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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Anger as UK rules out extra winter help for Scots despite colder climate

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke is a Boris Johnson loyalist

SCOTS won’t get any extra help with surging energy bills this winter despite living in a colder climate, a top Treasury official said.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke – a Boris Johnson loyalist who did not join the tsunami of ministerial resignations this week – also said that he believed the £20 million allocated by the Scottish Government to hold indyref2 could be “better spent”.

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