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Police Scotland has spent more than £2.17m on Operation Branchform, the long-running investigation into the SNP's finances, according to figures released under freedom of information laws. The inquiry, launched in 2021, has involved several high-profile arrests, including former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, who has been charged with allegedly embezzling nearly £460,000 from the party. He is due to appear in court today. Scottish Labour said the scale of spending raised concerns over financial pressures on Police Scotland, arguing taxpayers should not bear the cost of investigating senior SNP figures. The Scottish Government said it had allocated record policing funding of more than £1.7bn for 2026-27.
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