The SNP has been told to "urgently come clean" after it was revealed that hundreds of official records were destroyed following a legal battle with Alex Salmond. Mr Salmond is now expected to use this new information in his new legal case against the Scottish Government. With almost a quarter of the entire files that they deleted that year being wiped on one date, they cannot try and typically cover this up." The latest controversy follows a landmark transparency case that rules against the Scottish Information Commissioner who sought to withhold evidence into Nicola Sturgeon's ministerial code investigation during the Salmond saga. Other files included correspondence with an HR helpdesk and details of 'special bonus' payments to staff in 2007 and 2008.

Source: Express December 27, 2023 16:24 UTC