Scottish government threatens AGAIN to block Brexit repeal bill as ministers head to Holyrood for devolution talks
SCOTTISH ministers are set to demand extra powers after we leave the EU - or they will hold up the Brexit repeal bill.
They will demand Westminster hand over full control of farming, fishing, environmental law, justice and policing after we quit the bloc in 2019.
The powers, which are currently controlled or influenced by the EU, will be handed back to Britain after March 2019.
But the Welsh and Scottish administrations are fuming that Westminster will take direct control over the majority of them - and accuse them of a "power grab".
Now Nicola Sturgeon has had to row back on her vow to hold a second Scottish independence referendum following losing a number of seats in the election, ministers are determined to make gains in other areas.
First Secretary of State, Damian Green, will travel to Edinburgh today for talks with Scotland's Brexit minister Mike Russell, and Deputy First Minister John Swinney.
Mr Green has said a UK-wide approach will be required in a number of areas, but some new powers will be conceded.
He said: "In some areas there will need to be a common approach.
"There will be other areas where I intend that the Scottish and UK governments can make progress in identifying policy areas that could be released to Holyrood under the new legislative arrangements."
Mr Russell said ahead of the meeting today that politicians could withdraw support for the Repeal Bill, which will transfer all EU laws into British ones when we leave.
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It will remove us from the 1972 European Communities Act and enshrine all EU laws into our own system.
He went on: "All devolved powers currently carried out at an EU level must come back to the Scottish Parliament. We are not opposed in principle to UK-wide frameworks in certain areas – but this must be on the basis of agreement among equals, not imposed by Westminster.
"Both we and the Welsh government have made it clear we could not recommend legislative consent to the bill as it stands, and today we will make clear that changes must be made to protect devolution."
There is the possibility that Theresa May may need to seek approval from the Scottish Parliament before it goes forward.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said there could be "very significant consequences" if it is blocked by Scotland and the will of the referendum is ignored.