Nicola Sturgeon vows to set out independence vote plans by next spring

Scotland’s first minister says coronavirus will not put brake on SNP’s ambitions The Scottish government will propose the timescale and question for a second referendum on Scottish independence by next spring, Nicola Sturgeon has said, as she pledged the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic would act as an accelerant and not a brake on the Scottish National party’s ambitions.Setting out her programme for government – Holyrood’s equivalent to the Queen’s spee