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Revealed: Garl rescue offer turned down by Swinney

Finance Secretary John Swinney rejected an offer by Network Rail to salvage the Glasgow Airport Rail Link (Garl) immediately after the prestige project was cancelled last September, The Herald has learned.

Last night opposition politicians who have called for the re-instatement of the project described the disclosure as “astonishing”.