King tells Commonwealth leaders that Britain’s role in slave trade was ‘shameful’ but stops short of apology – as it happened

Severin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.

MSPs at Holyrood have called on Scottish ministers to review a law which allowed the Indian-born student Q Manivannan to win a seat at Holyrood in May, claiming public confidence in parliament was “fragile”.

The standards, procedures and public appointments committee said in a report that the rationale for allowing people with limited rights to be in the UK was “simply not clear” and had “run ahead of what the public want”.

Under the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025, overseas citizens with the legal right to live in Scotland can stand for Holyrood and local councils, even if their rights are temporary.