Alex Salmond has been accused of pressurising Scottish financial services representatives not to release a report on independence.
The trade body Scottish Financial Enterprise has confirmed Scottish government ministers made calls in a bid to discourage the trade body from commenting on the independence referendum. The SFE, which is politically neutral, has issued a number of documents exploring the implications of independence, including a briefing note highlighting questions over EU membership, currency and financial regulation. Additional reports by the Telegraph suggested Scottish first minister Salmond telephoned the SFE's chairman in a bid to persuade him not to publish a briefing paper. > Read: IFAs cou...
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