Leaders of Scotland, Wales and
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Leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland push for more autonomy from London

The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have agreed to jointly pressure the government in London to win more autonomy within the UK - and perhaps outside the Union.

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The leaders of the regions will meet in Wales on Monday to discuss how they should move forward together to seek more autonomy, and not least to hold a referendum on independence.

The three parts are indeed different, Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of the Welsh separatist party Plaid Cymru, told the BBC. But, he says, they also have a lot in common.

As a pursuit of a different attitude from the government, he says.

All three parts of the country are more pro-EU than England, and in all three there is political concern about Nigel Farage's far-right party Reform UK.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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