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Shona Robison quits Holyrood cabinet

EMBATTLED Scottish health secretary Shona Robison quit the Holyrood cabinet yesterday.

Ms Robison, who has faced pressure to resign over her handling of a series of NHS crises, was one of three cabinet secretaries shown the door by the time the Star went to press last night.

The others were economy secretary Keith Brown, who will focus on his new role as SNP deputy leader, and social security secretary Angela Constance.

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