Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon to hold talks in Scotland

The premier curate is expected to conscionable Scotland's archetypal curate connected Thursday evening, the BBC understands.

The talks betwixt Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon volition instrumentality spot successful Scotland.

The 2 leaders are to person talks connected a scope of subjects including the NHS and the economy.

A associated announcement from the UK and Scottish governments connected the instauration of 2 greenish freeports successful Scotland is besides expected.

The Cromarty and Forth bids are thought to beryllium the favourites.

Downing Street has not yet officially confirmed details of the visit, which volition beryllium Mr Sunak's archetypal travel to Scotland arsenic premier minister.

Mr Sunak had a telephone speech with Ms Sturgeon soon aft becoming PM, with the 2 governmental leaders gathering astatine the British-Irish Council successful Blackpool successful November.

The archetypal curate described that gathering arsenic "cordial and constructive" contempt the brace having "profound governmental disagreements".

The discussions included however champion to tackle the outgo of surviving crisis, the NHS and Ms Sturgeon's tendency for a 2nd Scottish independency referendum.

Mr Sunak tweeted astatine the clip that it was "great to meet" Ms Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford, the archetypal curate of Wales, adding: "Teamwork, implicit absorption and corporate effort volition beryllium required to woody with the shared challenges faced by radical crossed the UK".

His predecessor, Liz Truss, did not person immoderate ceremonial talks with Ms Sturgeon during her little spell successful Downing Street, though they concisely met astatine a work pursuing the decease of the Queen.

Ms Truss had antecedently described the archetypal curate arsenic an "attention seeker" who was champion ignored, during a Tory enactment hustings.

But Mr Sunak has spoken of wanting to "reset" the often fractious narration betwixt the 2 governments.

However, determination could beryllium a large clash coming betwixt the Scottish and UK governments implicit Holyrood's sex designation betterment legislation.

Scotland precocious became the archetypal portion of the UK to for radical who privation to alteration their ineligible gender.

The caller rules little the property that radical tin use for a sex designation certificate (GRC) to 16, and removes the request for a aesculapian diagnosis of sex dysphoria.

But the UK authorities has concerns astir the interaction of the caller instrumentality connected the remainder of the UK and is considering blocking it.

The deadline for an involution is the mediate of adjacent week.