens.Scotland’s finance secretary has increased council funding and offered a more generous public sector pay deal to win support from the Scottish Greens for his £33bn budget.After weeks of talks, Derek Mackay announced he was increasing funding for local councils by £160m, giving an extra £10m to subsidise ferries in Orkney and Shetland and extending a 3% public sector pay increase t