The Labour whip in the Scottish Parliament has been removed from MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy while the party investigates her links with a convicted sex offender.
She stood down as her party’s education spokesperson in December and said she would leave Holyrood in May after revelations about her friendship with former Moray councillor Sean Morton.
Earlier Labour removed the whip in the House of Lords from new peer Matthew Doyle, Sir Keir Starmer’s former director of communications, to allow an investigation into his links to Morton.
A Scottish Labour spokesperson said: “All complaints are assessed thoroughly in line with our rules and procedures.”