The SNP Scottish Budget has passed its final Holyrood hurdle with the support of the Greens, Liberal Democrats and Alba, while Tories opposed and Labour abstained.

Ahead of the final vote, SNP First Minister John Swinney had written to his Labour counterpart Anas Sarwar calling on him to rethink his abstentionist position after the Scottish government amended spending plans to fund a £25 million just transition fund for Grangemouth oil refinery and its workforce.

He wrote: “I hope that when the UK government provide more details on the announced £200 million being available through the National Wealth Fund that this will also be available for timely deployment on a similar basis as the funding I have set out and that these funds align to best support a just transition for Grangemouth.

“In that spirit of co-operation, I trust that you and Scottish Labour colleagues will now be in a position to vote for the Budget at stage three tomorrow and work constructively to deliver the nearly £90m investment for Grangemouth, supporting the jobs, livelihoods and businesses which depend on it.”

Opening the debate, Finance Secretary Shona Robison repeated that call, urging her Labour counterpart Michael Marra to back the latest amendments to the Budget not only on Grangemouth, but to make additional funding available for the crisis-hit University of Dundee.

Lecturers at the institution are two days into a three-week strike in their battle to fend off the threat of compulsory redundancies as it grapples with a £30m black hole in its finances.

Addressing the Labour group directly, Ms Robison told MSPs: “It is not enough to will the ends and not the means.

“I would invite Labour members even at this late stage either individually or collectively to vote for the Budget today and show that you are participants in change, not just spectators.”

While Mr Marra welcomed the extra cash for the university in his home town, he remained unmoved on his Budget stance, informing the chamber Labour would once again abstain.

He told MSPs: “This weekend showed what Labour in power can do, committing £200m from the National Wealth Fund to Grangemouth.

“Rather than blaming someone else, the UK Labour government stepped-up to protect livelihoods and communities — that’s what Labour governments do.

“A Scottish Labour government elected next year will call time on the poverty of ambition and deliver the new direction that Scotland needs.”