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Mr Hamilton, a former Irish prosecutor, is investigating whether Ms Sturgeon broke the ministerial code. After the Scottish Government’s defence of the judicial collapsed collapsed in January 2019, the First Minister revealed she had three meetings and two phone calls with her predecessor while he was being investigated by her own officials in spring and summer 2018. Opposition parties claim Ms Sturgeon broke the ministerial code by failing to report these meetings fully and timeously t...

Alex Salmond accuses Nicola Sturgeon of breaching ministerial code and making "false" claims The former first minister made the claim in a submission to the Holyrood Inquiry, but it has been denied by Sturgeon 19:04, 8 JAN 2021 Updated Alex Salmond (Image: PA) Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the i...

© PA Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond before they fell out. Alex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of breaking Scottish Government rules by giving “untrue” accounts of the circumstances surrounding a meeting to discuss harassment allegations against him. The explosive claims concern the meeting between the two politicians at Ms Sturgeon’s family home on April 2 2018 and have been made by Mr Salmond in a document submitted to MSPs. Mr Salmond claimed Ms Sturgeon broke the Ministerial Co...

Alex Salmond yesterday accused Nicola Sturgeon of giving simply untrue evidence to an inquiry into complaints against him. In an explosive intervention, the former First Minister accused his successor of making ridiculous and wholly false claims about their meetings to discuss the handling of complaints against him. His account to the Holyrood inquiry into the way harassment complaints about him were dealt with claims that parliament has been repeatedly misled on a number of occasions about a m...

Andrew Lewer, a ministerial aide, was sacked last night following a probe into a leaked letter that warned Torys of leaking A ministerial aide was sacked last night after a probe into the sharing of a letter warning top Tories to stop leaking. Andrew Lewer was fired as parliamentary private secretary at the Home Office after a short inquiry into the publication of the letter from Tory chief whip Mark Spencer. The memo to parliamentary private secretaries and Tory vice-chairmen told them they co...

In response to Mrs Hamilton’s criticism, Mr Wheelhouse, a South of Scotland list member, told the Border Telegraph: “I fully support the work of the inquiry and its convener. “However, as a Scottish minister [for energy, connectivity and the islands], I am bound to adhere to the Ministerial Code, which includes strict limits on publication of legal advice to ministers. “This is a similar position that Tory UK ministers would have to take in a similar scenario, and Ms Hamilton kno...

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No 10 sacks ministerial aide after setting canary trap to find leakers Tory MP Andrew Lewer was dismissed from his role in the Home Office Andrew Lewer was dismissed from his role Conservative MP has been sacked as a ministerial aide, after Downing Street set an elaborate “canary trap” to catch leakers. Andrew Lewer was dismissed from his role in the Home Office after whips accused him of sharing a memo that warned against passing on sensitive information. The note from Chief Whip Mark Spen...

‘Many changes’ at Home Office since bullying claims Top Story December 18, 2020 LONDON: Priti Patel says there have been “many, many changes” at the Home Office after the inquiry into claims that she bullied civil servants working for her. The Home Secretary said the changes applied to everyone “including myself”, but allegations that she shouted and swore at officials were “not accurate”. An investigation by the Prime Minister’s adviser on ministerial standards, Sir Alex Al...

Priti Patel says there have been “many, many changes” at the Home Office after the inquiry into claims that she bullied civil servants working for her. The Home Secretary said the changes applied to everyone “including myself”, but allegations that she shouted and swore at officials were “not accurate”. An investigation by the Prime Minister’s adviser on ministerial standards, Sir Alex Allan, last month concluded that her behaviour towards staff could be described as bullying, Si...