Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 28 March 2023

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1. SNP to change tactics

The SNP’s focus will switch to a longer-term policy of converting voters to the case for independence, rather than “agitating” for a second referendum, said the i news site. The party’s new leader, Humza Yousaf, hopes to push popular support for leaving the UK to a level where it is consistently higher than 50%. Speaking to ITV, he said: “I hope we can get independence within five years.” Following his narrow victory to become party leader, he will decide whether he wants to offer his defeated rivals jobs in government in order to try and unify the party.

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