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Constance facing no confidence vote

Angela Constance will face a no-confidence vote at Holyrood next week after being accused of misrepresenting the views of Professor Alexis Jay on grooming gangs. The leaders of both Scottish Labour and the Conservatives lodged separate motions of no confidence against the justice secretary on Thursday. Although the Liberal Democrats will back the motion, it is expected to fail due to opposition from the Greens. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar stated: "This SNP government is addicted to cover-up and secrecy. The truth is that Angela Constance isn't just a stranger to the truth - she is a stranger to competence as well." John Swinney said he had not "lost confidence" in Constance, but Scottish Conservatives leader Russell Findlay said the first minister "is defending a justice secretary who misrepresented an expert, misled parliament, misled the public and misled victims."

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