Angus Robertson MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Central

If the current UK Gov immigration rules had been in place at the time my mother emigrated to Scotland, I would not be standing in parliament today. We have fresh proposals for a system that meets Scotland’s needs. We now ask for the UK Government’s engagement to make them happen.

📉Today’s debate on population decline is a serious one that has real impact across Scotland, especially rural communities.

🤝I welcome the constructive input from many members across the chamber today - there is a great deal we can work together on to tackle this issue.

Douglas Lumsden knows 55%
of Scots pay less tax than their equivalents in the rest of UK. But, given the dire economic events of recent days arising as direct consequence of Tory fiscal decisions, I commend his bravery for trying to spin their taxation policy in a positive light.

The Scottish Government has published a detailed Scottish Rural Visa Pilot Proposal. Thanks to local authority and sectoral stakeholders in developing the proposal. Hopefully the UK govt will work in partnership to deliver it. #population ...https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-rural-visa-pilot-proposal-september-2022/

This economic free fall is due to the evidence-blind choices of Tory ideologues whose obsession with the hands-off, free-market trickle-down economics has proved only to cause harm to the vast majority of people. This must stop. Details in @edinburghpaper

As Liz Truss's ‘doomsday cult’ leads us towards economic oblivion, rebel Tory MPs are gathering – Angus Robertson MSP

This is really, really bad. Prime Minister Liz Truss and her new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, have barely got their feet under the desks in Number 10...

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Scotland has a major population challenge: it is set to decline. The Scottish Government is calling on the UK Government to deliver practical reforms to the immigration system. Details in @edinburghpaper #population

Will Tories co-operate over bid to tackle Scotland’s depopulation problem? – Angus Robertson MSP

Scotland has a major population challenge: it is set to decline.

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