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Matter of trust when MSPs give jobs to their relatives

Analysis: That one-fifth of MSPs are employing relatives on the public payroll will strike many as a scandal, but in truth it�s a more complicated picture than that.

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ROBBIE DINWOODIE, Chief Scottish Political Correspondent

That one-fifth of MSPs are employing relatives on the public payroll will strike many as a scandal, but in truth it's a more complicated picture than that.

For a start, do we know how many MPs at Westminster do the same? Not a chance. Or MEPs in Brussels? Nope.