Scottish first minister calls on PM to agree unambiguously to a longer transitional period and to guarantee EU citizens’ rightsNicola Sturgeon has urged Theresa May to ignore her party’s “extreme Brexiters” and adopt a far more constructive tone with other EU leaders at next week’s summit. Quick guide What is the EU withdrawal bill? Other concerns include the government's decision not to include the EU charter of fundamental rights in the law being transposed. A recent report by the Fraser of Allander Institute, an economics thinktank in Glasgow, found 134,000 jobs in Scotland relied on EU trade. In a further fillip to Sturgeon’s demands for the full devolution of EU powers to Edinburgh, an opinion poll by 38 Degrees, the campaigning website, found that 62% of Scots want all relevant EU powers to be transferred directly to Scotland, rather than held by Whitehall.

Source: The Guardian December 02, 2017 06:00 UTC