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Political leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have backed calls for constitutional change and greater control over their own futures.

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00:00The future of the United Kingdom is being questioned after leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland called for constitutional
00:09change.
00:10SNP leader John Swinney says Scotland should have an independence referendum within five years.
00:16Plaid Cymru leader Rina Bureworth and Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O'Neill also backed the call at a summit
00:23in Cardiff.
00:24The party say people in each nation should decide their own future and have signed an agreement supporting independence.
00:31Downing Street says the Prime Minister believes strongly in the United Kingdom.
00:36It says his focus is on easing pressure on household finances, not constitutional debates or further referendums.
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