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MacAskill threat to end Supreme Court funding

KENNY MacAskill wants to cancel Scottish funding for the UK Supreme Court.

MacAskill: Angry at Supreme Court rulings.
MacAskill: Angry at Supreme Court rulings.

The Justice Secretary has ordered civil servants to investigate whether the Scottish Government can pull the financial plug on Britain’s most senior justices over what he sees as the threat they pose to centuries-old Scots Law.