SNP will miss out on £1.2m if it fails to file accounts, Westminster chief warns

Mr Gardner urged others to act while they still can, warning that he ‘might be on the last train out the station’

Former SNP member James Gardner was ‘shocked’ with the direction of the party and asked for a refund of his donations (PA)

SNP’s Westminster group will miss out on £1.2m of funding if it does not file accounts next month, leader Stephen Flynn has warned.

Its 45 MPs make the SNP Parliament’s third biggest party, entitling it to financial assistance called Short Money.

But Mr Flynn, who heads the Westminster group, said it is struggling to find auditors - raising fears it could miss the May 31 deadline to file accounts.