Natalie Goodwin

Peter Murrell, former SNP chief executive and Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband. STV News For more than a decade, Peter Murrell sat at the heart of Scottish politics. As chief executive of the SNP, led by his wife, Nicola Sturgeon, he oversaw finances, strategy and organisation during one of the party’s most successful periods. Yet over a 12-year period, he embezzled more than £400,000 from the party, spending money donated by supporters on luxury goods, gifts and personal purchases.

Alex Cole-Hamilton believes his party can win seats directly from the SNP at the Holyrood election. Speaking on the Scotland Tonight: Meet the Leaders series, he said the Scottish Liberal Democrats had the beating of the SNP in ten constituencies. Cole-Hamilton said the Lib Dems’ pitch to voters was built around a sense that Scotland’s potential was going unfulfilled. “Scotland’s got so much going for it, but right now it just feels like nothing’s working,” he said.

The leader of Reform UK in Scotland has declared his intention to become First Minister – promising to cut taxes, slash the size of government and put local people first on housing. Speaking on the Scotland Tonight: Meet the Leaders series, Malcolm Offord said he had “the vision and the capability” to lead Scotland, despite polling that puts his party well behind the SNP.