
First Minister Humza Yousaf has promised a “robust defence” to Tory claims he and the Deputy First Minister have misled Holyrood in a row over WhatsApp messages from during the Covid pandemic.
With a timeline showing the UK Covid-19 Inquiry had asked for these to be handed over in February this year, Mr Yousaf last week conceded that the Scottish Government had initially interpreted requests for messages “too narrowly”.