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Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Government will take SNP majority seriously, says Alexander

The UK Government will take an SNP majority at next year’s election seriously, the Scottish Secretary has said.

The SNP earlier this month rubber-stamped its strategy for securing another independence referendum, setting the bar at a majority of MSPs at the 2026 Holyrood election.

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