Nicola Sturgeon will kick off plans to present an independence referendum to the Scottish public by 2023 by sharing the first in a collection of papers detailing the advantages of leaving the United Kingdom.
Sturgeon will host a press conference on Tuesday in Edinburgh together with co-leader of the Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie.
The First Minister has confirmed that she plans to hold the referendum by the end of 2023, as reported by the Daily Record.
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However, she faces intense pushback from the UK Government, as well as anti-independence parties in Scotland.
It follows the news last week that former First Minister Alex Salmond stated that the Scottish Government should "pull the trigger" on a new independence campaign.
In advance of the event on Tuesday, Sturgeon commented: "Tomorrow we will publish the first in what will be a series of papers making afresh the case for independence in an interdependent world.
"The world, both domestically and internationally, has changed substantially since Scotland voted in 2014."
Talking to the BBC, she added: "The first paper will very much be a scene-setter — it will look through a wealth of evidence at the economic and social performance of the UK and Scotland within that."
However, the event at Bute House has been criticised by fellow Scottish politicians who insist that the focus should currently be on the NHS and cost of living crisis.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "Nicola Sturgeon has launched more independence campaigns than ferries.
"This coalition is about one thing and one thing only. Ministers are devoting their attention, top civil servants and tens of millions of pounds to independence.
"They care more about their independence obsession than everyone stuck on the longest NHS waiting lists in history, the cost of living crisis or the climate emergency."
He added: "Nobody believes education is Nicola Sturgeon’s top priority any more.
"The SNP and Greens are taking people for granted. Let’s lay aside talk of an independence referendum and get to grips with what matters right now."
