UK and Scottish governments row over footing £24.5m bill for Trump and Vance visits
by Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#70Y0B)
Treasury says trips were private while Scottish ministers point out US president met Keir Starmer and it had to stump up for extra policing
The UK government needs to step up" and reimburse the 24.5m cost of Donald Trump and JD Vance's recent visits to Scotland, Holyrood's public finance minister has said.
Provisional costs of almost 24.5m for the two working visits have been published by the Scottish government.
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