The Scottish National Party received a £1.4 million boost from its two biggest donors in the final weeks of its independence campaign, new figures show.
EuroMillions winners Chris and Colin Weir donated £500,000 each on September 5 after donating several million more in the months leading up to the September 18 poll.
And bus tycoon Brian Souter donated £400,000 two days before the referendum.
The donations made the SNP the fourth biggest recipient in the UK in the three months to the end of September, collecting roughly half of the money taken by the entire UK Labour Party (£3.2m) and just less than one-quarter of that taken by the UK Conservatives (£6.7m).
The SNP is still the biggest UK fringe party once the Weir and Souter donations are excluded, with an additional £172,825 received, nearly twice as much as Ukip (£98,387) and the Green Party (£88,250).
An SNP spokesman said: "As membership of the SNP surges to over 84,000, the party has never been in better shape. We are very grateful for every donation - large and small - from our supporters which all help us to campaign and work for Scotland."
Scottish Conservative deputy leader Jackson Carlaw said: "This makes a mockery of the idea the SNP is a grass-roots organisation. The facts are the party and the associated Yes campaign were bankrolled by a couple who picked their lucky numbers and a businessman with whom the party is almost too embarrassed to be associated."
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