Salmond faces probe over bid to unseat Blair
ALEX Salmond faces a probe by an official sleaze watchdog into claims he wrongly used taxpayers’ money in a bid to force out Tony Blair.
Westminster’s Standards Commissioner John Lyon has a complaint from Labour peer Lord Foulkes, right, who accused Mr Salmond of “outrageous” behaviour.
The bid to force out the then Prime Minister over Iraq was launched in 2004 by the SNP and Plaid Cymru.
Taxpayers were charged more than £14,000 for legal advice with the bill split between the parties. Mr Salmond claimed for his £790 share.
An SNP spokesman said expenses incurred were “entirely legitimate.”