WORKERS on Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) road scheme are “being charged for the privilege of being paid,” Richard Leonard said today.

Pay slips for construction workers on the flagship scheme show that a “margin charge” is deducted from wages by an umbrella company.

The scheme is the largest road-building project of its kind anywhere in Britain. When work started in 2015, it was hailed by Nicola Sturgeon as a “big win for local communities, businesses and road users.”