EU membership

Labour’s ambitions for growth can’t happen unless we get closer to Europe

Author / Creator: Bylines Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published:

Labour’s longest-serving former Member of the EU Parliament says ambitions for economic growth can only be achieved by closer alignment


Light-touch border between Ireland/NI and the UK could be a model for independent Scotland

Author / Creator: Business for Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"Northern Ireland has what Scotland wanted and voted for – access to the EU single market. [It] streamlines the light-touch border between Ireland/Northern Ireland and the UK – that could be a model for an independent Scotland. "


How might Scottish independence affect the costs of international trade?

Author / Creator: Thomas Sampson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

"There is considerable uncertainty over how substantial the economic effects of introducing a border with the rest of the UK would be."


Scottish independence, Brexit all over again?

Author / Creator: John Crabb

Media type: Article

Date published: 2021

Financial and regulatory implications could arise from Scotland leaving the United Kingdom