McLeish cleared of code breach

Former First Minister Henry McLeish has been found not guilty of breaching the MSPs' code of conduct.

Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan claimed Mr McLeish had broken a promise not to use his golden handshake to pay off £30,000 he owed to the expenses office at Westminster.

The Scottish Parliament's standards committee ruled that there had been no technical breach of the code.

However, it also described the Central Fife MSP's behaviour as "regrettable" and said it was not within the spirit of the code.