TACTICAL discussions that took place ahead of Rangers' title win will not be shared with the public, it has been confirmed. 

Police Scotland said it is "not in the public interest" to reveal the correspondence between the Ibrox club, Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Government and senior officers. 

The force warned releasing it would "compromise operational policing" and provide criminals with knowledge of key policing methods.

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But the decision has been slammed by politicians who said the correspondence should be released in the interests of transparency.

Thousands of Rangers fans took to the streets of Glasgow on the weekend of March 6 and 7 and were condemned by politicians and senior police officers in the aftermath.

Justice secretary Humza Yousaf labelled the scenes "shameful", while SNP MSP Sandra White claimed the approach taken by the police had failed to protect the public.

Chief Constable Iain Livingstone insisted the police took appropriate steps to manage the crowds.

And leading lawyer John Scott QC who was commissioned to undertake a review of the policing approach by Police Scotland found officers had acted proportionately.

But the decision to keep the discussions between the main stakeholders involved in the policing of the weekend secret was heavily criticised by opposition politicians.

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Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur said the public "deserves to see how these decisions were arrived at."

Mr McArthur said: “Under the SNP the default seems to be to keep discussion under wraps.

"There is obviously huge public concern over the decisions taken about the policing of title celebrations, especially when the light-touch approach is contrasted with that taken by the police in regard to the Sarah Everard protests."

Scottish Labour justice spokesperson Neil Bibby said the correspondence should be released in the interests of transparency.

He said: "There has been much finger-pointing by the SNP Government about who should have been done more.

This correspondence should be released so we can have full transparency and so the public can have confidence that similar scenes will not occur again.”

In the aftermath of the celebrations, Police Scotland claimed requests to Rangers to tell fans to go home were ignored by the club.

Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham strongly condemned the "lack of support" from the football club.

But club bosses said they "initiated open dialogue with key stakeholders" including the Scottish Government, the SPFL, and Police Scotland around the implications of a league title.

An SNP spokesman said: "This is a matter for Police Scotland, not the SNP or the Scottish Government - and both Labour and the Lib Dems are making themselves look foolish by attacking the police in this way.

"If the police feel that certain things should remain confidential in order to protect the integrity of operational policing then they should be able to do so without politicians looking to impugn the integrity of senior officers like this.

"Liam McArthur and Neil Bibby's comments are disgraceful, and they should apologise to the police for trying to suggest they have acted in any way improperly."

A Police Scotland spokeswoman added: “We would not release information which would compromise operational policing and provide those intent on committing offences with details of how events may be policed.”