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Cost of Scottish government’s ministerial offices has almost doubled since 2007
Labour MSP Daniel Johnson (right)

THE cost of the Scottish government’s ministerial offices has almost doubled since 2007, new analysis has found.

Scottish Labour, which released the analysis today, said the spiralling bill at Holyrood under the Scottish National Party was “astounding.”

Excluding the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, the yearly cost of ministerial salaries, office staff and advisers has shot up from about £2.4 million under the SNP’s first government in 2007 to more than £4.5m in 2021.

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