Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
Jim Cuthbert
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Private finance schemes cost Scottish taxpayers £40bn, says spending watchdog
Private finance schemes embraced by successive governments have left Scottish taxpayers having to foot a £40 billion bill to build
Watchdogs should investigate secretive charity, says MSP
An MSP has called for investigations into a charity that has banked £2.5 million from investments in private finance
Secret private finance deals ‘give too much power to companies’
Scottish Government private finance schemes to build public projects are secretive, give too much power to companies outwith Scotland and
New campaign to scrap Scotland’s private finance schemes
The Scottish Government is under increasing pressure to abandon its private finance schemes following revelations by The Ferret and The
Revealed: the £932m cost of private finance projects
Private finance schemes to fund roads and hospitals have blasted a £932 million hole in the Scottish Government’s budget