A bombshell report uncovered by the Sunday Mail reveals the Crown Office has been plunged into crisis after the Scottish Government failed to hand over enough funding.
Minutes from an executive board meeting state that financial pressures have left the organisation facing a “red
level 16 current risk score” of having “Insufficient resource to meet statutory and policy obligations”.
Opposition politicians have reacted furiously to our revelations and demanded urgent action from the government and SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance to protect the criminal justice system from meltdown.
