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The questions raised by the Murrell embezzlement controversy
Former long-serving Scottish National Party (SNP) chief executive Peter Murrell has pleaded guilty to embezzling party funds, raising questions about internal SNP governance, past public assurances about the party's financial health from his ex-wife and former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and the concentration of power in devolved Scottish politics between 2014 and 2023. The five-year police investigation into the SNP's finances, codenamed Operation Branchform, cleared Sturgeon and former SNP treasurer Colin Beattie of wrongdoing; current SNP leader and First Minister John Swinney has stated the party has tightened internal financial controls and may seek to recover stolen funds.
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