The Scottish Liberal Democrats said Mr Swinney must set out how he will overhaul government transparency.
John Swinney must “make amends” to the Covid bereaved for deleting key WhatsApp messages if he is to become Scotland’s next first minister, the Liberal Democrats have said.
In January, Mr Swinney admitted to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he “manually” deleted informal messages between himself and Ms Sturgeon in accordance with Scottish Government guidance. “It was John Swinney who deleted his pandemic messages, alongside Nicola Sturgeon and other members of her top team. By doing so, they undermined the work of both the UK and Scottish Covid inquiries and deprived all those who lost loved ones of the answers and understanding they are searching for.
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