The government should offer generous tax breaks to encourage prospective immigrants to move to Scotland, according to a Scottish National Party (SNP) report declaring mass migration-driven population growth a “top priority” for the country.
The Scottish government has confirmed that asylum seekers and refugees will be handed the vote under plans to expand the franchise.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has been slammed over guidance which claims that supposedly “offensive” terminology like “British values” could inspire terror attacks.
A Conservative MP faced furious shouts of “disgrace” during a bid to stop a chain migration bill which he warned is not in the British people’s interests, and was likely to encourage would-be migrants to set out on dangerous trips
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has argued that Scotland needs to open its borders because Scottish people in history have moved abroad.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced the government is working to ‘change the narrative around migration to persuade Scots that the nation needs huge numbers of people from abroad.
The Scottish government has been warned that plans to let children legally ‘change gender’ amount to “state-sponsored child abuse”.
The Government has committed to scrapping the Fisheries Convention of 1964, allowing Britain to take back control of its territorial waters from the EU out to twelve miles – but fishermen are concerned that failure to commit to reclaiming the country’s full, 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) signals an impending betrayal.
LONDON (AP) — Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has delayed legislation that would have sought a second independence referendum.
After a spokesman from Downing Street announced in error Saturday night that No. 10 had come to a “confidence and supply” agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), both sides have issued statements confirming that talks are still ongoing.
DUP leader Arlene Foster has confirmed she has spoken with the prime minister about “stabilising” the nation, as well as making a thinly veiled dig at Scottish nationalists.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has refused to rule out a third referendum on leaving the UK if she loses a second one, or to respect a moratorium on fresh referendums for a fixed period.
Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd stood in for the absent Theresa May and warned the country they had “seen the coalition of chaos in action,” at a seven-way BBC debate Wednesday evening where party representatives clashed ahead of the general
The Scottish National Party has demanded powers to control Scotland’s immigration policy in their general election manifesto – a move which would allow Free Movement and mass migration to the whole United Kingdom to persist via a Scottish “back door”.
Scotland’s first minister had conceded her country could not easily rejoin the European Union (EU) after independence but claimed it could pressure a “phased” approach to joining the bloc without adopting the euro.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of treating fishermen with ‘utter contempt’ after the EU confirmed an independent Scotland would have to surrender its grounds to Brussels as the price of readmission.
Former SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has dismissed the Conservatives’ “presumptuous” ambitions to capture his Gordon constituency on June 8th as “vainglorious boasts”.
SNP MPs representing fishing communities where support for Brexit is strong have broken ranks with the Europhile party line, signing a pledge calling on Scotland to leave the EU and take back its fishing waters.
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to hold a second referendum on leaving the United Kingdom have suffered a blow after polls show barely a quarter of voters back the proposed ballot.
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has told the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) that the opposition Labour Party are a spent force north of the border. She also called on voters to back her party to “reinforce” her mandate for a second referendum on leaving the United Kingdom.
The Conservative Party is on track to win as many as eight Scottish seats in the general election as the party opens up a ten-point lead over its Labour rivals north of the border. A poll of 1,001 Scottish adults
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has lambasted the Labour Party as “unelectable and utterly useless” during a fierce exchange in the Scottish Parliament.
New research indicates Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish National Party are out of touch with the great majority of ordinary Scots on Brexit and immigration.
Scotland would be on the hook for an annual European Union (EU) membership bill of almost £1 billion a year if it left Brexit Britain to rejoin the struggling bloc, as a result of losing the UK-negotiated rebate.
EDINBURGH (AFP) – Just a day before Britain kick-starts Brexit proceedings, the Scottish parliament is on Tuesday expected to dismiss Prime Minister Theresa May’s overtures and back calls for a fresh independence referendum.
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting Scotland’s leader for the first time since they faced off in a struggle over a new push for Scottish independence as the U.K. leaves the European Union.
LONDON (AP) — First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is asking the Edinburgh-based Scottish parliament to back her demand for a referendum on independence within two years.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a more federal model of government in Britain as a patriotic, third way alternative to the SNP breaking up the United Kingdom and seeking readmission to the European Union (EU). Addressing the Festival
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday rejected a call for a referendum on Scottish independence before Britain leaves the European Union — a move condemned as a “democratic outrage” by Scotland’s nationalist leader.
Scottish Nationalists (SNP) are to abandon plans to immediately re-join the European Union (EU) if Scotland leaves the UK, as polls show Scots are more Eurosceptic than ever before and currently reject independence.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that Parliament must be consulted on triggering Article 50 has prompted an avalanche of comment as the main political players vie to steer the process to their advantage. In the Commons, the minister for exiting the
UKIP has teamed up with the Liberal Democrats, Greens, the SNP, and Plaid Cymru to renew demands for a fairer electoral system that allocates representation in Parliament proportional to the number of votes won.
(REUTERS) – Prime Minister Theresa May said she will listen to Scotland’s concerns over Britain’s exit from the European Union but that the devolved Scottish government will not have a veto over the Brexit negotiations.
Members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) have been breaking ranks over the party’s official line on Britain leaving the European Union, suggesting that the situation could offer “significant opportunities” for Scottish industry and the Scottish people. Scotland’s First Minister
The Scottish government will start preparing the legislation required for a new referendum on independence from the United Kingdom in case it is needed, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament on Tuesday.
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(REUTERS) – Most Scots still back remaining in the United Kingdom despite Britons voting to leave the European Union, a move which was opposed by the majority in Scotland, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday.
David Davis has dealt a blow to Nicola Sturgeon by ruling out the possibility of Scotland having a veto on any Brexit deal. The minister also stated that European Union (EU) migrants who arrive after a certain cut-off point may
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that the government would not trigger Article 50, the formal trigger of divorce talks with the European Union, until a “UK approach” had been agreed.
Reuters — Could Scots get their wish to remain, effectively, in the European Union even while maintaining their union with England once the United Kingdom as whole leaves the EU? Dubbed the “reverse Greenland” option, that was among ideas kicked
