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Steph Brawn

MSPs question expert report into social class at Holyrood

Karen Adam was considered to be the only working-class MSP at Holyrood, but she disagrees (Image: NQ)

MSPs have questioned an expert's report into social class at Holyrood after it concluded there is only one politician in the Scottish Parliament with a working-class background.

The study by Shevaun Smith, a PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde, found that the SNP's Karen Adam was the only working-class MSP.

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