Keir Starmer said it would be "incredibly serious" if the final report from the Alex Salmond Inquiry - due to be published on Tuesday morning - found the First Minister had broken the code of conduct all senior elected representatives are meant to follow.
Speaking alongside Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at a media briefing on Friday, Starmer was asked if the SNP leader should resign if a committee of MSPs concluded she had broken the rules. "We can’t prejudge this, we have to wait for the report, but if the report suggests that the First Minister has misled parliament and potentially breached the ministerial code then that is incredibly serious," Starmer said. "Obviously the focus is very much on the individual, Nicola Sturgeon, but.
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