Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has retracted claims that a journalist “made up” a figure about his department and a £150m warchest. The MP backtracked after appearing to give the impression the figure had been invented.
Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has retracted claims a journalist “made up” a figure about his department and a £150m warchest. The MP backtracked after appearing to give the impression the figure had been invented.
Our sister newspaper, the Sunday Mail, then reported after the election that the Government would change the law to allow Murray to bypass Holyrood and directly fund anti-poverty schemes. The same £150m figure was used in this report. He added: “I don’t have a £150m war chest, that was a front page headline from a journalist who made that figure up.” Murray has now retracted the claim he made to the state broadcaster
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