Nicola Sturgeon is to unveil a four-point plan for building stronger independent Scottish trade links with the EU in a further challenge to Theresa May’s Brexit strategy. This will be matched by a new board of trade and a new network of trade envoys using prominent Scottish business people, Sturgeon will tell the Scottish National party’s annual conference. Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Swinney, Scotland’s deputy first minister, pledged that EU students would still receive free tuition at Scottish universities after Brexit. The future of EU students is seen as under direct threat after Amber Rudd, the home secretary, outlined plans for two-tier systems for less prestigious universities and courses. Other UK ministers have suggested that EU citizens’ rights after Brexit would depend on how UK citizens who live in the EU were treated.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2016 23:01 UTC