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Executive was sidelined over CalMac bids

The Scottish Executive has been marginalised by Whitehall bureaucrats in a bid to have a controversial and costly tendering process for lifeline ferry services scrapped.

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DAVID ROSS, Highland Correspondent

The Scottish Executive has been sidelined by Whitehall bureaucrats in a bid to have a controversial and costly tendering process for lifeline ferry services scrapped.