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First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking at the SNP National Campaign Council meeting in Perth Concert Hall, Perth, March 16, 2024
SCOTTISH First Minister Humza Yousaf has accused the Tory government of inflicting “significant damage” on Scotland’s rural economy amid growing labour shortages.
Mr Yousaf made the comments ahead of a visit to a farm on Stornaway, part of the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency his party are widely predicted lose to Labour at the forthcoming general election.
Blaming long-term trends of depopulation on Brexit, Mr Yousaf expressed frustration that his plan — backed by the National Farmers Union — to import labour through a rural visa pilot had been rejected.
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