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Former head of communications Murray Foote will take up the role on Monday after a difficult 12 months for the party.

Nicola Sturgeon may claim she was too busy running the country to know that bizarre purchases at the centre of a criminal investigation were made with SNP funds, party insiders believe.

The SNP has said it is looking to return to surplus this year, as the latest accounts show its deficit grew to more than £800,000.Accounts published online by the Electoral Commission show the party’s income fell in 2022, while membership numbers...

Mr Yousaf showed he is not afraid to ruffle a few feathers within the SNP as he called for bold and radical policies which would allow Scotland to achieve the prosperity of Norway and Austria.

The hard Left icon told the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that he would have allowed a vote to take place as early as 2021 if he had become prime minister in 2019.

It recorded a deficit of £804,278 as membership and donations slumped, while legal fees rocketed amid the ongoing police probe into its finances.

The partys accounts, published today by the Electoral Commission, detail the extent of the SNPs woes.

The SNP has appointed Murray Foote, its former head of communications, as its new chief executive just five months after he quit his post following a scandal over false membership figures during the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader.

The SNP has removed any mention of the referendum appeal at the centre of a long-running police investigation from its annual accounts.

Voters are continuing to desert Humza Yousafs party after months of chaos, which included the arrest of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell.