Ms Sturgeon is joined by cabinet members and medical experts around three to four days a week.
However, the First Minister used the majority of a recent briefing to criticise her predecessor Alex Salmond, claiming he was peddling conspiracy theories.
The row surrounds whether Ms Sturgeon breached the Scottish Government ministerial code and lied to parliament over meetings between the pair in 2018 regarding unproven harassment claims made against the former First Minister.
Ms Sturgeon denied the allegations put forward by the former SNP leader.
244 complaints were made against comments Ms Sturgeon made about Mr Salmond (Image: Getty)
The Scottish Conservative leader has called for Nicola Sturgeon to step down from the briefings (Image: Getty)
CRITICS have ordered Nicola Sturgeon to resign as the SNP led Scottish Government is to cave and release further legal advice over a botched investigation into former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond - with another former Scottish leader branding it a bloody civil war .
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The Chancellor announced the location of eight regional freeports in his Budget speech yesterday – after a bidding process that began earlier this year. He confirmed that freeports will be located in England at East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe and Harwich, the Humber region, the Liverpool City Region, Plymouth, Solent, Thames and Teesside. Mr Sunak claimed the freeports will have “simpler planning”, “cheaper customs – with favourable tariffs, VAT or duties”, and lower
Among the cash includes £57 million of investment to turbocharge green recovery whilst the Union boost will accelerate the creation of almost 13,000 jobs.
But Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford warned the Budget was a return to austerity and failed to tackle inequality.
The pair have also been calling to make the £20 Universal Credit increase permanent.
In a letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Ms Forbes urged the UK Government to support Scotland as lockdown measures are set to be eased over the next six weeks.
Scotland has asked for more money after Rishi Sunak announced the new budget today (Image: Getty)