No clear answers on £33m missing from Scottish Ag budget

Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon and Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy George Burgess failed to give a clear answer on the £33 million missing from the Scottish Agricultural budget

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No clear answers on £33m missing from Scottish Ag budget

The £33 million deemed missing from the Scottish agricultural budget was the subject of a perplexing exchange at last week's Rural Affairs committee meeting in Holyrood. The money was allocated to the...

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