First minister under pressure to answer multiple allegations that she misled parliament

Nicola Sturgeon is under intense pressure to answer multiple allegations that she misled parliament, levelled by her former mentor Alex Salmond, after previously secret legal advice and new witness evidence led to calls for her resignation as first minister.

Sturgeon will give evidence on Wednesday morning to a cross-party committee set up to investigate the Scottish government’s internal inquiry in 2018 into sexual harassment complaints against Salmond.

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