Nicola Sturgeon pledges she is ‘going to be around a lot longer’ as she dismisses speculation about her future – The Scotsman

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Nicola Sturgeon has insisted she is “going to be around a lot longer” as she dismissed speculation about her future.

In an interview with the BBC, the First Minister said she had “no intentions of going anywhere right now”.

However, she did not directly answer a question about her plans beyond the current five-year Holyrood term.

Elsewhere, Ms Sturgeon said the Scottish Government intends to take steps towards a second independence referendum next year.

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