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Alba Party to Be Wound Down Amid 'Dire Financial Plight'

The Alba Party faces insolvency after £36,000 was withheld due to fraud and liabilities of £108,000, with falling membership and internal disputes cited by leaders.

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Leader Kenny MacAskill says the party's membership had haemorrhaged and its income has plummeted.

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The ScotsmanThe Scotsman
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Alba Party to be de-registered as party is no longer financially viable

Party leader Kenny MacAskill said: ‘Parties as with individuals are mortal, but our cause is eternal.”

·Scotland, United Kingdom
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BBC NewsBBC News
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Alba Party to be wound down amid 'dire financial plight'

Leader Kenny MacAskill says the party's membership had haemorrhaged and its income has plummeted.

·United Kingdom
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Daily RecordDaily Record
Lean Left

Alba Party to be wound up after party bosses decide to call it a day

Alba will not contest the Holyrood election amid crippling financial difficulties.

·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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The NationalThe National
Lean Left

Alba to wind up and de-register as party after financial crisis

THE Alba Party has decided to wind-up and de-register as a party, leader Kenny MacAskill has said.

·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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The Herald ScotlandThe Herald Scotland
Lean Left

Alex Salmond's Alba to deregister as party after cash crisis and falling membership

Alba is set to wind up and deregister after its leadership concluded the pro-independence group is no longer financially viable. Falling membership,…

·Scotland, United Kingdom
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Winding up Alex Salmond's Party

Alba's party is wound up. The announcement comes as a result of a reduction in the number of members and income of the party which was founded by the late Alex Salmond, former Prime Minister of Scotland. According to Kenny MacAskill, the current leader, they had a meeting with the Electoral Commission, who warned that the party must be wound up, either voluntarily or by force.

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The Herald Scotland broke the news in Scotland, United Kingdom on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
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