LABOUR peer George Foulkes is plotting to challenge Scottish Government spending on international offices as he ramps up his efforts to frustrate…
he would redouble his efforts when Parliament returns this week after the summer break.
The Scottish Government spent £7 million maintaining international offices in 2022/23 in China, the USA, Canada, France, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Denmark. “There must be a stop to all ultra vires spending, switching earmarked cash to other areas and accountability accepted for all the scandals from the ferries to Deposit Return Scheme and everything in between.”Also in his five-point plan to challenge the Scottish Government were measures to highlight “scandals” facing the administration such as problems with ferry building, challenging spending by Independence Minister Jamie Hepburn.
spending on independence campaigning through its series of white papers making the case for ending the UnionCase previously described the work of the team tasked with drawing up the papers – which costs the taxpayer at least £1.4m in salary costs – as “worrying”.
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