Former service personnel of working age are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as those in the UK general population.
The electorate are less and less convinced by such arguments about party identity and destiny. Far underground, the tectonic plates are moving.
Also: May meets new Plaid leader in Downing Street; Bradley mulls ‘external mediator’ for devolution talks; SNP row over ‘People’s Vote’; and more.
Also: Scottish Conservatives keep up the pressure over fishing and the backstop; Plaid set out new front bench; and Bradley empowers Northern Irish civil service.
At a ConHome conference interview yesterday, Williamson suggested we should do so if it will save or improve lives without disproportionate cost.
Also: Davies pledges more diversity and radicalism from the Welsh Tories; fears of Labour stitch-up in race to replace Jones; and more.
We must create a positive culture of well-being where discussing a matter of the mind is on par with dealing with a knee injury.
Also: Government accused of ‘appeasing the IRA’ over Ulster veterans; Welsh Labour leadership hopefuls in data row; and DUP urge end to Stormont boycott.
Although no longer a superpower, our country remains one of the most influential countries on the planet.
We suspect that they are alarmed by the prospect of the legal and publicity circus that a trial here might well bring with it.
Also: May pledges no hard border on visit to Ulster; Williamson plans to compensate troops for SNP tax hikes; Welsh Assembly to rebrand; and more.
The MoD should use the opportunity of Brexit to reflect on whether EU competition rules should continue to apply to procurement.
What changed? When did we lose the global vocation that infused the Cabinet, Leavers and Remainers alike, two years ago?
The armed forces do not wish to be above the law. The Human Rights Act has had unforeseen consequences, which have caused injustice.