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)