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On the 18th of September people living in Scotland will vote on whether the nation should become an independent country.

SCOTS have more cash in their pockets than many citizens of the Scandinavian countries whose living standards the SNP wants to emulate, research has found.

Researcher said polls show majority of Scots favour remaining in UK but added odds on a Yes vote were "almost even".

The result of the independence referendum is

Britain has become so transfixed by the idea that Scotland could become an ­independent country that it has paid relatively little attention to what might happen if it does not. But if Scotland votes No in September’s referendum – as the polls

David McCollum discusses the role of demographic challenges in projections made in the reports issued by the HM Treasury and the Scottish Government. Both papers acknowledge the demographic challenges that Scotland faces. However as has often been the case in the independence debate thus far, the Scottish Government could perhaps be open to the charge of being overly optimistic in its assumptions whereas the UK Government could be seen as overly pessimistic in its predictions.

If you want to guess the outcome of the Scottish Independence Referendum, it might be better to consult the bookies than rely on opinion polls.

Boosting immigration after independence would not deal with Scotland’s ageing population timebomb, MSPs have been warned.

In a post originally published by the Washington Post's The Monkey Cage blog, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski examines the polling data on the independence referendum.

Vote intentions unaffected by Games

Professor David Bell publishes research showing Scots have more disposable income than their peers in almost all other small European countries.

THE REFERENDUM on Scottish independence is “too close to call”, according to Southampton experts.

Despite polling pointing towards a victory for the No campaign in Scotland, our forecasting model suggests that the result is still too close to call.

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Only 'minority' of authorities viewed immigration as way of dealing with local labour shortages.

'Constraint' worry on immigration

Guest post by Derek McGhee and Claire Bennett, Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton. On 16 May 2014, we presented a joint paper for a COMPAS breakfast briefing, discussing some o...