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Taxpayer paid for information boss's farewell

SCOTLAND'S first freedom of information (FoI) tsar spent thousands of pounds of public money on his own farewell party, according to documents released under the law he championed.

Former Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion, below, has been accused of "self-indulgence" after a freedom of information request showed that his office spent almost £3000 on a reception at the Scottish Parliament to mark the end of his eight years as the country's FoI watchdog.

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