
MSP Amanda Bland has resigned from Reform UK Scotland to sit as an independent, reducing the party to the third-largest group at Holyrood and prompting calls for her resignation.
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Amanda Bland represented Central Scotland and Lothians West as a list MSP.
MSP Amanda Bland has quit Reform UK Scotland to sit as an independent.
The resignation relegates the party to the third-largest group at Holyrood, with one member fewer than Labour.
Bland, who represents Central Scotland and Lothians West as a list MSP, is yet to comment publicly.
Reform UK Scotland have called for the MSP to step down from parliament.

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