Nicola Sturgeon claims no country in history has been “better prepared” as she prepares to publish an blueprint for the economy and currency in an independent Scotland.
The report to be released tomorrow is the third in the Building A New Scotland series, which aims to set out the SNP’s new case for independence.
It is expected to set out proposals including rejoining the European Union for access to the single market, a redesigned energy market that will provide “secure and reliable” low-cost energy, and greater workplace security with an end to “age discrimination in minimum wage setting”.It will also outline a migration policy which is designed to boost the country’s working population.
Topics such as currency and fiscal policy, border arrangements and the proposed Building A New Scotland Fund – which aims to deliver investment of £20 billion in the first decade of independence – will feature in the document.
The first minister said: “I will never pretend that everything about independence is easy but the potential prize open to us means it is more than worth it – for us and for future generations.
“We must never forget that we already have many of the key institutions that an independent country needs, and coupled with our strong economic foundations and immense potential, probably no country in history has been better-prepared to become independent than Scotland will be.”
Political opponents have insisted that the economic case for independence made before the last referendum in 2014 was founded on prospective oil revenues, which collapsed soon after, and the new case is unlikely to be any more robust.
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