First Minister doubles down in row over nurseries funding

The First Minister has doubled down on his criticism of West Lothian’s budget decision on funding cross-boundary private nursery places.

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Responding to a letter from West Lothian’s Labour council leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick, John Swinney said: “It is untenable for families to be so affected by boundary lines.”

The council leader told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Mr Swinney is being totally disingenuous.”