A possible power sharing deal between the SNP and Greens at Holyrood has been branded a "coalition of cuts" by Scottish Labour.
A draft agreement between Nicola Sturgeon's party and the environmentalists is expected to be made public today before it is considered for final approval by both sides.
It could see at least one Green MSP handed a position within the Scottish Government which would formalise a pro-independence majority of members at Holyrood.
But Labour leader Anas Sarwar claimed the public had not voted for such a deal at May's Holyrood election.
“The SNP promised to focus on recovery, but there’s no sign they’ve even started yet, instead they have focused on their usual political games and months of 'talks' between Nicola Sturgeon and the Greens," he said.
“‘All the while, the SNP has failed Scots by dithering, delays, broken promises, and a gulf between their spin and reality.
“As each day passes, Scotland's need for a Government focussed on recovery and results grows.
"Instead, we're set to be subjected to the spectacle of a coalition of cuts that no one voted for being rubber-stamped by a tiny minority of political obsessives.
"This isn't how Scotland should be governed."
Sarwar continued: "The grim reality is that this coalition isn't a surprise, it is just formalising what we've seen for years - Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP hammering our public services with cuts, and the Greens nodding along.
"From voting against pay rises for care workers, failing to reform the council tax, and tripling cuts to Scottish councils, this confirms the long-held suspicion that the Scottish Greens are a just a branch office of the SNP.
"If the Greens are to be anything more than simply the SNP’s lackeys, they need to re-discover their principles and fight for a greener Scotland rather than roll over to the SNP every time the going gets tough.
"Scotland needs a real alternative that is standing up for our national recovery, the NHS and decent jobs - not the same old constitutional arguments."
Meanwhile, the Scottish Conservatives branded the potential SNP-Green deal as a threat to the economic recovery from covid.
Tory MSP Liam Kerr claimed such a tie-up meant bad news for workers, particularly those involved in the North Sea energy sector.
“An SNP-Green deal is dire news for workers and businesses," he said.
“The Green extremists don’t belong anywhere near government. Their manifesto is a doctrine to start a war on working Scotland.
“Drivers would be hammered by their rash proposals. The Greens want to scrap essential road projects and force most cars off the road within just a few years.
“Patrick Harvie will push for the end of the oil and gas industry at the first chance he gets, abandoning the 100,000 jobs which depend on it. They have no interest in energy transition. They want an unfair conclusion of our North Sea sector which is developing the very means to hit net zero.
“They are so out-of-touch that they want to hand criminals more rights and bring in punishing restrictions to prevent people from selling their own homes.
“Scotland’s economic recovery from Covid will be under threat from the Greens’ anti-business, anti-jobs ideology.
“The SNP have lost the plot if they think it’s right that the Greens will have a seat at the government table while businesses, drivers, the oil and gas industry and normal hardworking people are shunted to the side."
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