Boris faces Union crisis as SNP vow to ‘speed up' desperate Scottish independence bid
Richard Percival
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Express.co.uk understands work on a draft independence bill is taking place and accelerating at speed ahead of the election period from March 25th. An SNP source, told this publication: "We are ramping up the speed to deliver our pledge for a second Scottish independence vote."
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The draft Bill was promised in the legislative programme First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out last year.
Last month, the SNP also released an 11-point "roadmap" to an independence referendum - setting out that a ballot could take place if May's Holyrood elections result in a pro-independence majority, even if Westminster refuses to grant a Section 30 order.