Growing investment in Scotland would help to tackle child poverty, John Swinney has said as he attended a summit in London. The First Minister will seek to boost Scotland’s private investment at the event convened by Prime Minister Keir Starmer,

Scotland's First Minister, John Swinney, says increasing investment in Scotland could help combat child poverty. He was speaking while attending a summit in London convened by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, which is expected to attract over 300 industry leaders.

Swinney points to impact on child poverty as he attends key investment summit - The First Minister has made the eradication of child poverty his top priority.

A SNP MSP has been expelled from the party for insisting there was “no genocide” in Gaza. John Mason, the long-serving MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, also said “if Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed many many more”.

An MSP expelled from the SNP over a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict has said he is "disappointed" over the decision.