Forbes highlights the SNP’s failures on childcare

KATE Forbes is the highest profile working mum in Scotland, holding high office as Deputy First Minister and Economy Secretary.

- QUITTING Kate Forbes

While not everyone's cup of tea politically, she's a talented MSP who smashed glass ceilings and signalled to women and girls across Scotland that we belong in politics and high office too.

Her bombshell announcement that she's walking away from politics has resonated with many people. No one will grudge her spending precious time with her daughter and her family.

Sadly, she is the latest in a line of mothers who are walking away from frontline politics.