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Ten years ago this week Scotland voted 55-45% to remain part of the UK .
Despite heavy losses suffered by the SNP at the recent Westminster election, polls suggest a second referendum would again be a close-run thing.
Scotland ’s economy is slowly on the mend, despite last week's confirmation that its only oil refinery, at Grangemouth , will close next year .
Gordon Brown Brown insists the way forward for Scotland is to cooperate with the rest of the UK .
Brown says Scotland badly needs more and better-paid work: “Some areas of Scotland have child poverty rates of 80-90% , most of it caused by low pay: 70% of children in poverty are in households where someone is working.
Scotland is the region that looks most like the UK overall, says Sebastian Burnside .
He says Scotland has a massive brand abroad in a way other UK regions do not.
Burnside says Scotland ’s working-age population is at its peak, which presents a productivity challenge.
Scotland has to find a way of getting more out of its workforce.
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