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Advisers Reject Investigation Into Swinney Over Pension Claims
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- Scotland's First Minister John Swinney will not be investigated for allegedly misleading Parliament on pension losses.
- Independent advisers to the Ministerial Code found no breach and advised no investigation.
- Swinney wrote to Presiding Officer Kenneth Gibson confirming the decision and closing the issue.
- Findlay accused Swinney of scaremongering, claiming Swinney knowingly misled Parliament.
- Burnham announced reforms to the triple lock, which Swinney said costs Scots £2,000 in real terms.