UK Civil Service Chief Confirms Probe Into Scotland’s Independence Spending

Scottish Saltire and EU flags fly during an anti-Conservative government, pro-Scottish independence, and anti-Brexit demonstration outside Holyrood in Edinburgh on Feb. 1, 2020. Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case confirmed he was looking into the Scottish government’s spending on independence.

Speaking to the House of Lords Constitution Committee on Tuesday, Simon Case said that he and his colleagues were “looking at some of these specifics” around taxpayers’ money being spent on Scotland’s independence strategy.