SNP deputy leader Keith Brown has insisted the party has 'nothing to hide' and urged greater transparency as he admitted he did not know its auditors had quit until shortly before it was made public.
SNP deputy leader Keith Brown has insisted the party has"nothing to hide" and urged greater transparency as he admitted he did not know its auditors had quit until shortly before it was made public.
Speaking to Sky News, Mr Brown acknowledged current challenges, but argued the SNP's"best days lie ahead" as a crisis engulfs the party with a police investigation into its finances, which has seen its former chief executive and treasurer arrested. Both Peter Murrell - who is former first minister Nicola Sturgeon's husband - and Colin Beattie were later released without charge pending further investigation.
The police inquiry centres on how more than £600,000 in donations to the party earmarked for an independence referendum was used.A key task for him will be appointing auditors after accountants Johnston Carmichael, which worked with the SNP for more than a decade, resigned around September.
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