Watch live: Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish leaders to call for independence from UK

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Leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin are expected to meet in Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. The meeting on Monday will involve the first ministers of the UK’s three devolved nations, where they are set to sign a memorandum of understanding pushing for constitutional change in their respective countries. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill will meet in Cardiff. Sinn Féin’s president Mary Lou McDonald, who is the leader of the opposition in the Irish Dáil, will also attend the meeting. The group will meet in their capacity as party leaders, rather than as officials in their respective governments. They are due to discuss partnership around the economy, energy and international co-operation. They will also call on the UK Government to “prepare, plan and facilitate constitutional change in Wales, Scotland and the north of Irela

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