Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s opinion on another independence referendum does not carry much weight, according to SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.

Ms Reeves last week rejected the idea of another vote on independence, even if the SNP wins a majority at next year’s Holyrood election.

But Mr Flynn has predicted the Chancellor and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will be ousted if the SNP wins in May.

“If the public are to back us to stand up for Scotland moving forward, then the Chancellor of the Exchequer will no longer be the Chancellor of the Exchequer,” he told BBC Radio Scotland on Tuesday.

“So her opinion on this matter doesn’t necessarily carry the weight that some people think it does.

“The same is true of the Prime Minister as well.”

Mr Flynn pointed to reports in the Times o

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