Scotland’s justice secretary has said she is “deeply disappointed” at the UK Government’s refusal to pay for President Trump and vice-president JD Vance’s Scotland visit.

Angela Constance was questioned at a pre-budget scrutiny held by the Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday.

Speaking at the committee, she said the UK Government has not “stumped up” for VIP visits from Trump and Vance in the summer.

She said: “I’ve been deeply disappointed that the UK Government, as well as the onerous undertaking that they put across the public sector, including policing, on the tax for jobs in terms of employers’ national insurance contribution; they have not stumped up for the VIP visits that we had in Scotland over the summer and that’s to the tune of £24 million.”

The US president spent four d

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