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Provosts try to keep chauffeur car bills secret

Scotland’s civic figureheads are demanding their chauffeur-driven car expenses are kept secret, as Glasgow’s lord provost comes under further pressure over allegations he used his taxpayer-funded car to transport him to a holiday home.

The Scottish Provosts’ Association has written twice to the Scottish Government calling for a meeting over the recent ruling by Finance Secretary John Swinney that the use of civic cars and the associated costs be publicly available and recorded as individual expenses.