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Katrine Bussey

Starmer insists ‘questions to be answered’ for the SNP over Peter Murrell case

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said there are ‘questions that need to be answered’ within the SNP after former party chief executive admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party (Gareth Fuller/PA) -

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said there are “questions that need to be answered” after former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell admitted embezzling just over £400,000 from the party.

Sir Keir insisted Scots would be “baffled” that people in charge of the SNP “say they didn’t know anything about what was going on”.

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