A MOST unfair situation exists for those Scottish people who are domiciled in England.
Should they wish to attend university here, they will be obliged to pay £9,000 a year in tuition fees which, alarmingly, stand a sad prospect of rising higher, they must pay more for care received in residential homes and pay £8.05 for each item on an NHS prescription.
Experience shows that these latter two have a tendency to rise year-on-year, and Scots must even pay the iniquitous parking charges at hospitals which are imposed in England.
In their own country all of the above are free, of course, and Scots consequently suffer a grave financial penalty by living in England.
Britons have been living in an era of austerity for some time.
Even so, the Secretary of State for Scotland could perhaps establish a working party to investigate this serious injustice, and evolve a scheme by which it could be removed, perhaps by simply issuing vouchers which would enable Scots living in England access to the services mentioned without payment.
Bobby Meynell, Stockton
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