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Nicola Sturgeon was today accused of 'twisting' Covid figures in a bid to show Scotland faring better than England under its tougher lockdown.
The First Minister has been reported to the UK Statistics Authority by the Scottish Liberal Democrats over her use of numbers at Holyrood yesterday.
During First Minister's Questions, Ms Sturgeon referenced Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates to say England's infection rate is 'over 20 per cent higher than those in Scotland'.
The ONS figures show 5.47 per cent of people in England are infected compared to 4.49 per cent in Scotland.
The English figure can be calculated to be 21.83 per cent higher than Scotland, but the Scottish Liberal Democrats have taken umbrage at the claim because there is just a 0.98 percentage points difference between the two numbers.
Nicola Sturgeon has been reported to the UK Statistics Authority by the Scottish Liberal Democrats over her use of numbers at Holyrood yesterday
In a letter to UK Statistics Authority chairman Sir David Norgrove, Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie wrote: 'The public have a right to always expect the Scottish Government's interpretation of data to be
