Independence essential to help Scotland rebuild after Covid-19, Sturgeon insists

Nicola Sturgeon said she will use next May’s Holyrood election to try to win a mandate to hold an independence referendum ‘in the early part of the new Parliament’ Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed independence is “essential” to help with the task of rebuilding Scotland after coronavirus.

Scotland’s First Minister said she will use next May’s Holyrood election to try to win a mandate to hold an independence referendum “in the early part of the new Parliament”.