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Question: How does a government minister claim a mortgage allowance when his home doesn't qualify?<br>Answer: Simple. He sells it for a &pound;267,000 profit and takes out a mortgage on one down the road

SCOTLAND's transport minister is at the centre of a row over an extraordinary property switch that has allowed him to claim over £15,000 through a publicly funded mortgage scheme.