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Nicola Sturgeon accused of blaming disgraced Derek Mackay for CalMac ferry fiasco at Ferguson Marine

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Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of blaming shamed former SNP minister Derek Mackay for the ferry fiasco at Ferguson Marine.

The SNP leader told MSPs today that Mackay - who quit government in disgrace in 2020 - was transport secretary at the time contracts were awarded to the Port Glasgow shipyard in 2015.

A report from Audit Scotland this week slammed that decision - and found that civil servants had warned SNP ministers the deal did not offer good value for money.

Ferguson Marine struggled to construct the two ferries ordered and the company eventually entered administration before being rescued by the Scottish Government in 2019.

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