Nicola Sturgeon criticises Scottish Conservatives 'political games' after calls for her to resign

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Nicola Sturgeon criticises Scottish Conservatives 'political games' after calls for her to resign

The First Minister once again refused to confirm whether she would resign if she was found to have breached the ministerial code during a fiery First Minister's Questions, of which much of the session focused on the ongoing Alex Salmond inquiry.

Ms Sturgeon was pressed by opposition party leaders on the reasons it took the threat of a vote of no confidence in the deputy first minister to release the legal advice connected to the judicial review.

Read here why she was unhappy with the Scottish Conservatives' line of questioning.

Scottish whisky tariffs suspended in new US agreement

Scottish whisky tariffs have been suspended after an agreement was reached with the United States.

The United States will now temporarily suspend all retaliatory tariffs on direct exports from the UK after a settlement agreement over the Airbus despite.

Here is how it will affect the tariffs.

'Misleading' Covid-19 results from Nicola Sturgeon corrected by Scottish Government

The Scottish Government have corrected claims from Nicola Sturgeon and health secretary Jeane Freeman that a key Covid-19 vaccination target was hit in February.

Both had said that the Scottish Government target of delivering 400,000 vaccines a week had been 'exceeded' on February - a statement which had to be corrected.

Read the full story here.

Thank you for reading and stay safe,

Graham Falk