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		</div><p>Boris Johnson has claimed it would cost more than £150 million and take at least nine months for Britain to hold referendums on Brexit and Scottish independence next year.</p>
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<p>The British Prime Minister said if Labour formed a pact with the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon would “demand” another “divisive referendum” on Scotland and a second vote on the UK’s EU membership.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson, who will launch the Conservatives’ Scottish manifesto this morning, instead insisted his party would focus on delivering on the vote to leave the EU and the “people’s priorities”.</p>
<p>Tory analysis suggested that it would take a minimum of nine months to hold both referendums next year and would cost £155 million – with the second Brexit poll costing an estimated £138 million and the Scottish vote costing £17 million.</p>
<figure id="attachment_145013" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-145013" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-145013" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1BDEFC22-B960-4F64-9FF0-F212558ADA04.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="433" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-145013" class="wp-caption-text">Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon</figcaption></figure>
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<p>The party warned that giving the vote to 16-year-olds within nine months could cost up to £500 million or result in an additional delay of at least six months to pass the necessary legislation and allow the Electoral Commission to register them.</p>
<p>UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to give voters the final say on Brexit in a second referendum – with a “credible” Leave option and Remain on the ballot paper – and has promised to resolve the issue within six months.</p>
<p>But he has said he would not support a second Scottish independence referendum within his first two years in office if he wins the keys to Number 10.</p>
<p>Ms Sturgeon said over the weekend that she would press for such a vote next year if she entered into an agreement to support a Labour government.</p>
<blockquote><p>The real cost will be much, much higher: the chaos of two referendums in 2020 grinding the country to a halt and the world’s greatest political union reduced to the status of a bargaining chip</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr Johnson said: “A majority Conservative government would get Brexit done and focus on the people’s priorities – such as increasing funding in our NHS and reducing the cost of living.</p>
<p>“The alternative is Jeremy Corbyn, a man who can’t even make up his mind on Brexit, submitting to a pact with Nicola Sturgeon, and we already know what terms she will demand – another divisive referendum on Scottish independence alongside a second vote on Brexit.</p>
<p>“The financial cost of this to taxpayers up and down the country will be in excess of £150 million.</p>
<p>“But the real cost will be much, much higher: the chaos of two referendums in 2020 grinding the country to a halt and the world’s greatest political union reduced to the status of a bargaining chip.”</p>
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