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Sturgeon promises MSPs a vote on Article 50

SCOTTISH First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to give MSPs a vote on triggering Article 50 regardless of today’s Supreme Court ruling.

Eleven of the most senior judges will decide whether Prime Minister Theresa May has to ask MPs and the devolved governments of Scotland and Northern Ireland before beginning the process of leaving the European Union.

Last week she signalled that she wanted to take Britain out of the single market, a move which Ms Sturgeon says will “undoubtedly” make a second referendum on Scottish independence more likely.

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