John Swinney ‘stunned’ at Prime Minister clothing donations row - Scotland’s First Minister said politicians must be ‘absolutely transparent’ about such matters.

JOHN Swinney has said he was “stunned” to hear that Keir Starmer had accepted clothing donations. The First Minister said that Starmer has now done the right thing, after it emerged that he and his most senior ministers will no longer accept donations to pay for their clothes,

The First Minister spoke after meeting key figures from the energy sector at UK Government level, including GB Energy chair Juergen Maier.

The Scottish Government’s climate action minister Alasdair Allan chaired a roundtable event to consider what could be done to help those struggling with energy costs

Scotland will take full advantage of the opportunities created by a new UK Government-owned energy firm, John Swinney has said. The First Minister spoke as he met Juergen Maier, the new chair of Great British Energy – the publicly owned energy company the Labour government is setting up.