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Good morning Voornaam,

 

We may be in the midst of the summer recess at Holyrood, but that doesn't mean that politics has stopped all together. And today, our Investigations Correspondent Martyn McLaughlin brings you an exclusive detailing accusations the Scottish Government committed dozens of breaches of the ministerial code over controversial plans for a new fossil fuel power station.

 

As Martyn writes, leading environmental charity Friends of the Earth (FoE) Scotland has claimed ministers and civil servants treated the proposed development at Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, as a “foregone conclusion”. The group is alleging 28 separate breaches of the ministerial code, including circumstances they claim implicate First Minister John Swinney, as well as his predecessors Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon. FoE Scotland claims there were 16 meetings between ministers and the developers, SSE and Equinor, where the Government’s records are either missing or not available.

 

You can read the full story here.

 

Elsewhere, our Heritage Correspondent Alison Campsie reports on the Scottish island that is pressing ahead with plans to charge a tourist tax on motorhome users.

 

Read the full story here.

 

And with the final day of The Open championship upon us, it's set to be an exciting finish at Royal Troon. Martin Dempster has covered the chaotic finish expected to the UK's premier golf tournament here.

 

Enjoy the rest of your day.

 

From,

 

The team at The Scotsman

 
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