Scotland can’t afford the UK government’s ideological immigration policy

Scotland’s migrant worker needs differs from England in ways that make one-size-fits-all  policies damaging to Scotland - specifically:

• Higher costs to bring in skilled workers won’t help Scottish business. These policies are set  in response to English politics not Scottish business needs.
• Fee-free higher education is important to Scots - the UK government’s new levy is effectively attacking that.
• Scotland has an older population - realistically, we can’t staff the care sector without migrants. That’s because of the decades-long brain drain caused by Westminster's London centric policies which focussed on making London the sole power centre of the UK at the expense of not only nations like Scotland but even the English regions.

But the UK government is not interested in what Scotland needs. They haven’t even researched what the effect of their policies will be here. Scotland would not have to get dragged into this unappealing fight if it were independent. 

An independent Scotland would set its own visa rules, set with the particular needs of Scotland’s economy and Scotland’s wellbeing in mind.