SNP Westminster leader calls Jason Leitch's WhatsApps 'uncomfortable'
The messages were part of an exchange with then-Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, and were published by the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
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The messages were part of an exchange with then-Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, and were published by the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
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Mr Yousaf also told the UK COVID-19 Inquiry that the then first minister Nicola Sturgeon made decisions during the pandemic that were not always "cascaded" to the rest of the cabinet.