“No wonder Scots are so disillusioned with senior SNP figures at Holyrood when they continue to hold voters in such contempt.” Mr Matheson ran up the £10,941.74 bill for his parliamentary ...

The furore surrounding Michael Matheson's near £11,000 iPad data roaming bill was "completely blown out of all proportion", according to the shamed MSP. The SNP politician stepped down as ...

"Michael Matheson still thinks trying to charge the taxpayer for an £11,000 iPad bill and lying about it was 'blown out of proportion'. "This is how out-of-touch the SNP leadership is with the ...

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The SNP’s Health Secretary is under pressure to ... It later emerged they were incurred by his sons using his parliamentary iPad to watch football on holiday. Ms Hamilton said Mr Gray should ...

A disgraced former SNP minister has said the scandal over him charging the taxpayer £11,000 for internet roaming charges he racked up on a foreign holiday was “blown out of all proportion”.