Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the publication of a poll on independence which found the Yes campaign has a narrow lead.
Nicola Sturgeon press conference LIVE as First Minister to kickstart independence campaign
14.06.2022 - 09:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon will lay out her plans to hold another independence referendum by end of next year later today.
The First Minister is set to publish plans through a series of papers on the benefits of ending the union.
A press conference will be held later this morning with Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie in Bute House, Edinburgh.
Sturgeon and her SNP /Green government have pledged to hold a referendum by the end of 2023.
Speaking ahead of the launch Sturgeon said: "The Building a New Scotland series will set out openly the challenges a newly independent Scotland would face, how they could be overcome as well as the opportunities that come with independence - as demonstrated by the success of comparable independent nations as well as our own resources and talents."
The announcement has been met with opposition from pro-UK parties with the Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Alex Cole-Hamilton urging Sturgeon to get on with fixing the NHS, the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
He said: "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."
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Labour constitution spokeswoman Sarah Boyack said that while people were "struggling to put food on the table during the worst cost of living crisis in a decade" the SNP and Greens were focusing on "their constitutional obsession".
Boyack said: "We should be working together to tackle the cost of living crisis now - but instead the SNP-Green government want to tear us apart.
"This is an appalling waste of time, energy and money when our public services are being cut to the bone.
"Far from
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