Humza Yousaf has been urged to sack his Scottish Greens ministers after taxpayers were left with a £3.5m bill to upgrade just one office to net zero. The price of improving insulation and installing heat pumps at the Crown Office building in Elgin, Moray has increased by more than £1m in just a few months. The project was meant to be a flagship one for the Scottish Government to prove that all properties can become net zero. "They impose their madcap schemes on normally sensible organisations like the Crown Office - though why they went along with this must be independently reviewed. The current net zero plan was estimated to cost £33bn in 2021 but the true cost is expected to be higher now due to inflation.

Source: Express December 04, 2023 12:12 UTC