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Craig Paton

Flynn warns foundations of UK ‘can’t and won’t be fixed’ as SNP eyes indyref2

The SNP Westminster leader spoke after the UK Budget this week (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The foundations of the UK “can’t and won’t be fixed”, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said, as he pushed Scots to back his party next year in the hopes of securing an independence referendum.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast on Wednesday that growth in disposable income would drop from 3% in 2024-25 to just 0.25% by the end of the decade, owing to tax changes announced by Rachel Reeves in the Budget.

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