An SNP minister today demanded changes to the immigration system to allow more people to come to Scotland to counter the country's ageing population.
Equalities minister Kaukab Stewart reiterated the Scottish Government's call for PM Sir Keir Starmer to ditch a 'one-size fits all approach' to immigration to the UK.
It came after figures released by the National Records of Scotland showed 11,431 children were born between January and March of this year.
This was 3.9 per cent lower than the average for the first quarter of the year.
In the same period, the number of deaths was also lower than expected, with 16,721 recorded. This was 7.7 per cent lower than the 18,123 deaths anticipated in the first quarter.
