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Green MSPs will need to secure "real action" on moves to bring buses back into public ownership in any deal on the Scottish budget, according to a motion passed by the party's conference. ‌

Scottish Green Party members voted for a motion which bars the party's seven MSPs from backing the 2026-27 budget unless there is "solid movement to bring buses back into public ownership across Scotland". ‌

It comes ahead of talks at Holyrood over the budget for next year, with the minority SNP Government needing to secure the backing of at least one other party in Parliament to get its tax and spending plans approved. ‌

The motion stresses Greens believe public transport should be "run for the common good, not for private profit", with services "provided free at the point of

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