The Advocate General for Scotland is “examining” Scottish Government spending on an independence minister, according to an email sent to a Labour peer.
A UK Government source had denied there was any investigation after the issue was raised by Lord Foulkes in the House of Lords on Thursday, when he asked Treasury minister Baroness Penn if she would co-operate with the probe.
However, an email exchange between the peer and Lord Stewart, the UK Government adviser on Scots Law, suggests an inquiry has been ordered.
