Glasgow’s gift cards for residents on low incomes could be spent on cigarettes after officials admitted they can’t restrict sales in the city.
Around £9m of Scottish Government funding is being used to provide Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards to 84,500 households which qualify for council tax reduction.
The cards, expected to be worth £105, can be used in hundreds of shops — including on alcohol — but councillors had initially agreed to exclude the purchase of tobacco products.
