‘Mind-blowing’ claims about SNP mean party in in trouble without ‘quick’ action, says Kate Forbes

Scottish voters watching events ‘extremely carefully’, says defeated leadership candidate

SNP leader Humza Yousaf and defeated leadership candidate Kate Forbes (Getty/PA)

SNP leader Humza Yousaf needs to take “decisive and quick action” or the party will be in trouble at the next general election, defeated leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said.

Ms Forbes, defeated by Mr Yousaf in the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon, has spoken spoke out as police investigations into the party’s finances saw a second arrest and fresh turmoil.

On Tuesday Police Scotland arrested SNP treasurer Colin Beattie MSP as part of an ongoing investigation into how more than £600,000 in donations to the party earmarked for an independence referendum had been used.