I'm not convinced Humza is telling the truth about him not having prior knowledge of the SNP not having appointed auditors since last September but either way, the deadline is looming and the SNP are swiftly sliding down the popularity ratings.
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The SNP has signed a contract with a new auditor more than six months after the previous firm quit.
The SNP's Westminster group risks losing £1.2m of public funding if it does not submit audited accounts by 31 May.
Group leader Stephen Flynn said he was now confident that the deadline would be met.
The party must also file its audited accounts with the Electoral Commission in July.
Humza Yousaf, the SNP's leader and Scotland's first minister, said Manchester-based AMS Accountants Group had agreed to complete the accounts for both the party and its Westminster group.
Mr Yousaf said: "There is hard work ahead but it is really encouraging to have them on board as we work towards challenging deadline".
It emerged last month that the SNP's previous auditors, Johnston Carmichael, had quit last September.
Mr Yousaf has said he only found out after winning the contest to succeed Nicola Sturgeon in March that the party no longer had an accounting firm in place.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-65467591
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