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Coronavirus Scotland LIVE as SNP veteran John Swinney is put in charge of covid recovery

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John Swinney has been removed from his job as education secretary and put in charge of Scotland’s covid recovery. He will remain as Deputy First Minister and was moved as Nicola Sturgeon begins a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

Swinney has endured a torrid last year in the role as lockdown upended the regular school timetable and led to the scrapping of the exams diet for the first time in history.

Last night the First Minister paid tribute to her close colleague and friend, with a full cabinet reshuffle expected to be announced later today.Describing his new role, she said: “Our first priority as a government is to lead the country through the pandemic and into a recovery that supports our NHS, protects and creates jobs, backs our young.

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