A poll has found that 45 per cent of people think too many people are entering the UK

Opposition to immigration is growing in Scotland with almost half the population believing that it is too high, according to a new poll.

A YouGov survey for The Times has found that 45 per cent of interviewees think too many people are entering the UK, an increase of six percentage points on June last year.

This is despite the leadership of Scotland’s main political parties, particularly the SNP, having liberal attitudes towards migration. Nicola Sturgeon used a speech to the SNP conference in Edinburgh yesterday to make an impassioned defence of the benefits of immigration and say that the door was open to anyone wanting to live and work in Scotland.

“I make no apology for taking the opportunity again today to send a