Labour becomes Holyrood’s second biggest party after Reform MSP resigns whip

Amanda Bland has resigned the Reform Party whip to sit as an independent at Holyrood (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

Labour have become Scotland’s second biggest party after a Reform MSP quit the party.

Reform UK Scotland confirmed in a statement that Amanda Bland had resigned the whip and would sit as an independent, as it urged her to quit Holyrood and allow another MSP from the party to take her place.