THE Scotland Office has defended Michael Moore after the Scottish Secretary came under fire for providing his special adviser with a Government payment card, usually only used by senior civil servants.
In the past, the Cabinet Office has said the Government Procurement Card should only be used by departmental permanent secretaries.
Other Whitehall departments are said to have declined to provide such cards to political advisers.
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