Scotland’s National Care Service plans are “starting to look like another Humza Yousaf disaster”, Douglas Ross quipped during a heated First Minister’s Questions.

The Scottish government has spent almost £14m over two years on the delayed proposals. This includes more than £2m on consultancy fees.

In a barbed exchange during FMQs on Thursday, the Scottish Tory leader highlighted that Audit Scotland is estimating that the overall cost of the service will be “significantly above” the £1.3bn price tag earlier assessed.

The Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee had set a deadline of Friday for more details on the cost of the NCS, but members have been told to expect an update following discussions due to take place over the summer.

Mr Ross called for the plans to be scrapped and accused the first minister of “throwing public money away when frontline social care services are in desperate need of more funding”.

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