Sturgeon blasts decision to refer Holyrood bills to UK supreme court

Scottish first minister calls UK government decision morally repugnant' as bills were passed unanimously

Nicola Sturgeon has condemned the UK government's decision to refer two bills passed by Holyrood unanimously to the supreme court as morally repugnant" amid an outcry from MSPs.

The Scottish parliament passed the United Nations convention on the rights of the child bill and the European charter of local self-government bill in the weeks before it went into recess.