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| Scotland's standards watchdog has reported the Scottish Labour leader to the procurator fiscal for failing to publicly declare campaign donations. | Scotland's standards watchdog has reported the Scottish Labour leader to the procurator fiscal for failing to publicly declare campaign donations. |
| Dr Jim Dyer reported Wendy Alexander for not recording gifts to her leadership campaign in the MSPs' register of interests. | Dr Jim Dyer reported Wendy Alexander for not recording gifts to her leadership campaign in the MSPs' register of interests. |
| The fiscal will decide whether the case merits police investigation. | The fiscal will decide whether the case merits police investigation. |
| Ms Alexander said last week parliament officials wrongly told her it was unnecessary to declare donations. | Ms Alexander said last week parliament officials wrongly told her it was unnecessary to declare donations. |
| She has since updated her register with details of 10 donors who each gave around £1,000 to her campaign. | She has since updated her register with details of 10 donors who each gave around £1,000 to her campaign. |
| The procurator fiscal is Scotland's public prosecutor. | |
| The Electoral Commission is separately investigating an illegal donation to her leadership campaign and has still to decide whether to report the matter to prosecutors. | The Electoral Commission is separately investigating an illegal donation to her leadership campaign and has still to decide whether to report the matter to prosecutors. |
| The commission's other investigation involves a £950 donation from a Jersey-based businessman to support Ms Alexander's campaign. | |
| The donation from Paul Green broke electoral law because the businessman is not a registered UK voter. | |
| 'Crisis to crisis' | |
| Ms Alexander said parliament officials told her donations to her leadership campaign did not have to be recorded in her MSP register of interests. | |
| But Standards Commissioner Dr Dyer has taken advice from a QC and told the Labour leader all donations over £520 are classed as "gifts" and should have been declared. | |
| Ms Alexander said she was now updating her register and has challenged MSPs from all parties who have stood in previous leadership contests to follow her example. | |
| The Scottish Labour leader has insisted that she remains confident of being cleared of any "intentional" wrongdoing relating to her campaign fund. | The Scottish Labour leader has insisted that she remains confident of being cleared of any "intentional" wrongdoing relating to her campaign fund. |
| Last week the SNP's Roseanna Cunningham said Ms Alexander's position was becoming "more and more untenable". | Last week the SNP's Roseanna Cunningham said Ms Alexander's position was becoming "more and more untenable". |
| She said Ms Alexander's leadership was "lurching from crisis to crisis", adding that it was "clear the vultures in the Labour party are circling". | She said Ms Alexander's leadership was "lurching from crisis to crisis", adding that it was "clear the vultures in the Labour party are circling". |