SNP Treasurer Colin Beattie arrested in probe into party's finances

Cops probing SNP funds hunted for a women’s razor and a wheelbarrow at Nicola Sturgeon’s home.

A cocaine dealer has been jailed for four years after police went to his house as part of an investigation into a dog breeding business.

Angus Robertson has said he is as "concerned as anybody" about the future of the SNP amid an on-going police investigation into the party.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has dodged questions over the party's hiring of former civil servant Sue Gray amid speculation he could have to wait a year for her to start as his chief of staff.

Former SNP treasurer Colin Beattie knew about the £100,000 campervan linked to an on-going probe into the party's finances - but only after it was purchased and he saw the annual accounts.

Police are being asked to investigate possible breaches of election law over residential addresses on forms given by a Salford councillor who is standing for election in the Cotswolds, a stone’s throw from King Charles’ Highgrove home. Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Twells represents the ward of Ordsall in Salford and is only due to stand for re-election there in 2026, but is also now standing as a candidate for Tetbury with Upton in the local elections on May 4.

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources tell Deadline that the woman who filed the complaint against NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell for inappropriate conduct was CNBC anchor and Senior International Correspondent Hadley Gamble.

Stuart McDonald is the SNP's new treasurer following the resignation of Colin Beattie earlier this week.

SNP support at Holyrood has slumped to its lowest level since the independence referendum following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon and an investigation into party finances.

New voting data suggests that support for the SNP has slumped to its lowest level since IndyRef following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon and an investigation into party finances has rocked the political party into unstable territory.

Humza Yousaf has revealed the SNP has still not paid back the full amount of a loan from Peter Murrell, its former chief executive.

An MSP has quit as SNP treasurer after he was arrested during a police investigation into party finances.

An SNP "battle bus" seized from the home of ex-party boss Peter Murrell's mother has been towed into a police yard in Glasgow. The £110,000 luxury motorhome is understood to have sat in the driveway of Margaret Murrell's Dunfermline home for two years before being removed by cops probing £600,000 of 'missing' party funds on April 5.

The SNP's treasurer Colin Beattie has been released without charge pending further investigation after being arrested earlier today.

Ian Blackford has denied the SNP faces a cash crisis amid reports the party's falling membership has stretched its finances to breaking point.

Police are investigating claims Nicola Sturgeon personally refused to open up the SNP’s finances to scrutiny.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has revealed auditors who worked for the SNP resigned nearly six months ago.

A senior SNP MP has called for the party’s leadership election to be re-run after claims then-Chief Executive Peter Murrell shortened the race. Angus MacNeil is demanding a new ballot after Nicola Sturgeon’s husband was arrested as part of a fraud probe into party finances just nine days after the party’s 'preferred candidate' Humza Yousaf became First Minister.

A furious Nicola Sturgeon ordered senior party figures to stop asking questions about the party’s finances. During an explosive party meeting, the then First Minister tried to quash questions over the missing £600,000 raised through crowdfunders for a second IndyRef.

Tory voters should vote Labour at the next election if their candidate is best placed to beat the SNP, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives has suggested. Douglas Ross risked a split with Tory leader Rishi Sunak as he said people should “do what’s best for the country” to help loosen the nationalists’ grip on Scotland.