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| Prime Minister Theresa May wants 'more united Britain' | Prime Minister Theresa May wants 'more united Britain' |
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| Theresa May will set out her desire to create a "more united" Britain in a speech in Cardiff later. | Theresa May will set out her desire to create a "more united" Britain in a speech in Cardiff later. |
| The prime minister is expected to tell her party's spring conference that Britons are "at heart one people" be they Welsh, English, Scottish or from Northern Ireland. | The prime minister is expected to tell her party's spring conference that Britons are "at heart one people" be they Welsh, English, Scottish or from Northern Ireland. |
| It follows Nicola Sturgeon's demands for a second independence referendum for Scotland. | It follows Nicola Sturgeon's demands for a second independence referendum for Scotland. |
| Mrs May has already rejected the call from Scotland's first minister. | Mrs May has already rejected the call from Scotland's first minister. |
| Watch live coverage of the Welsh Conservatives' conference | Watch live coverage of the Welsh Conservatives' conference |
| Scotland voted to remain in the UK in 2014 but the SNP administration in Edinburgh wants a fresh vote as the UK plans to leave the European Union. | Scotland voted to remain in the UK in 2014 but the SNP administration in Edinburgh wants a fresh vote as the UK plans to leave the European Union. |
| Scottish voters opted by a majority to remain in the EU, with England and Wales voting to leave. | Scottish voters opted by a majority to remain in the EU, with England and Wales voting to leave. |
| Mrs May said on Thursday it was "not the right time" for another independence referendum. | Mrs May said on Thursday it was "not the right time" for another independence referendum. |
| In her speech on Friday, she will also say she wants to see a fairer society and a stronger economy across the UK. | In her speech on Friday, she will also say she wants to see a fairer society and a stronger economy across the UK. |
| Last year's Brexit vote was also a vote for changing the way the country works, she will say. | Last year's Brexit vote was also a vote for changing the way the country works, she will say. |
| "It means forging a more united nation, as we put the values of fairness, responsibility and citizenship at the heart of everything we do, and we strengthen the bonds of our precious union too," she will tell the conference. | "It means forging a more united nation, as we put the values of fairness, responsibility and citizenship at the heart of everything we do, and we strengthen the bonds of our precious union too," she will tell the conference. |
| "It means building a stronger, fairer Britain that our children and grandchildren will be proud to call home." | "It means building a stronger, fairer Britain that our children and grandchildren will be proud to call home." |
| The union is "more than just a constitutional artefact," she will add. "It is a union between all of our citizens, whoever we are and wherever we're from." | The union is "more than just a constitutional artefact," she will add. "It is a union between all of our citizens, whoever we are and wherever we're from." |
| She will also promise to take account of competing demands from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as the negotiations begin on leaving the EU, saying: "We are four nations but at heart we are one people." | She will also promise to take account of competing demands from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as the negotiations begin on leaving the EU, saying: "We are four nations but at heart we are one people." |
| Opening the conference, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said Labour ministers' plans to scrap the right to buy council homes in Wales would end "one of the greatest aspirational policies this country has ever seen". | |