STOP PRESS: LOCAL COUNCIL BY-ELECTION MARCH 2025

Five Years on From Brexit

Our European identity was made loud and clear during the EU referendum in 2016, when Scotland voted decisively to maintain our relationship with our European neighbours. 

We stood up for the values of equality, inclusivity, and openness that the EU, at its best, represents, and for the continued economic cooperation and opportunities that EU membership provides.

Since then, however, successive Westminster governments have ignored Scotland’s voice, acting directly in opposition to the values the people of Scotland backed. 

The result has been barriers to trade, stifled business opportunities, and unnecessary hurdles for our European friends who want to live and work here.

New research from the Scottish Government revealed an estimated £4 billion hit to trade.

The economic damage of Brexit continues to be felt across Scotland, with billions of pounds in lost public revenue, making it harder to fund  and staff vital services like the NHS.

This damage isn’t just economic—it’s personal to you. 

Brexit has pushed up prices of household necessities, drained people’s pockets, and left more families struggling to make ends meet.

Yet, despite overwhelming evidence of Brexit’s harm, the new Westminster Labour Government has doubled down, refusing to face the truth. 

Labour promised change but deliver cuts and failed promises, looking more like the Tories daily. The Tories are in seeming denial of the havoc they brought to all UK sectors over 14 years. 

From independence to our moderate, centre-left values, the SNP’s beliefs are driven by a mission to increase living standards and make Scotland a better place to call home.

Day in, day out: How your SNP Government is working for you — Scottish National Party