MESS, MINISTER

Huge sewage spills revealed in SNP and Green government members' backyards

- DAN VEVERS

SNP and Green ministers have been accused of presiding over "fiefdoms of filth" after new data revealed sewage being dumped for thousands of hours in their backyards.

The Lib Dems said their "sewage league table" showed filthy wastewater had spewed into public health minister Jenni Minto's Argyll and Bute constituency for more than 22,000 hours in 2023.

In second place, Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan saw sewage piped into the environment in her Clydesdale constituency for 19,550 hours last year.