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'Holyrood has authority over referendum'

SEVEN senior Scottish constitutional experts have challenged the UK Government view that only Westminster has the legal authority to call an independence referendum.

With Scottish Secretary Michael Moore due to meet Alex Salmond on Monday, the intervention by the academics – four professors and three lecturers – is significant as it challenges the UK view that Holyrood does not have the legal authority to call a referendum.