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By Nick Eardley
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As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to head to Scotland, what are the chances of the SNP securing another independence referendum?
May s Scottish election was a big moment for the UK.
Parties demanding another referendum on independence had won a majority.
The SNP believed they had a cast-iron mandate for another vote. But they want the UK government to agree - and there s no sign of that happening.
It sets up a constitutional clash which we will be talking about for some time.
Boris Johnson s trip to Scotland this week is his first in seven months.
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The £20 a week increase in Universal Credit should be permanent, according to senior politicians from across the UK.
In a letter, the chairs of four welfare committees from around the UK say removing the temporary top-up would affect families on the lowest incomes.
And sources have also told the BBC that Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey supported keeping the uplift.
The government insists the extra £20 is a short-term measure ending in October.
The letter calling for the top-up to be made permanent was signed by the chairs of committees at Westminster, the Scottish Parliament, Senedd in Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Ministers and officials are waiting to find out if they will have to self-isolate after Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive for coronavirus.
It is understood Mr Javid had a meeting with the prime minister on Friday, hours before he started feeling unwell.
But as of late Saturday night, Boris Johnson had not been tracked down as a close contact by NHS Test and Trace.
Case numbers are continuing to rise ahead of the lifting of legal rules on social contact in England on Monday.
The health secretary, who has received both vaccine doses and described his symptoms as very mild , said he would continue to self-isolate and work from home.