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SNP finances investigation
SNP treasurer steps down from role after arrest
SNP MSP Colin Beattie will step down as the party’s treasurer after he was arrested in connection with a police investigation into the party’s finances, he has said.

Wed, 19 Apr, 2023

SNP finances investigation
SNP treasurer held in finance probe released without charge
The 71-year-old was questioned by detectives on Tuesday and Police Scotland said that evening that he had since been “released without charge pending further investigation”

Tue, 18 Apr, 2023

Indycamp court case
SNP treasurer Colin Beattie arrested in party finance probe
SNP treasurer Colin Beattie has been arrested in connection with a police investigation into the party’s finances. Police Scotland said the 71-year-old has been taken into custody and is being questioned by detectives.

Tue, 18 Apr, 2023

SNP challenges
Irish Examiner view: Scottish National Party hits the low road
The SNP's recently departed leader and CEO, Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell, have left a legacy of chaos

Sat, 08 Apr, 2023

SNP finances investigation
Nicola Sturgeon's husband  released without charge amid ongoing SNP finances probe
The update came after a spokesperson for Ms Sturgeon said she would “fully co-operate if required” with police following her husband’s arrest

Thu, 06 Apr, 2023

SNP finances investigation
Police spotted scouring Sturgeon home after husband’s arrest in finances probe
Scouring the garden, the officers were seen to open a small shed and a storage box, while a police photographer was seen to be documenting the search.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2023

Peter Murrell resignation
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband arrested as police search home and SNP HQ in finances probe
Officers are also at the SNP’s HQ offices in Edinburgh, with police vans seen parked outside and uniformed officers standing inside the building.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2023

Scottish National Party leadership election
Humza Yousaf is elected new SNP leader and prospective First Minister
Humza Yousaf is set to become Scotland’s youngest first minister and the first person from a minority ethnic background to hold the post after he was elected leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Scottish National Party leadership election
Scotland's next SNP leader to be named following five-week contest
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and former community safety minister Ash Regan have taken part in around 16 hustings as they competed to replace Nicola Sturgeon

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

General Election 2019
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell resigns as SNP chief executive
Reports had suggested members of the SNP’s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) threatened a vote of no confidence in him

Sat, 18 Mar, 2023

Foreign policy strategies
Voting to get under way in the contest to succeed Nicola Sturgeon
The leadership contest is taking place after Ms Sturgeon last month announced she was quitting the job she has had for more than eight years – making her the longest-serving Scottish first minister to date.

Mon, 13 Mar, 2023

Dominic Cummings blog
Johnson risks jeopardising public health measures by clinging on to Hancock, SNP says 
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “risks jeopardising vital public health measures” by retaining Matt Hancock as Health Secretary, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has said.

Sat, 26 Jun, 2021

Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021
No plans for EU membership vote in independent Scotland, says Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has said she has no plans to call a separate referendum on whether an independent Scotland should join the European Union.

Thu, 15 Apr, 2021

General Election 2019
SNP MPs to vote against Brexit deal which is ‘disaster for Scotland’
Ian Blackford said the agreement was an “unforgiveable act of economic vandalism and gross stupidity”.

Sun, 27 Dec, 2020

SNP annual conference
Independence essential to help Scotland rebuild after Covid-19, Sturgeon insists
Scotland’s First Minister said she will use next May’s Holyrood election to try to win a mandate to hold an independence referendum “in the early part of the new Parliament”.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2020

Brexit
Boris Johnson is greatest recruiting agent for independence, Plaid Cymru leader says
Mr Price criticised the UK Government over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic as he predicted Welsh and Scottish elections in May next year could usher in 'the Indy summer of ’21'

Sun, 29 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus - Tue Sep 22, 2020
Sturgeon insists Scots have a ‘right’ to another independence vote
Scotland is a “nation on the brink of making history”, Nicola Sturgeon declared, as she insisted the country’s people have the “right” to choose their own future in a second  independence referendum.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2020

SNP calls for Cummings investigation in letter to UK's civil service chief
SNP calls for Cummings investigation in letter to UK's civil service chief
In the letter Ian Blackford also continues his calls for Dominic Cummings to resign over the fiasco, stating his position as ‘completely untenable’.

Sat, 23 May, 2020

As Tory lead shrinks Corbyn rules out deal with SNP to gain power
As Tory lead shrinks Corbyn rules out deal with SNP to gain power

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he will not do a deal with the SNP to gain power at Westminster.

Mon, 29 May, 2017

SNP election success would entitle them to new independence vote, poll finds
SNP election success would entitle them to new independence vote, poll finds

A majority of votersin Scotland believe the SNP would have the right to hold a second independence referendum if the party wins more than half of the Scottish seats in the General Election, a poll has found.

Sun, 30 Apr, 2017

SNP: UK Government running scared of second independence vote
SNP: UK Government running scared of second independence vote

SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson is to accuse the UK Government of running scared of a second independence referendum.

Fri, 17 Mar, 2017

SNP want to decide timing of next referendum
SNP want to decide timing of next referendum
The SNP has tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill calling for Holyrood to be given control over any future referendum on independence.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2015

Sturgeon firm on Scottish independence vow
Sturgeon firm on Scottish independence vow

Nicola Sturgeon has insisted the SNP is not “changing its tune” on Scottish independence after her predecessor Alex Salmond said the party’s landslide general election victory had brought it closer.

Sun, 10 May, 2015

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