A public contract released by the Scottish Government has revealed nearly £25,000 is being spent on delivering public relations for the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry.
Crisis communications specialists 3x1 have been used to deliver "support in the communications to media, stakeholders and public," which Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has said is a "significant amount of money."
Edinburgh Labour councillor Scott Arthur, Transport and Environment Convener, added his dissatisfaction with the inquiry and said the government are using "spin doctors" to present the findings.