Kate Forbes has hit back at the former owner of Ferguson's shipyard who claimed two new ferries were given "for political purposes".
The Finance Secretary blasted Jim McColl, a former economic adviser to the SNP government, saying if it weren't for the Scottish Government then the yard on the Clyde would have went into administration.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, McColl suggested the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament last week when she claimed the contracts were signed off by disgraced former minister Derek Mackay.
