THE Westminster and Scottish governments must join forces to deliver a migration policy tailored to Scotland, according to John Swinney.

The Scottish First Minister argued that Labour’s focus on limiting migration and its refusal to devolve any immigration powers to Holyrood are “dragging the country in an anti-growth direction.”

Between 2004 and 2008, then Labour first minister Jack McConnell and the Westminster Labour governments ran the Fresh Talent initiative, allowing students from abroad to remain and work in Scotland for up to two years after graduation, a scheme Mr Swinney would like to reintroduce.