Scottish Greens to press Nicola Sturgeon to tax rich after election

Green party wants first minister to raise tax rates to prevent spending cuts if it gains seats in parliamentary poll

The Scottish Green party has promised leftwing voters it would put Nicola Sturgeon under friendly pressure to tax the rich if it wins a large number of Holyrood seats in May.

Patrick Harvie, the party's co-convenor, said raising tax rates to prevent spending cuts would be "agenda item one" if Sturgeon invited the Scottish Green party (SGP) into talks after the Scottish parliamentary election.