Why doesn't Scotland have tougher Covid measures?

Key Facts

• The Scottish government's answer is that it could not afford to compensate the businesses affected without financial support from the Treasury.
• But the Scottish government said it had been expecting £268m and that it was money already "locked in" to their budget calculations.
• Sturgeon: 'Limit household mixing to a maximum of three' It's not clear how much more they could find if they had to, but the Scottish government argues that it does not have the spare cash required to back up tighter restrictions.
• There was an outcry from devolved first ministers and from the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Douglas Ross, who argued that the same facility must be available, if required, in Scotland.

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