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SNP MP backs legal challenge to test Holyrood's right to call independence referendum without Westminster approval

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a legal challenge on whether Holyrood has the power to hold an independence referendum without the UK Government's permission.Neale Hanvey, who was readmitted to the party in May after being suspended for sharing an antisemitic image on social media, is among more than 4,000 backers of the People's Action on Section 30.Powers to hold a legally-binding referendum are reserved to Westminster under terms of the devolution settlement and can only be loaned them to Holyrood under a legal mechanism known as a Section 30 order.Pro-independence activist group Forward As One want to challenge that arrangement in court and have so far raised more than £120,000 via an online campaign to fund the legal action.The group has now called on elected.

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