THE Scottish Government and one of its key agencies have been heavily criticised by the Information Commissioner and ordered to release details about the Aberdeen City Garden project, after a 10-month freedom of information case fought by the Sunday Herald.
The information concerns a programme of pilot projects set up by the Government last year using a US public-private funding model called tax increment financing (TIF). Having received 16 applications, the Government announced last September that it would be taking forward projects in Aberdeen, Oban, Falkirk and Methil.
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