Senior SNP figures have called on Humza Yousaf to end the party’s relationship with the Greens over concerns that their policies are harming Scottish business.
Last week two former SNP ministers, Fergus Ewing and Alex Neil, called for a vote on the SNP’s pact with the party.
It has now emerged that Neil Gray, the economy minister, raised concerns that interventions from the Greens were making businesses feel that the Scottish government was against them.
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Emails released through Freedom of Information laws showed that Gray issued a direct warning to Lorna Slater, the Green minister, about regulations on businesses.