A total of 57 constituencies will up for grabs in Scotland when voters head to the polls.
John Swinney said the General Election announcement came as a surprise but is welcome. The First Minister told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Obviously we expected there to be an election sometime during this year but I think all the signals were it was likely to be in the autumn.
“But the fact that it’s going to be now, in the next six weeks, is welcome and it gives us the opportunity to take our message to the people of Scotland that Westminster government is giving us austerity, Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis and independence would give us the power to take our own decisions like re-joining the EU, ending austerity and supporting those in need and Scotland will only become independent if people vote SNP.
Rishi Sunak Sir Keir Starmer Labour Party Conservative Party SNP John Swinney
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