SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson has resigned from his position following a scandal involving an £11,000 iPad data roaming bill, which he incurred while on holiday and billed to the taxpayer. The controversy, which initially saw Matheson refusing to quit over the iPad bill row, has raised questions about the judgment of the First Minister. Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross criticized the decision for Matheson to resign rather than being sacked, and questioned First Minister Humza Yousaf's defense of Matheson as 'a man of integrity and honesty', arguing that Matheson should have been dismissed.
Michael Matheson quits as Scottish health minister https://t.co/U4ikvWDK26
An online travel agency has made a tongue-in-cheek job offer to Michael Matheson after he quit the Scottish government's frontbench over a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/BkvcIOlaEX
Michael Matheson has resigned as Scottish health secretary after a scandal involving an £11,000 iPad data roaming bill. Full story: https://t.co/eJUuAs0SjI 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/jlqq8ud0BX
Michael Matheson has quit as Scotland’s health secretary over an £11,000 roaming charge he ran up while on holiday with his family ⬇️ https://t.co/t8WuGH72ga
“The Scottish health secretary’s delayed departure will only add to questions over the First Minister’s judgement.” 🖊️ @chrisdeerin https://t.co/rX8y1xfozl
🔴 Scotland’s SNP health secretary has resigned after running up £11,000 of roaming charges on holiday and then billing the taxpayer https://t.co/8b6KE4BpGi
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross says Health Secretary Michael Matheson should not have resigned over £11,000 iPad bill, he should have been sacked FM Humza Yousaf says Mr Matheson was afforded due process and concluded he should stand down #FMQs live: https://t.co/zGRmKQ31JG https://t.co/uMHf8e3rOo
COMING UP: #FMQs from Holyrood as Michael Matheson resigns as Scottish health secretary Follow full coverage from 12 on BBC One Scotland, on @BBCRadioScot and on our LIVE page here ➡️ https://t.co/zGRmKQ31JG https://t.co/SEkqBNlK3D
SNP health secretary Michael Matheson quits over £11k iPad roaming bill https://t.co/3jFRUlcfEB
DUNROAMIN: SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson quits over £11,000 ipad roaming bill https://t.co/oMxdamkuXs
Who is Scotland's iPad row minister Michael Matheson? https://t.co/a4RlJpC5pw
SNP minister resigns in wake of scandal over iPad data roaming charges https://t.co/NVc44lfsID
BREAKING: Michael Matheson resigns as Scottish health secretary over £11,000 iPad bill https://t.co/63qJePIC7O
Scotland’s Health Secretary Michael Matheson resigns after building up an £11,000 bill on his parliamentary iPad while on holiday https://t.co/kIVZ5DTc9f
Scottish Health Secretary Michael Matheson resigns after using parliamentary iPad for £11k roaming costs while on holiday https://t.co/Us6C44SJ5n
Scotland's health secretary Michael Matheson quits after racking up £11,000 iPad bill on holiday https://t.co/Baz3GaGhBx
Michael Matheson quits as Scotland's health secretary in wake of data roaming scandal https://t.co/9yHcuzx2ef
Michael Matheson has finally resigned after expecting taxpayers to foot an £11k bill for his iPad roaming charges. @HumzaYousaf must explain why he defended him as a "man of integrity and honesty" when he knew his former health secretary had lied. https://t.co/IwHvCNIaWF
Scottish minister Michael Matheson quits after £11,000 iPad roaming bill scandal https://t.co/s99BEJEApN
BREAKING: Scotland's health secretary quits after iPad row https://t.co/zmSpVnepLc
BREAKING: Michael Matheson has quit as Scotland's Health Secretary https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/W6MYNN5tcf
#Breaking Michael Matheson has quit as Scotland’s health secretary in the wake of the scandal over iPad data roaming charges https://t.co/rSZFD0WUQu
Scotland's health secretary quits after iPad row https://t.co/VU3veRhKK7
BREAKING health sec Michael Matheson has quit after investigation into his £11k iPad bill @lbc @LBCNewsScot @LBCNews
EXC: Michael Matheson has quit as Health Secretary after the scandal of his 11k data roaming bill. https://t.co/xZYYCHaZDn https://t.co/xZYYCHaZDn
🔴 SNP's Matheson ‘putting lives in danger’ by refusing to quit over iPad bill row. Read more 👇 https://t.co/6QU8KmHxNq