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On the recordJune 9, 2026
Questions are piling up about the circumstances surrounding Peter Murrell’s crime spree and with public money potentially misused, John Swinney’s ‘nothing to see here’ act is becoming increasingly untenable.
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Jackie Baillie
Scottish Labour

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Scottish Labour depute leader on the inquiry into Peter Murrell.

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