The SNP is not ruling out working with Scottish Labour in council chambers across the country following the election earlier this week.
Kirsten Oswald, the SNP 's deputy Westminster leader, said the nationalists are open to deals with progressive parties in town halls but said no agreements would be made with the Tories.
However, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar reiterated his pre-election stance by saying no formal agreements would be made with other parties.
He did say that his party, who finished in second place ahead of the Tories, could work on an issue-by-issue basis.
At the council elections on Thursday, the SNP came out as the biggest party with 453 seats while Labour came in second with 282 and the Tories finished third with 214 - down 63 councillors on 2017.
Speaking on the BBC 's The Sunday Show, Oswald said: "There will be discussions at local level, there's no chance of us getting into any kind of paper sharing arrangement with the Tories
"That's obvious and that's clear. There is the need for us to have these discussions and that dialogue will be ongoing."
Host Martin Geissler asked: "Are you ruling out Labour?"
Oswald replied: "I think we would always make agreements with any progressive party. The needs of our communities are at the forefront.
"I think that's what the electoral system requires of us and that's what our voters would expect us to do.
"To have sensible mature discussions about how best to move forward and how best to achieve the most sensible outcomes."
Sarwar said Labour would be looking to form minority administrations across Scotland following the election.
He added: "I made clear throughout the election campaign that we will be having no formal coalition's with any other political parties. That's a position that remains.
"We'll be looking to seek to form minority administrations in other parts of the country and where we can form minority administration's we will oppose the decimation all these communities is happening because of SNP cuts.
"There will be no formal coalitions but on individual issues where we get cross party support on individual issues that matter to local people then were willing to work with individual councillors and individual political parties, but no formal coalitions."
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