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The Scottish National Party has launched its manifesto, with a call for another referendum in Scotland,once the Brexit negotiations have finished, and for an increase in UK taxes to promote growth in Scotland.

Tommy Sheppard was an SNP MP for Edinburgh East in the last parliament. He told The World at One another vote would be needed when the terms of Brexit are known - not out of disrespect to the first result
but because "the terms have completely changed to compromise the options that were then available".

He was challenged as to why they had not raised taxes in Scotland under existing powers, in order to promote growth in the Scottish economy - he said those powers were in the "margins" and "unless they had power over the whole economy, it doesn't make sense to use those powers in isolation".

Photo: Tommy Sheppard, Member of the SNP Credit: Getty Images)