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Trams firm staff got £130,000 bonus for rail-link project that was scrapped

The company behind the Edinburgh trams debacle is under huge pressure after a Sunday Herald investigation revealed a catalogue of “outrageous” spending decisions.

Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE) spent up to £130,000 of taxpayers’ money on staff bonuses for a rail-link project that never happened.