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Former SNP spin doctor willing to gamble on no charges from police finance probe

The SNP’s former spin doctor said he is confident the police investigation into the party’s finances will not result in any charges, as he spoke publicly about the probe for the first time. Murray Foote was head of communications for the SNP until ...

04 May 2023 at 14:34

Police investigation into SNP finances: What we know so far

On Friday, a year will have passed since police searched the home of Nicola Sturgeon and arrested her husband, Peter Murrell, as part of the ongoing investigation into the SNP’s finances. On April 5 2023, Police Scotland officers searched the ...

04 Apr 2024 at 08:27

Whole of SNP would welcome an end to police inquiry into finances – Humza Yousaf

Scotland’s First Minister has told the BBC he would welcome an end to the police inquiry into the SNP’s funding and finances, as the anniversary of the arrest of the party’s former chief executive approaches. Friday marks a year since the ...

04 Apr 2024 at 07:52

Yousaf vows ‘no interference’ as police probe into SNP finances continues

Scotland’s First Minister has vowed there will be no political interference with the police investigation into his party’s finances. With Friday marking one year since Police Scotland arrested ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, ...

04 Apr 2024 at 15:49

Police investigation into SNP finances: What we know so far

On Thursday, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell was re-arrested as part of the police investigation into the SNP’s finances. Mr Murrell, 59, was taken into custody and questioned by detectives. The arrest comes just over a ...

18 Apr 2024 at 17:54

Scotland

SNP finances probe being conducted with ‘integrity’, says chief constable

The investigation into the SNP’s finances is being conducted with “integrity”, the chief constable of Police Scotland has said, while warning against “uninformed speculation” on the case. In his first public comments on the ...

25 May 2023 at 11:57

Nicola Sturgeon: I only knew about police search when officers knocked on door

Nicola Sturgeon has said she did not know police investigating the SNP’s finances were going to search her home until officers knocked on the door. But the former Scottish first minister insisted she had “faith” that ...

10 Aug 2023 at 16:06

SNP Westminster leader supports keeping ‘incredibly talented’ Sturgeon in party

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has backed Nicola Sturgeon retaining her membership of the SNP as a police probe into the party’s funding continues. With the former first minister having become the third person ...

19 Jun 2023 at 09:55

Scotland

Yousaf ‘sees no reason’ to suspend Sturgeon despite calls to do so

First Minister Humza Yousaf has said he “sees no reason” to suspend his predecessor from the SNP despite her arrest on Sunday. Nicola Sturgeon was interviewed for almost seven hours by detectives in relation to the ...

12 Jun 2023 at 16:54

Scotland

Sturgeon should consider resigning from SNP amid probe, says Regan

Nicola Sturgeon should consider resigning her SNP membership until the end of the police probe in which she was arrested, former leadership candidate Ash Regan has said. The former first minister was released ...

12 Jun 2023 at 12:00

Yousaf rejects claim of collusion between police and media in SNP finances probe

Scotland’s First Minister has said he does not believe there has been collusion between the police and media during the investigation into the SNP’s finances. Humza Yousaf was speaking after one of his ...

15 Jun 2023 at 16:59

Scotland

Operation Branchform cannot go on indefinitely, defence lawyer says

“The clock is running” to prosecute Nicola Sturgeon’s husband in connection with the alleged embezzlement of SNP party funds, a defence advocate has said. Peter Murrell, 59, was charged in April by ...

05 Oct 2024 at 16:19

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