Scottish parliament to suspend ex-minister who claimed £11,000 roaming bill on expenses

Standards committee says Michael Matheson should also lose salary for 54 days in most serious sanctions ever imposed on MSP

Michael Matheson, Scotland’s former health secretary, is expected to lose his salary for 54 days and be suspended as an MSP after wrongly claiming £11,000 in expenses for streaming football matches on holiday.

Holyrood’s standards committee said the sanctions – the most serious ever imposed on an MSP – were necessary because Matheson had breached a number of rules on expenses and parliamentary conduct. Continue reading...


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