"And also to try to give myself the ability, notwithstanding what is going on right now, to do my job, because I have a job to do on behalf of my constituents and I'm going to do it.
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Watch Connor Gillies' reaction and analysis in full below.Ĭontinuing to speak to reporters in Edinburgh, the former Scottish FM says she has been "deeply touched by the support I've had from people I know, from people in the wider public that I've never met in recent days".Īsked if she is making life difficult for her successor, Humza Yousaf, Ms Sturgeon says there is a "process under way that I am not in control of".Īddressing why she is returning to Holyrood rather than keeping her head down and letting Mr Yousaf get on with governing Scotland, she says: "I am doing these things in order to subject myself to the scrutiny that you're all entitled to subject me to as an elected politician. "So this was Nicola Sturgeon trying to draw a line under this investigation which is clearly continuing." "The reason, she says, is if she was to take a step back, albeit on a temporary basis, then that may undermine her position that she is innocent of any wrongdoing. "She plans to stay there no matter how much of a distraction that becomes for the new leader, Humza Yousaf. "But when questioned during that exchange over the course of the last 20 minutes or so, she was clear that she is not intending to step back temporarily from the SNP at all.
"She said clearly this had not been an easy time for her - she wasn't wanting to look for sympathy here.
"Questions focusing on the SNP's funding and its finances, questions as part of a police probe that has dated back more than two years now, culminating in her arrest, that has also witnessed the arrest of her husband and the then treasurer of the SNP. "This was her trying to draw a line under that very difficult period she endured more than one week ago when she presented herself at a police station and subjected herself under police arrest to more than seven hours of questions. "Many people have been asking over the course of the last week when Nicola Sturgeon would come and answer questions, and this was that moment," he adds. "This has been a circus that has been a long time coming," says Sky News' Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies, giving his immediate reaction to Nicola Sturgeon's press conference at Holyrood. Instead, Mr Hunt said he would meet the main mortgage lenders later this week, to ask them what help and flexibility they can offer to those struggling with expensive mortgages and householders in arrears. He had been asked by Tory MPs about reintroducing a "bold Conservative idea" of mortgage interest relief at source, otherwise known as Miras - a 1980s policy that gave mortgage holders tax relief on their interest payments.īut both Mr Hunt and the economic secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith, said such a policy introduction would worsen inflation. The chancellor has ruled out mortgage bill support for fear it would increase inflation.Īnswering questions in the House of Commons earlier, Jeremy Hunt told MPs that "schemes which involve injecting large amounts of cash into the economy, right now will be inflationary".ĭespite expressing sympathy for people with higher mortgage costs he said: "We won't do anything that would mean we prolong inflation." "To accept an honour from Boris Johnson is an act which itself brings the system into disrepute - and I would argue that it is, therefore, grounds for revoking."īy Sarah Taafe-Maguire, business reporter
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"Further, the Forfeiture Committee states that it will consider withdrawing honours from individuals if their behaviour results in censure by a regulatory or a professional body, or any other behaviour that is deemed to bring the honours system into disrepute. "I believe that there are grounds for examining whether Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list can be revoked in its entirety. In a letter to the committee's chair, Sir Chris Wormald, Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine urged him to open an investigation into the potential withdrawal of the awards, saying: "Clearly, the circumstances around this list - and the events which have occurred since its release - are unprecedented and have brought the honours system into disrepute. The former prime minister had his choices signed off by Number 10 earlier this month, but some of the nominations have caused controversy - especially the inclusion of people involved in the partygate controversy. The Liberal Democrats have written to the Forfeiture Committee calling for an investigation into withdrawing honours from those on Boris Johnson's resignation list.
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