Meddling Tory ministers are holding Scotland back from playing its full part in global climate efforts, the SNP’s new Net Zero minister has claimed.
Mairi McAllan, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition, hit out at “unacceptable” moves by the UK Government to curb Scottish ministers’ outreach with overseas governments.
It follows a memo by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to senior British diplomats demanding UK officials sit in on meetings between SNP ministers and foreign states.
