Nicola Sturgeon will work to build "unity and common cause" in Scotland when she becomes the country's first ever female first minister next month. The current deputy first minister will succeed Alex Salmond after he announced his intention to resign from the post in the wake of the independence referendum which saw voters north of the border opted to stay part of the UK. Ms Sturgeon, the only candidate for the joint positions of SNP leader and first minister, today embarks on a series of rallies setting out how she intends to lead the country. While she will stress her continued belief in independence, she will promise to "focus on the job in hand" of governing Scotland - and will make the...
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