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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Yousaf distances himself from Sturgeon with pledge of more SNP transparency

Humza Yousaf
Yousaf said on Thursday: ‘We absolutely can do better around governance and transparency. There’s no ifs or buts on that.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Humza Yousaf, the new Scottish National party leader, has made a barely concealed attack on his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon over the party’s financial management and transparency.

In a move designed to distance himself from Sturgeon, his mentor, after her husband, Peter Murrell, was arrested in an SNP funding inquiry, Yousaf said the party needed more openness with its members and greater financial accountability.

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