Equity committee members resign over staff restructure

Five members of Equity's Scottish National Committee have resigned over redundancies at the union.

Tensions have reportedly grown since December, when redundancy consulations were announced. 

General secretary Paul Fleming called the resignations “a matter of enormous regret”. Last week, Equity sought to discredit campaigners against the restructure as abusive and "reckless".

Actors Andy Clark, Julie Coombe, Sarah McCardie, Kirstin McLean and John Sampson resigned from the committee thereafter.