Transparency demand over £162m Dunard Centre costs

An Edinburgh MSP has called for more transparency and scrutiny over the funding of the Capital's new £162 million concert hall, as parallels have been drawn between the project's escalating costs and the building of the Scottish Parliament.

- by Alison Campsie

Miles Briggs, Conservative MSP for Lothian, has spoken out after it was revealed the cost of the Dunard Centre has more than tripled, with First Minister John Swinney announcing a further £20m of public funding in principle for the project last week.