Jason Leitch
Scot Gov spent £10k on legal firm fees to prepare witnesses for Covid inquiry
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![Jason Leitch and his rise from dentist to national clinical director](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11544392.jpg)
![Jason Leitch and his rise from dentist to national clinical director](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11544392.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11256287.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11256287.jpg)
![Jason Leitch to leave Scottish Government following Covid WhatsApp scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674887.jpg)
![Jason Leitch to leave Scottish Government following Covid WhatsApp scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674887.jpg)
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![Professor Jason Leitch, Scotland’s National Clinical Director](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17686879.jpg)
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![Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17697559.jpg)
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![National Clinical Director Jason Leitch outside the UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17694878.jpg)
![National Clinical Director Jason Leitch outside the UK Covid Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17694878.jpg)
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![Jason Leitch speaks and prays in online Covid-themed event organised by Baptist Union of Scotland, March 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17688929.jpg)
![Jason Leitch speaks and prays in online Covid-themed event organised by Baptist Union of Scotland, March 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17688929.jpg)
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![Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, arriving at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17689656.jpg)
![Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, arriving at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17689656.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
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![More calls for Leitch to be sacked after 'rant' about opposition MSPs to Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17673485.jpg)
![More calls for Leitch to be sacked after 'rant' about opposition MSPs to Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17673485.jpg)
![Jason Leitch mocked opposition MSPs during WhatsApp conversation with SNP minister](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674887.jpg)
![Jason Leitch mocked opposition MSPs during WhatsApp conversation with SNP minister](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674887.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17681616.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17681616.jpg)
![Yousaf regrets branding police union 'disgraceful' over response to far-right protest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11491115.jpg)
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UK Covid Inquiry
![Should those who took pains to follow Covid restrictions feel let down?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16596368.jpg)
![Should those who took pains to follow Covid restrictions feel let down?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16596368.jpg)
![Former Post Office Investigator Raymond Grant after giving evidence to phase four of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17679434.jpg)
![Former Post Office Investigator Raymond Grant after giving evidence to phase four of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17679434.jpg)
![Jason Leitch will appear before the inquiry on Tuesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17672049.jpg)
![Jason Leitch will appear before the inquiry on Tuesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17672049.jpg)
![How stand perspectives on the relative performances of Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon during Covid?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10210761.jpg)
![How stand perspectives on the relative performances of Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon during Covid?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10210761.jpg)
![Labour calls for Leitch to be sacked following Covid inquiry revelations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674887.jpg)
![Labour calls for Leitch to be sacked following Covid inquiry revelations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674887.jpg)
![Jason Leitch advised Humza Yousaf on Covid rule workaround during pandemic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17673388.jpg)
![Jason Leitch advised Humza Yousaf on Covid rule workaround during pandemic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17673388.jpg)
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![Former Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, seen here with Nicola Sturgeon, has handed over her WhatsApp messages](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17671636.jpg)
![Former Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, seen here with Nicola Sturgeon, has handed over her WhatsApp messages](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17671636.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon delivering one of her daily Covid briefings](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11384417.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon delivering one of her daily Covid briefings](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11384417.jpg)
![David Hamilton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16935988.jpg)
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![Jason Leitch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17389292.jpg)
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LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
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Letters
![Covid secrecy row: Scottish Government reject Jason Leitch message delete claim](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3994027.jpg)
![Covid secrecy row: Scottish Government reject Jason Leitch message delete claim](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3994027.jpg)
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![Leitch admits Covid patient transfers to care homes 'caused harm'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12240409.jpg)
![Leitch admits Covid patient transfers to care homes 'caused harm'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12240409.jpg)
![Prof Leitch said it would not be a bad idea to keep wearing masks](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12068715.jpg)
![Prof Leitch said it would not be a bad idea to keep wearing masks](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12068715.jpg)
![Top 10 Covid hotspots as Scotland looks towards less ‘restrictive’ measures in the future.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13458937.jpg)
![Top 10 Covid hotspots as Scotland looks towards less ‘restrictive’ measures in the future.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13458937.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch has raised concerns about fans going to and from Hampden](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13310993.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch has raised concerns about fans going to and from Hampden](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13310993.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch told Scots there is no reason to panic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12630692.jpg)
![Professor Jason Leitch told Scots there is no reason to panic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12630692.jpg)
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