IN THE 17th century, James Francis Edward Stuart, the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born just months
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SOME MEMBERS of the House of Lords have written a letter to the Times complaining the retained EU regulations will be removed by ministers without
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WHO HASN’T been spell-bound by the drama unfolding in Scottish politics since Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation? When she resigned, I wrote about tectonic plates shifting,
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THIS WEEK the ONS published its monthly employment data to a fanfare of approval. Unemployment is close to a 50-year low – employment participation rates