Kate Forbes substituted for John Swinney at First Minister’s Questions while he was at the commemorations of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

The Scottish Tory leader had previously said he would not run again to be an MP.

The deal would have resulted in a 2% increase this year and a further 1% next year.

Imran Ahmad was awarded £517,755.61.

The legislation would update sewage networks and ban sewage being released into bathing waters and other protected areas.

Around 550 prisoners will be released in four waves beginning later this month.

The former first minister pledged his party would win 15% of the vote and at least 20 seats at the next Holyrood election.

The policy would allow offshore workers to move between the oil and gas and renewables sector without having to duplicate training.

The Scottish Government has legally-binding targets on child poverty to be met by 2030.

The First Minister made eradicating child poverty his key goal after taking office.

The shadow chancellor pledged to ‘unleash Scotland’s economic firepower’ ahead of a visit to Edinburgh.

The leaders of the four Scots parties that won seats at the 2019 election faced off in the first televised debate of the campaign.

The Scottish Tory leader claimed SNP and Labour policies were ‘very similar’.

Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee have put the measures in place.

The SNP, the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems will appear in the debate on STV on Monday.

The First Minister urged Sir Keir Starmer to call an emergency budget in the early weeks of a future Labour government.

The party has said it would not allow new licences for oil and gas exploration if Sir Keir becomes prime minister after the July 4 election.

The Labour leader is visiting Scotland on Friday.

The comments come on the World Health Organisation’s No Tobacco Day.

The Scottish Government announced last year its preferred route for the future contract would be a direct award to CalMac.