Fashionable friends! Selena Gomez and Nicola Peltz celebrated 2023 in the same look.
14.12.2022 - 17:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
SNP chief executive Peter Murrell lent the party over £100,000 to help with “cashflow” after the Holyrood election.
The “personal contribution” by Nicola Sturgeon’s husband was recorded on an election watchdog’s website.
However, the Scottish Tories called for answers on why Murrell had made such a large loan "to the party his wife leads". According to the Electoral Commission, the £107,620 loan was made on June 20th last year.
Nearly £50,000 has been paid, with £60,000 outstanding. The loan was the subject of social media reaction amid questions on SNP finances. Scottish Tory MSP Craig Hoy said: “The role played by Peter Murrell in the SNP grows murkier by the day. It is beyond odd for the SNP chief executive – and Nicola Sturgeon’s husband – to be lending his employer a six-figure sum of money.
“It’s high time the SNP came clean to their own members about what is actually going on and explained why their chief executive is making such large loans to the party his wife leads.”
An SNP spokesperson said: “The loan was reported in our 2021 accounts, which were published by the Electoral Commission in mid-August. The nature of this transaction was initially not thought to give rise to a reporting obligation.
“However, as it had been recorded in the party's 2021 accounts as a loan, it was accordingly then reported to the Electoral Commission as a regulated transaction. This was a personal contribution made by the chief executive to assist with cashflow after the Holyrood election.”
MORE TO FOLLOW.
To sign up to the Daily Record Politics newsletter, click here.
Ex-SNP minister calls for new independence approach as he brands government proposals 'crap'
Scottish Government ministers 'squandered' £200m on nationalising shipyard
Fashionable friends! Selena Gomez and Nicola Peltz celebrated 2023 in the same look.
Friends to the end! Selena Gomez kicked off 2023 on a fun-filled getaway with Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham.
Nicola Sturgeon’s failure to deliver promised free school meals has been branded “unforgivable” in the wake of shocking hunger statistics. Foodbank the Trussell Trust has revealed the number of food parcels given out to kids has soared 77 per cent since 2017, and by 65 per cent overall.
The Scottish Government’s environmental record has been criticised after new figures showed recycling rates are lower than eight years ago.
The victim of sex pest MP Patrick Grady has blasted the SNP’s “brazen” decision to allow him back into the party after six months.
After a white Christmas, Scots will be treated to more snow in the lead up to the new year.
Perth and Kinross Council’s SNP leader will write to Nicola Sturgeon “highlighting the massive real-terms cut to council funding” and its impact.
With just one more sleep to go, Nigella Lawson has shared her Christmas cooking tips to make up a feast on a budget.
Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots to consider how they can help others as the cost of living crisis has made "a very hard winter for many".
Nicola Peltz shared some sweet snaps on social media as her family celebrated Hanukah, while Brooklyn Beckham enjoyed some bonding time with his father-in-law.
Nicola Sturgeon’s Government is poised for a massive £80m overspend on its running costs despite raising taxes and backing cuts.
An SNP MP has written to chief executives at ITV and Amazon demanding Jeremy Clarkson be removed after he called for Meghan Markle to be paraded through the streets naked.
Jeremy Clarkson has released a statement saying he is "horrified to have caused so much hurt" following the backlash surrounding his comments about Meghan Markle.
Nicola Sturgeon has hit out at Jeremy Clarkson over his "beyond the pale" comments about Meghan Markle in a newspaper column.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon walked away from questions over why her husband loaned the SNP over £100,000.
Paolo Nutini declared his love for Nicola Sturgeon during Tuesday night's show in Glasgow.
Documentary and film production company White Horse Pictures has named Nicholas Ferrall its Chairman and CEO, while founder Nigel Sinclair pivots to a content-focused non-executive chairman role.Jeanne Elfant Festa, White Horse’s Head of Documentaries & Director of Features, will share Co-President duties with Cassidy Hartmann, a partner at the company and previous Director of Documentary Features at Exclusive Media. In their new roles, they will lead White Horse’s creative content, production and development.White Horse has also announced a partnership with Ben Murphy of the production studio Whiskey Bear.
Normal People producer Element Pictures has acquired film and TV rights to Bellies, the highly anticipated debut from Nicola Dinan.