The Prime Minister was accused of ‘opening the door’ to another divisive independence referendum after failing to rule out a fresh vote during his premiership.
During a keynote speech in Motherwell, Andy Burnham declined to explicitly rule out a second referendum, saying only that his view on independence “won’t be changing”.
Mr Burnham was delivering his first major speech in Scotland since becoming Prime Minister at New College Lanarkshire’s campus in Motherwell, built on the site of the old Ravenscraig steelworks.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said: ‘Burnham has again opened the door for John Swinney to demand another divisive referendum.
‘On his rare
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