Legacies from wills help boost SNP’s coffers by millions of pounds

Poet Edwin Morgan left more than £1m to the SNP in his will

THE SNP have received more than £1 million from a dozen supporters leaving donations in their wills over the past two years, it has emerged.

According to official accounts, the party raised £420,000 from bequests in 2020 alone – which is over three times higher than the £132,000 reported by UK Labour.