Sturgeon calls for Prime Minister and Chancellor to resign after party fines
Scotland's First Minister has said both the Prime Minister and Chancellor should resign after receiving fines over parties being held in Downing Street.
The Met said that at least 30 more fines were issued over the partygate saga, with a spokesman for Number 10 confirming both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will be among the recipients.
On Twitter, the First Minister said: "Boris Johnson must resign. He broke the law and repeatedly lied to parliament about it.
"The basic values of integrity and decency - essential to the proper working of any parliamentary democracy-demand that he go.
"And he should take his out of touch chancellor with him ."
Ms Sturgeon's deputy John Swinney added: "The Prime Minister broke the law he put in place. He must resign."
Labour leader Anas Sarwar also joined calls for the two to resign, urging voters in the local elections to "send the Tories a message".
"Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have broken the law. The united kingdom deserves better. They must resign," he said on Twitter.
On Tuesday evening, Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack said Boris Johnson remained the right person to lead the country.
He said :" The Prime Ministerhas, rightly, apologised and accepted responsibility for actions which he knows have angered a great many people.
"However, he remains the right person to lead this country at such a crucial time and we need to get behind him so that he can focus on dealing with the appalling situation in Ukraine and on delivering for everyone in this country."