A defiant Nicola Sturgeon insisted she had ‘done nothing wrong’ today as she faced the cameras for the first time since being arrested in a police probe into the SNP‘s finances.

The former Scottish first minister spoke in the sun outside her Glasgow home a week after being grilled for seven hours by Police Scotland detectives.

And in a potentially awkward move for her success Humza Yousaf, she confirmed that she would return to Holyrood next week.

Mr Yousaf has been facing heavy pressure to suspend her as an MSP following her arrest, which followed that of her husband, Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive.  

The former Scottish first minister spoke in the sun outside her Glasgow home a week after being grilled for seven hours by Police Scotland detectives.

A Panelbase survey for the Sunday Times projects that Scottish Labour would win 26 seats at Westminster, up from one currently.

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It comes as a new poll suggests SNP voters are abandoning the party amid upheaval caused by the investigation.

A Panelbase survey for the Sunday Times projects that Scottish Labour would win 26 seats at Westminster, up from one currently if a general election wa sheld today.

This would put the party ahead of the SNP, which is predicted to take 21, down from 45 currently.

It would be the first time since 2010 that Sir Keri Starmer’s party was the largest Scottish group at Westminster and would be a major boost to his hoes of taking power in Westminster.

The poll was carried out after Ms Sturgeon was held for seven hours last Sunday by detectives investigation the whereabouts of more than £600,000 in donation.

She was later released without charge pending further investigation, and denies any wrongdoing.    

The research also found that support for the SNP has dropped, with 34 per cent saying they would vote for the party at the next general election, down five points compared with Panelbase’s last poll in March.

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