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Holly Lennon

Nicola Sturgeon plans for independence referendum in October 2023

Nicola Sturgeon has further laid out plans to hold a consultative referendum on Scottish independence in October next year.

The First Minister has written to Boris Johnson to express her willingness to negotiate a Section 30 order - a clause in the Scotland Act - which would allow Holyrood to legally hold an IndyRef2.

She said that if the referendum does not go ahead, the general election will be a 'de facto referendum'.

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