Jamie Hepburn has quit the Scottish Government after he was accused of "aggressively" grabbing a Tory MSP in the Holyrood chamber in a row over seagulls. The Cumbernauld MSP wrote to John Swinney to ...

Conservative MSP Douglas Ross has accused a Scottish government minister of physically assaulting him in parliament. The former Tory leader claimed Parliamentary Business Minister Jamie Hepburn ...

Councillor Grant Laing has resigned as council leader [Perth and Kinross Council] The leader of Perth and Kinross Council has resigned after being charged with embezzlement. Grant Laing, who has also ...

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The leader of Perth and Kinross Council has resigned after being charged with embezzlement. Grant Laing, who has also left the SNP, is accused of the crime over a period of years between 2017 and 2025 ...

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