Nicola Sturgeon Covid update RECAP: First Minister to address MSPs

Nicola Sturgeon has updated the Scottish Parliament on Covid, as opposition leaders and MPs are piling pressure on Boris Johnson over his response to the Sue Gray report.

Ms Sturgeon said that the Scottish Government may be “close to” scrapping the requirement for secondary school pupils to wear face coverings.

Following her update, she addressed the Sue Gray report and accused the Prime Minister of “seriously and serially” misleading the House of Commons.

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Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of spending all of his time "saving his own skin" after a report on lockdown parties in No 10 blamed a "failure of leadership".

The SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has also called on the PM to resign despite Deputy PM Dominic Raab said Tory MPs "overwhelmingly" supported Mr Johnson.

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Politics RECAP: Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson over Sue Gray report | Nicola Sturgeon to give Covid update

Boris Johnson partygate: Nicola Sturgeon claims the Prime Minister has 'seriously and serially' misled parliament

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed the only conclusion possible to take from the publication of a civil service report into alleged rule-breaking in Downing Street is that the Prime Minister has “seriously and serially” mislead the House of Commons.

Boris Johnson partygate: Nicola Sturgeon claims the Prime Minister has 'seriously and serially' misled parliament

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed the only conclusion possible to take from the publication of a civil service report into alleged rule-breaking in Downing Street is that the Prime Minister has “seriously and serially” mislead the House of Commons.

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will now update MSPs on 2022 National Qualifications.

She said that it is her “firm intention that exams will take place this year”.