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• Farming is a fresh field for Michael Gove's slash and burn politics

  11-06-2017 22:08
  
  The new environment secretary will need every bit of his famed intellect to come up with a post-Brexit replacement for the Common Agricultural Policy If Michael Gove brings the same zeal to bear in his new post as environment secretary as he exercised on schools and prisons, some of Britain’s farmers may be in for a shock.Even before he gatecrashed last year’s Tory leadership contest, knocking his supposed friend Boris Johnson out of the race, Gove was a deeply controversial figure.
  
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• Private schools to save £522m in tax thanks to charitable status

  11-06-2017 19:06
  
  Tax relief granted to 586 out of 1,038 private schools, including Eton College and Dulwich CollegePrivate schools are set to get tax rebates totalling £522m over the next five years as a result of their controversial status as charities, according to a study of local council records.Charitable organisations in England and Wales are entitled to relief of 80% on the business rates payable on the buildings they use, and some of the country’s best-known private schools qualify under the
  
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• German authorities free Britons detained after easyJet flight diverted

  11-06-2017 16:32
  
  Three men who were held after passengers reported they were talking about ‘terrorist matters’ are released without charge
  German authorities have released without charge three British men detained in Germany late on Saturday after their conversations onboard an easyJet flight from Slovenia to London prompted the pilot to divert to Cologne.“The criminal investigation against them has been halted. No evidence was found,” a local police spokesman said. “We now believe
  
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• Theresa May's election victory will prove pyrrhic indeed

  11-06-2017 15:25
  
  All Labour needs to do is sit back and watch as the Tory party tries to clean up its own mess for a changeWhen Theresa May called the general election at the end of April, the UK economy was struggling, inflation was on the rise and Brexit talks were looming. Seven weeks later, seemingly nothing has really changed.The economy is still struggling. May went to the country when Britain was officially the slowest-growing country in the European Union for the first time since the mid-1990s. It was an
  
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• UK-bound plane diverted; 3 held over 'suspicious conversation' - Financial Express

  11-06-2017 14:48
  
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  UK-bound plane diverted; 3 held over 'suspicious conversation'
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  A UK-bound flight from Slovenia with 151 people on board was diverted to Germany after three passengers were found to be engaged in a "suspicious conversation" with "terrorist content". By: PTI | London | Updated: June 11, 2017 6:17 PM. 0. Shares.en meer »
  
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• Two 6% dividends to help you achieve financial independence - AOL UK

  11-06-2017 11:16
  
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• Rio Tinto bidding war: Glencore offers US$100m more for Australian coalmines

  11-06-2017 08:59
  
  Miner initially said it was selling Coal & Allied to Yancoal, which is majority controlled by China’s Yanzhou CoalA multibillion-dollar bidding war for most of Rio Tinto’s Australian coalmines has broken out between China-backed Yancoal and Glencore after the Swiss commodities company made an unexpected offer.Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, is exiting coalmining in Australia at a time of falling prices and market volatility. Continue reading...
  
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• While Corbyn inspired the young, May was terrifying the old

  11-06-2017 08:00
  
  Deprived students found a natural champion in Labour – but we should remember the party has made expensive promises to pensioners tooThe YouTube video artist Cassetteboy made his anti-Brexit stance clear last week when he mocked the prime minister with the words: “It is wrong to believe the fable that Theresa May belongs at the negotiating table.”It is a sentiment echoed by millions of voters, many of them newly registered millennials, who used the general election to demand ma
  
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• One love, one aim … finding the best way to donate to victims of the terror attacks

  11-06-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Money has poured in to charities and funds set up to help. But as Donna Ferguson writes, make sure it goes directly to the causes you supportAfter the terror came goodwill and compassion. As communities in Manchester and London struggled to come to terms with the recent terrorist attacks, there has been an upsurge in donations to help those affected.The official We Love Manchester fund, set up by the lord mayor and the British Red Cross, has raised more than £10m for the victims of the Man
  
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• Booking.com refused us any wriggle room despite its cancellation promise

  11-06-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I was planning a family party and was not sure how many hotel rooms we would needI have been charged with planning a family gathering for my father-in-law’s 80th birthday. As a result I used Booking.com to reserve seven refundable rooms at the Copthorne Hotel in Slough, with a view to cancelling any we would not need when the final guest list was confirmed. With this in mind, I was only searching for hotels that offered “free cancellation”, which these clearly did.The next morn
  
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• Tesco set to report strong first-quarter figures as recovery continues

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TESCO looks set to report like-for-like UK sales growth of 1.9 per cent in the first quarter as it continues its domestic recovery.
  
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• Five-minute guide to following your football team

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DIE-HARD fans will already be mourning the end of the football season, but at least it will give their wallets some respite.
  
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• City News: WHSmith, Crest Nicholson and Ashtead

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WH Smith looks set to fly higher as buoyant air passenger growth boosts sales at its profitable airport outlets.
  
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• Britain looks set for a politically hot summer but what is the future for your finances?

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE catastrophic failure of Conservative leader Theresa May’s electoral gamble could play havoc with everybody’s finances.
  
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• Brexit uncertainty set to rattle businesses as election casts doubt over key EU talks

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The UK economy is set for a rollercoaster ride as Theresa May’s electoral meltdown plunges everything from sterling to Brexit into uncertainty.
  
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• Brexit talks and government uncertainty cast a long cloud over business

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS week I’m standing in for financial editor Geoff Ho, who was stabbed in the throat while battling a trio of attackers in the Borough Market atrocity.
  
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• BP and Shell profits under renewed pressure as oil price hits 2017 low

  11-06-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PROFITS at BP and Royal Dutch Shell are set to come under renewed pressure as the oil price hits a 2017 low with further falls anticipated.
  
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