A retired judge has been paid more than £1million to chair the controversial Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, it has been revealed.
The government-funded probe started in 2014 with the aim of finding out why the project came in over budget and five years late. Nine years later and five years after evidence ended, the inquiry is yet to issue its final report.
However, opposition politicians are understood to have been furious on Wednesday night when it was revealed that Lord Hardie pocketed an 'eye watering' £1,056,181, reports the Record.
