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Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce bosses resign in fury after being told to 'hurry up' by SNP minister

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The chair and vice chair of the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce have resigned after being told to get a move on. The Record can reveal that Professor Catriona Matheson and deputy Neil Richardson mutinied after being ordered by Scotland’s drugs minister Angela Constance to produce a blueprint for urgent reform by the summer - months earlier than first laid down.

The bombshell by Constance was conveyed earlier this month - and the two bosses immediately jumped ship, drafting a scathing joint letter two days before Christmas that denounced the way they were being hustled along.It is now thought the Taskforce - which had been accused in Parliament of moving at a “snail’s pace” could be reshaped or even disbanded in the wake of the fracas.

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