Michael Matheson has resigned as Scotland's health secretary following a backlash over his parliamentary iPad bill of almost £11,000.Mr Matheson racked up the charges while holidaying in Morocco over Christmas 2022.He later conceded the fees were accumulated as a result of his teenage sons using the parliamentary device as a hotspot to watch football.Opponents repeatedly called for Mr Matheson to resign when the bill first emerged in November last year, pointing to his claim to journalists that

Michael Matheson has resigned as Scotland's health secretary following a backlash over his parliamentary iPad bill of almost £11,000.Mr Matheson racked up the charges while holidaying in Morocco over Christmas 2022.He later conceded the fees were accumulated as a result of his teenage sons using the parliamentary device as a hotspot to watch football.Opponents repeatedly called for Mr Matheson to resign when the bill first emerged in November last year, pointing to his claim to journalists that there had been no personal use of the device, before telling MSPs days later his sons had used the data.