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Holyrood probe into Alex Salmond misconduct allegations on hold ahead of trial

A Holyrood committee set up to probe how misconduct allegations against former first minister Alex Salmond were handled has agreed to put its work on hold until the conclusion of a court case against him. MSPs on the new committee will meet again...

Daily Record, yesterday, 16:01 in Regional

Alex Salmond: Holyrood committee puts probe on hold

A Holyrood committee set up to probe how misconduct allegations against former first minister Alex Salmond were handled has agreed to put its work on hold until the conclusion of a court case against him. MSPs on the new committee will meet again...

Scotsman, yesterday, 15:30 in Politics

Alex Salmond case: Holyrood inquiry to convene next week

A Scottish Parliament inquiry into how the Scottish Government handled allegations of sexual misconduct against former First Minister Alex Salmond will meet for the first time next week. Official paperwork relating to the ‘Committee on the Scottish...

Scotsman, Friday, 14:44 in Politics

Scottish Government blocks release of Nicola Sturgeon letter about Salmond investigation

The Scottish Government has blocked the release of a letter from Nicola Sturgeon to the nation’s top civil servant about its investigation into Alex Salmond, on the basis that it would prejudice his trial. The First Minister wrote to Permanent...

Scotsman, Friday, 15:30 in Politics

No record of controversial Alex Salmond-Nicola Sturgeon meeting

Nicola Sturgeon’s chief of staff has not included a controversial meeting she helped arrange - and then attend - between the First Minister and Alex Salmond in her official Government diary. Liz Lloyd, the First Minister’s top special adviser,...

Scotsman, 11 February 2019 in Politics

Scottish Labour votes against Alex Salmond inquiry led by SNP

Scottish Labour has voted against plans for a Holyrood investigation into the botched handling of an internal inquiry into sexual assault claims against Alex Salmond after the Scottish National party insisted on chairing it. Labour and the...

Guardian, 6 February 2019 in Politics

SNP MSP Linda Fabiani to be convener of Alex Salmond committee

Long-standing SNP MSP Linda Fabiani is set to be appointed to lead a Holyrood investigation into the Scottish Government’s handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond. MSPs have voted today to establish the Holyrood committee, with those...

Scotsman, 6 February 2019 in Politics

Four former SNP ministers put forward for Alex Salmond complaints committee

Four former SNP ministers will be put forward to sit on the Holyrood committee being set up to investigate how complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond were handled. Nine MSPs from all five parties at Holyrood will be on the committee,...

Scotsman, 5 February 2019 in Politics

Scottish independence: new vote depends on Brexit outcome – Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon has played down the prospects of an early vote on Scottish independence by warning her supporters that “calm consideration” was needed first. Scotland’s first minister told the US broadcaster PBS that it was too soon to be sure where...

Guardian, 5 February 2019 in Politics

Alex Salmond case: Probe into Nicola Sturgeon postponed

An investigation into whether First Minister Nicola Sturgeon broke rules on ministerial conduct during the investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by Alex Salmond has been delayed, the Scottish Government announced today. Deputy First Minister...

Scotsman, 31 January 2019 in Politics

Holyrood special committee established for Alex Salmond inquiry

The SNP will chair a committee looking at the Scottish Government’s handling of the Alex Salmond allegations under a plan agreed by MSPs. A Holyrood inquiry is to be conducted by nine parliamentarians, including a Nationalist convener and Tory...

The Courier, 29 January 2019 in Politics

Criticism as SNP politician poised to head up botched Alex Salmond inquiry

An SNP politician is poised to head up an inquiry into the Scottish Government’s botched handling of complaints against former First Minister Alex Salmond. Opposition parties have hit out after the Nationalists declined to hand over the convenorship...

Scotsman, 29 January 2019 in Politics

Nicola Sturgeon: Scottish independence is "bigger than" Alex Salmond

Criminal charges against Alex Salmond do not damage the case for independence, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister insisted that the campaign for an independent Scotland was “bigger than any one man”. Her predecessor as First Minister and SNP...

Scotsman, 27 January 2019 in Politics

Two Alex Salmond sex assault charges date back at least eight years

Two of the sex crime charges against Alex Salmond date back at least eight years, the Sunday Mail can reveal. The former First Minister was accused of two attempted rapes, nine sexual assaults, two indecent assaults and a breach of the peace last...

Daily Record, 27 January 2019 in Regional

Alex Salmond to continue to host weekly RT programme

Alex Salmond will continue to host his own television programme despite being charged with attempted rape and sexual assault, BBC Scotland has learned. Russian broadcaster RT said it would continue to air The Alex Salmond Show. The former first...

BBC, 26 January 2019 in Regional

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