THE Scottish government were under fire last week over a £1million bill for limo services used by ministers. A total of £929,899 was spent last year on limos and a further £65,759 on private hire vehicles.
Labour's Lord George Foulkes commented on the limo bill and said it was an "astonishing figure".
The cost of running and maintaining a 25-car fleet, plus staff costs, increased by more than £21,000 compared with the previous year and by more than £58,000 on two years ago.
At a time when budgets are being cut in Scotland and the rest of the UK, it is hard to jusify such a rise in transport cost but I guess the ministers want to keep using a limo rather than public transport.
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