Nicola Sturgeon has demanded new powers for Holyrood, including over immigration, and warned that she will call another independence referendum if Westminster does not agree. The SNP leader opened her party conference in Glasgow with a direct challenge to Theresa May that “the ball is in your court” over whether the union will survive. The first minister, right, said that she would attempt to secure a soft Brexit for Scotland within the UK and that the “chance of success will depend not on us but on the attitude of the UK government”. If a hard Brexit looks likely she will…

Source: The Times October 13, 2016 16:07 UTC