Calmac Row.. Sturgeon Accused: Ferries Deal 'Rushed For Political Reasons
Daily Record|March 28, 2022
Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure yesterday to explain her role in awarding the botched contract for two CalMac ferries that are £150million over budget and still incomplete.
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Calmac Row.. Sturgeon Accused: Ferries Deal 'Rushed For Political Reasons

The First Minister has been drawn further into the ferries fiasco after Jim McColl, the former Ferguson yard owner, claimed ministers rushed through the order in 2015 without proper safeguards to maximise publicity ahead of her first party conference as leader.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, McColl suggested Sturgeon had misled the Scottish Parliament last week when she claimed the contracts were signed off by disgraced former finance secretary Derek Mackay.

This story is from the March 28, 2022 edition of Daily Record.

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