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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

DARK SECRETS: Scottish opposition pushes swinney on free school meal and flat rate rail fare cuts | Vintage Vibes

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John Swinney delivers a statement at Holyrood: he has a hand raised and looks animated as one woman claps in the background and another looks down at her notes
John Swinney, the first minister, faces challenges getting his budget passed in December. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Opposition parties in Scotland have urged John Swinney to reverse unpopular cuts to free school meals and flat-rate rail fares after he suffered two defeats at Holyrood.

In a major test of the first minister’s minority government, opposition MSPs united behind Conservative motions that condemned decisions to scrap plans to provide free school meals for all primary school pupils and reintroduce peak rail fares.

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