THE anti-harassment policy which led to a botched governmental investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Alex Salmond was supported by Nicola Sturgeon, official documents revealed today.

Published by the Scottish government, the documents show the First Minister and her staff ensured the policy would apply to former ministers as well as serving ones. 

Conversations and other details feature in a collection of documents shared publicly ahead of an investigation into the government’s handling of an in-house probe of two sexual misconduct complaints made against Mr Salmond in 2018.