Jo Swinson sacked

While the Conservative Shadow Scottish Secretary David Mundell survived yesterday's Tory front bench reshuffle intact, his Liberal Democrat counterpart, Jo Swinson, has not been so lucky.

Westminster's youngest MP, Swinson was today dropped completely from Sir Menzies Campbell's team of spokesmen. Her place has been taken by Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael, who will also be shadowing Northern Ireland.