• Text size
  • Send this article to a friend
  • Print this article

Calmac review advises break-up

A landmark review of Scotland’s ferry services has been postponed until after the next Holyrood election amid a fresh row over whether to break up the publicly-subsidised Calmac network.

Ministers have put back a consultation on its plans until after the UK election in May -- four years after it was first ordered by the previous Labour/LibDem administration -- and have set the final publication date for between April 11 and May 6 next year.