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Politics
Chris McCall

'Were you signing Lionel Messi?' Nicola Sturgeon blasted for paying shipyard boss £3k a day

Nicola Sturgeon has been blasted after it was revealed her government paid the former boss of a scandal-hit shipyard £3,000 per day.

Tim Hair was hired as a "turnaround director" at Ferguson Marine after the business was nationalised by SNP ministers in 2019.

The maritime expert was paid a daily rate of £3,000 plus expenses, according to documents obtained by Scottish Labour.

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