SNP minister calls for 'special deal for Scotland' as EU Gibraltar treaty enacted

British and Spanish nationals celebrate passport-free travel after a new EU-UK treaty took effect at the border crossing between Gibraltar and Spain (Image: MARCOS MORENO)

THE UK Government must deliver on a special EU deal for Scotland after border controls ceased between Remain-voting Gibraltar and Spain, an SNP minister has said.

As of this week, people in Spain and the British territory will no longer have to cross a physical border between the nations due to a treaty was signed by the EU and the UK.