Records between Nicola Sturgeon and lawyers over Alex Salmond don't exist, says John Swinney

Neale Hanvey and Lynn Anderson, who was the SNP’s Equalities Convener, have jumped ship. Salmond, the former first minister and ex SNP leader, shocked the political world last week by announcing he would stand for Holyrood for the Alba Party.He has been engaged in a bitter feud for three years with first minister Nicola Sturgeon over her government’s botched misconduct probe into him.He will lead the party in an attempt to return a “super majority” of pro-independence MSPs.

Alex Salmond's return to politics The former SNP leader confirmed he will be standing for the Alba Party on the North East regional list section in May's Scottish Parliament election.Launching the new party in an online event on Friday, the former SNP leader said: "Today Alba are hoisting a flag in the wind, planting our Saltire on a hill.

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Alex Salmond has suggested there are routes to independence other than the legally-backed second referendum favoured by Nicola Sturgeon.Salmond, who quit the SNP when he faced sexual assault charges of which he was later cleared, said the aim of his new party was to work towards a “successful, socially just, environmentally responsible, independent country”.The former First Minister said

Scottish Parliament election campaign. Scots will head to the poll on May 6 in what is expected to be a crucial election for the future of Sturgeon's independence dream.

NHS workers have been offered a 'substantial' pay rise after an 'exceptionally challenging year'.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced 'our NHS staff deserve more than applause and 1% is not enough' after putting a 4% raise on the table.If accepted by staff, would be the most generous National Health Service pay uplift anywhere in the UK.The pay rise will benefit 154,000 NHS employees including nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals, as well as domestic, healthcare support staff,

Scotland ’s most senior civil servant.

Janey Godley 's latest video had fans in stitches as she took a swipe at Scots Tory Ruth Davidson. Yesterday, the Tories at Holyrood lodged the motion on the First Minister over her government's botched handling of the complaints against Alex Salmond.

Scottish Parliament later today. The Scottish Tories said they will press ahead with a vote in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after a Holyrood committee found she misled parliament.

First Minister leaked last week, ruled that she had given an "inaccurate" account of a meeting with her predecessor during her Government’s botched probe into him. Set up in 2019, the Committee has been investigating the SNP Government’s mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond pursued a judicial review and it was agreed the Government probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful and tainted by apparent bias.

Alex Salmond row.

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First Minister 's resignation amid accusations she misled parliament about her involvement in the Alex Salmond investigation. It followed a leak that the inquiry into the Government's unlawful investigation into harassment complaints against the former first minister has reportedly concluded that Ms Sturgeon gave an "inaccurate" account of meetings with Mr Salmond.

Nicola Sturgeon’s extreme career highs and lows.In October she could do no wrong, with support for ­Scottish independence soaring to 58 per cent on the back of her ­handling of the pandemic.Now the First ­Minister is facing calls to resign over claims she misled Parliament and a ­committee of MSPs while giving evidence under oath.If the latter charge in relation to her appearance before the Alex Salmond inquiry is proven, it could be more than her job on the line.Supporters will insist the

Salmond when he was First Minister.

Keir Starmer said it would be "incredibly serious" if the final report from the Alex Salmond Inquiry - due to be published on Tuesday morning - found the First Minister had broken the code of conduct all senior elected representatives are meant to follow. Speaking alongside Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at a media briefing on Friday, Starmer was asked if the SNP leader should resign if a committee of MSPs concluded she had broken the rules.

Linda Fabiani (Convener)Long-serving SNP MSP who has been deputy presiding officer of the Scottish parliament since 2016. No friend of Salmond, who replaced her as Europe Minister halfway through the SNP’s first term in office.

breach of the Ministerial Code - a finding that will pile pressure on Sturgeon to quit.

Alex Salmond. It comes after former Brexit Minister David Davis dropped a bombshell in the House of Commons last night when he revealed he received 'whistleblower' information that said the First Minister knew of the complaints against Salmond in February, not in April like she had stated.

Nicola Sturgeon on March 2, the day before she appeared before the inquiry investigating the handling of harassment complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond.On BBC Scotland's Sunday Show, Andrea Bradley, the assistant secretary of the EIS teaching union, said the Scottish Government was looking for a "good news story that week".However, Ms Sturgeon had previously announced the earliest date for some pupils to return to school would be March 15.On Monday, Education Secretary John

John Swinney said the release "utterly" disproved a conspiracy theory by Salmond around the Government's handling of the case.A Holyrood committee is investigating the Government’s mis-handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon, had been unlawful.The flaw in the botched investigation, which cost the taxpayer over £600,000, was that the