EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Reeves has held no formal meetings with MSPs since Labour was returned to power at the general election in July.
Anas Sarwar has been accused of "failing to engage" with the UK Government ahead of the Budget which confirmed the Winter Fuel Payment would become means-tested.
SNP MSP Michelle Thomson claimed the lack of meetings with Holyrood members showed the Scottish Labour leader had "made no effort to engage with his own colleague who is responsible for the UK's public finances". "At a time when thousands of Scots are suffering because of Labour policies like the Winter Fuel Payment cut, two child cap and Brexit, it's astonishing that Mr Sarwar has made no effort to engage with his own colleague who is responsible for the UK's public finances.
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