THE row over the impartiality of the chief of the umbrella body for Scotland's charities took a new twist last night after it emerged the SNP Government gave his organisation a £10,000 grant that allowed him to take a six-month round-the-world sabbatical.
Martin Sime, chief executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), who has been accused of acting as a front for the SNP in the independence debate, took the trips in 2008 and 2009.
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