The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) government body has agreed to carry out a governance and transparency review, Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Saturday after an SNP National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
But Yousaf denied claims that the ruling party is facing bankruptcy, telling reporters it’s “solvent” and “not close to bankruptcy.”
It comes after former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, former party chief executive Peter Murrell was arrested and released without charge in a police investigation into SNP’s finances. It has also emerged this week that the party’s auditor resigned months ago.
Speaking shortly after the NEC meeting, Yousaf said the meeting had been “positive” and there were no resignations, and that agreement was reached to hold a governance and transparency review….