Michael Matheson resigns as Scottish health secretary over £11,000 iPad bill

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Michael Matheson has resigned as Scottish health secretary after a scandal involving an £11,000 iPad data roaming bill.

A cross-party body in charge of the Scottish parliament launched an investigation in November after Mr Matheson took the parliamentary iPad with him on a week-long visit to Morocco with his family around Christmas in 2022.

His roaming charges for the iPad - not phone calls - were initially paid for by taxpayers after Mr Matheson claimed he ran up the eye-watering invoice undertaking constituency work during the trip.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/michael-matheson-resigns-as-scottish-health-secretary-over-11-000-ipad-bill-13066647

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