The SNP will be “hitting the ground running” after next week’s Holyrood election, John Swinney has pledged – with the First Minister vowing action towards an independence referendum on the very first sitting day after a new government is appointed.
A new paper setting out what actions a re-elected SNP government would take in its first 100 days in office promises a vote to approve the development of a Section 30 order – which would be needed to transfer powers to hold a referendum from Westminster to Holyrood.
