Salmond inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon should resign if she has broken ministerial code, says Keir Starmer

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A separate inquiry by a Holyrood committee has concluded it is "hard to believe" she was unaware of concerns about the former first minister’s behaviour before November 2017, according to reports. New claims also suggest members of the inquiry have concluded that Ms Sturgeon misled their Holyrood committee if she did have knowledge of concerns, relating to the then-First Minister’s alleged behaviour towards female Edinburgh Airport staff, before November 2017. "It is clear from past public statements that opposition members of this committee had prejudged the First Minister at the outset of the inquiry and before hearing a word of her evidence, so this partisan and selective briefing -before the committee has actually published its final report - is hardly surprising. "The question of the First Minister’s adherence to the ministerial code is being considered independently by James Hamilton, and we expect to receive and publish his report soon."