A long-awaited report into the Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco has identified serious failings, including Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to prematurely announce the shipyard as preferred bidder.
Following months of investigation, a Holyrood committee found taxpayers and island communities have been “badly let down” by many of those involved in the project.
The 124-page report from the Public Audit Committee is the most comprehensive account so far of the troubled programme to build the Glen Sannox and the as-yet-unnamed Hull 802.
