Scotland demands £24.5m from Westminster for Trump and Vance visits

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Source: theguardian.com
Scotland demands £24.5m from Westminster for Trump and Vance visits

Treasury says trips were private while Scottish ministers point out US president met Keir Starmer and it had to stump up for extra policing

The UK government needs to “step up” and reimburse the £24.5m cost of Donald Trump and JD Vance’s recent visits to Scotland, Holyrood’s public finance minister has said.

Provisional costs of almost £24.5m for the two working visits have been published by the Scottish government.

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