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NICOLA STURGEON has arrived at a committee hearing this morning to give evidence concerning Alex Salmonds inquiry and admitted a failure on the part of Holyrood.

Nicola Sturgeons Alex Salmond Inquiry evidence RECAP as First Minister hits back at claims The First Minister gave evidence to the harassment committee at Holyrood earlier today. Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Nicola Sturgeons evidence to the Alex Salmond Inquiry lasted more than eight hours as she took questions on a range of issues. The First Minister batted off claims from a number of MSPs on the committee that she had breached the ministerial code. During her opening...

A Democratic Unionist Party minister is facing a potential High Court challenge to his decision to stop work on permanent border control posts at Northern Ireland ports. Lawyers representing an unidentified member of Sinn Fein have issued a pre-action protocol letter as the first step towards seeking a judicial review of the move taken by Gordon Lyons. They claim the Agriculture Minister acted unlawfully by failing to consult colleagues on the Stormont Executive. Solicitor Paul Farrell of McIvo...

THE Scottish Government’s legal advisers had “reservations” about defending the judicial review brought by Alex Salmond, John Swinney has told…

MSPs voiced fury today after it emerged Nicola Sturgeon could dodge questions about crucial legal advice at her crunch committee hearing on the Alex Salmond row. The First Minister is finally set to be grilled by the inquiry tomorrow, but her deputy John Swinney has been accused of treating Holyrood with contempt by dragging his heels about handing over key documents. Mr Swinney has admitted that lawyers had reservations about continuing to resist a judicial review brought by Mr Salmond in 2018...

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Nicola Sturgeon accused of breaking ministerial code 38 times in Salmond row First Minister giving evidence to committee tomorrow after Lord Advocate today Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney is due to release legal advice today The SNP official was threatened with vote of no confidence by Scottish Tories MSPs have demanded advice relating to botched probe in Salmond complaints 

John Swinney has admitted the Scottish Government's lawyers had “reservations” about continuing its costly legal fight with Alex Salmond months before its case collapsed. The Deputy First Minister confirmed the SNP administration was aware of what would prove a fatal flaw in its case as early as October 2018, yet persisted until the following January when it conceded. He insisted there were “good public policy grounds” for continuing the defence action, but did n...

NICOLA STURGEON has been accused of breaking ministerial rules nearly 40 times ahead of her Salmond inquiry showdown tomorrow.

The woman, who has not been publicly named, reported the allegation to police before taking her own life in June at age 49.