No sanction for Labour MSP Sarah Boyack after ‘minor’ breach of Code of Conduct

Nicola Sturgeon must resign if she is found to have misled the Scottish Parliament, a senior MSP has said.The First Minister has faced questions after she initially told Holyrood she first heard of complaints of sexual misconduct against Alex Salmond at a meeting with him in her home on April 2, 2018.It was later revealed the SNP leader had been made aware of the allegations in an informal meeting with his former chief of staff Geoff Aberdein on March 29 of that year – four days earlier.Lib Dem

Rutherglen and Cambuslang, in Burnhill and Bankhead; Spittal; Burnside and Springhall; Fernhill and Cathkin; Whitlawburn and Greenlees; Farme Cross; Eastfield; Westburn and Newton; and Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard, are, worryingly, far higher than the Scottish average.

a recent newspaper interview with The Scottish Sun in which  Ferrier admitted that she will not be standing down.

harassment complaints against Alex Salmond.The First Minister is already being investigated over accusations she broke the rules relating to meetings with her predecessor and an adviser.But in another round of accusations, Sturgeon is said to have misled the Scottish Parliament about what she knew and when.Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton made the allegation and called for the remit of independent adviser James Hamilton’s inquiry into her conduct to widen.He said: "This would allow an independent

Labour needs the trust lost in Scotland, leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader has stated the party could not win power at the next election without a revival of fortunes in Scotland.Speaking at the Co-operative Party's virtual conference, the Labour leader said: "We have to win in 2024.

First Minister. But as we all concentrated on Nicola Sturgeon as she laid out the tough new restrictions being introduced across the country for the next two weeks, one eagle-eyed Scots megastar noticed something else entirely.  For as he watched the live Scottish Government briefing along with the rest of us to find out our fate for the near future, singer Lewis Capaldi spotted the uncanny resemblance one SNP MP has to Hollywood actor Timothee Chalamet.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.AIRDRIE MSP Alex Neil MSP has backed a new £500 grant to help people on low incomes if they are asked to self-isolate due to the coronavirus.The new Self-Isolation Support Grant will help those who would lose income if they needed to self-isolate, such as people unable to carry out their work from home.This grant is for anyone who will face financial hardship due to being asked to self-isolate and will be

rain caused huge floods. Shocking videos show thick brown water on the rise as the Water of Leith bursts making the area unrecognisable It comes after Storm Alex battered Scotland with a months worth of rain in just 36 hours.

stabbing her 26 times has failed in a bid to have his jail sentence reduced.Vile Keith Rizzo moaned that the 22 year prison term was ‘excessive’ after being found guilty of murdering Neomi Smith in June 2019.The 24-year-old broke into the Brechin flat of his former partner after spotting her dancing with another man in a pub just hours before.He then brutally battered and throttled her before using two knives to inflict horrific stab wounds as well as 32 blunt force trauma injuries.When

“So unless the First Minister provides whatever material the Salmond inquiry requests, as she promised, then she has plainly lied to Parliament.”The Scottish Government has said it “strongly rejects any suggestion of obstruction” in the Alex Salmond inquiry and is seeking to initiate legal proceedings to allow release of papers to the committee.

Richard Leonard has claimed his party’s “pro choice” position on indyref2 at the general election did not work.

East Kilbride, this week reiterated his call for a U-turn on the Scottish Government to delay reopening until at least October 5.

Brexit and a devolution "power grab". The claim by a Labour MSP was made during a tense grilling for the UK Government minister over laws which will set an internal market once powers return from the EU to Westminster.

uni have been basted as 'draconian' after emailing students threatening huge fines or even expulsion if they're caught in each other's flats. Aberdeen University has warned students of the consequences facing them if they breach national Covid-19 related guidance.

campus lockdowns across Scotland, Richard Leonard has warned. The Scottish Labour leader criticised ministers at Holyrood and Westminster for failing to heed expert advice on the risks posed by undergraduates returning en masse to halls of residence this month.

The cold-blooded execution of wealthy flamboyant farmer Maxwell Garvie, shot in the head as he slept, remains one of the country’s most chilling murder cases.

Richard Leonard is backing a move to starve rogue employers of coronavirus financial aid.The MSP has launched a campaign with former shadow chancellor John McDonnell to punish those who abuse workers through zero-hour contracts, avoid tax and pollute the environment.In his first Commons intervention since returning to the back benches, McDonnell will present a Bill at Westminster on Wednesday to set up a Good Business Commission.Leonard, who will lodge a motion at Holyrood to promote the Bill,

drugs law reforms to save lives. Despite the vast majority of Scottish MPs supporting the Record’s calls to decriminalise aspects of drug use, as other European nations have done, Scottish Labour – under Leonard’s leadership – has failed to formally adopt the stance.

Keir Starmer and Scottish leader Richard Leonard to back urgent drugs law reforms to save lives.The Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform (LCDPR), backed by 16 MPs and 4 MSPs, yesterday launched its drugs manifesto, which broadly back the reforms the Daily Record has been demanding.Many MPs are understood to be frustrated and angry at the Labour leadership’s slowness in getting behind plans to treat drug addiction as a health rather than a crime issue.The LCDPR calls for the Parliamentary

car crash caused by a show-off driver high on drink and drugs have described their "torment". Jack Frame's parents first thought the tragedy in Lanarkshire in February last year was an accident but said finding out that the driver acted illegally "just turned everything upside down".