150,000 have moved to Scotland from across UK
PEOPLE moving to Scotland from other parts of the UK have boosted the population by more than 150,000 over a decade, new figures will reveal today.
A Bank of Scotland report will show that 542,524 people moved to Scotland from other areas between 1998 and 2007, while only 384,767 left. This increased the country's population by 157,757.
South-east England was the most popular region for people to move to from elsewhere in the UK, leading to a net increase of 550,889.
More than 2.2 million people moved to the area, while almost 1.7 million left.
London lost the largest number of people through internal migration, with almost two million moving out of the city while 1.6 million moved to it.
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