NICOLA STURGEON was under pressure yesterday to stop awarding public contracts to tax-dodging companies and give back donations from multimillionaire Brian Souter.

The Scottish First Minister and SNP leader published her tax return at the weekend in the wake of tax avoidance revelations.

It showed she had forgone £20,000 since 2009 in a system which sees ministers put their money towards public services and she vowed: “I’m going to continue to argue very strongly for reform of tax avoidance.”