The SNP will use the upcoming general election to “secure independence” amid rising interest rates, the party’s leader at Westminster has said.

Flynn was speaking ahead of the SNP’s independence convention in Dundee on Saturday.

Key party figures, including First Minister Humza Yousaf, will set out their desired route to achieving a constitutional vote, after his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation cast doubt over the defacto referendum strategy.

He said: “Independence will be at the centre of the SNP’s election campaign – it is the essential key to securing prosperity and escaping the Westminster-made cost-of-living crisis.

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