Nicola Sturgeon's decision to step down as first minister comes after a number of controversial issues piled pressure on the SNP leader
Ms Sturgeon was also recently questioned over her husband Peter Murrell's £107,000 loan to the SNP.
During a press conference earlier this month, Ms Sturgeon said:"The resources that he lent the party were resources that belonged to him." Following the election in May, SNP MP Douglas Chapman quit as the party's treasurer, claiming he was not given enough information about finances to do his job.Police Scotland is also currently investigating what happened to an estimated £600,000 raised by party activists to be ringfenced for a second independence referendum campaign.
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