Lord Foulkes, who has attacked the First Minister over his independence prospectus, is now trying to stop “illegal” spending on overseas offices and foreign trips by Holyrood ministers. The Scottish Goverment spent £7m maintaining international offices in 2022/23 in China, the USA, Canada, France, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Denmark. Lord Foulkes has called the Building a New Scotland series is “deliberately provocative” as by definition it deals with powers which are outside Holyrood’s control. On Wednesday, Lord Foulkes said he would be “intensifying” his campaign “to stop illegal spending” by the Scottish Government when Westminster resumes next week. -Further challenge on expenditure on the Independence Minister and his retinue.

Source: The Herald September 03, 2023 11:54 UTC