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• Jeremy Hunt sees second EU vote if migration deal struck with Brussels - Telegraph

  27-06-2016 23:47
  Britain could hold a second referendum on European Union membership if it can broker a deal with the EU to allow full control of its borders, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a letter published by the Daily Telegraph on Monday. Hunt said the prime minister who succeeds David Cameron should be given a chance to negotiate with Brussels before Britain hands in its two-year notice to quit the EU, so they can put any deal on migration to the British public. Hunt is "highly likely" to launch a bid
  
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• Hodgson Quits After England Lose To Iceland

  27-06-2016 23:36
  
  Roy Hodsgon has resigned after England were knocked out of Euro 2016 - suffering a humiliating 2-1 defeat to minnows Iceland. Wayne Rooney put England a goal ahead with a penalty after just four minutes but Ragnar Sigurdsson equalised for Iceland almost immediately. Joe Hart was at fault when Kolbeinn Sigthorsson scored the second goal for Iceland - a nation of 330,000 people playing in their first European Championships.
  
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• Moody's set to cut major UK banks' credit rating outlooks - Sky News

  27-06-2016 23:29
  Ratings agency Moody's will downgrade the credit rating outlook for major British banks to "negative" on Tuesday because of the fallout from the vote to leave the European Union, Sky News reported, citing sources. A Sky News reporter said "a number of big UK lenders" had been told by Moody's that their credit rating outlook would shift to negative from stable or positive. Fitch and Standard & Poor's cut Britain's sovereign credit ratings earlier on Monday, judging the vote to leave the EU wi
  
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• Iceland knock England out as coach Hodgson quits

  27-06-2016 23:26
  By Mitch Phillips NICE, France (Reuters) - Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history when they stunned England 2-1 in their last-16 clash on Monday leading losing manager Roy Hodgson to resign. Although the soccer pedigrees of the two sides could not be more different, Iceland looked the better team in just about every aspect of the game and fully deserved to extend their dream run on their first tournament appearance. After falling behind to a fourth-minute W
  
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• Farage worried that Tories could be 'softening' on Brexit promises

  27-06-2016 23:22
  
  Nigel Farage pleads for Tories who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU to hold faith in promises to cut migration.
  
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• Preparing for Brexit, Britain may see new PM by early September

  27-06-2016 22:41
  By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could have a new prime minister by early September, the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday, after David Cameron started laying the groundwork for his successor to trigger the country's exit from the European Union. The government is under pressure to fill a vacuum left when Cameron announced he would resign by October after Britain ignored his advice and voted to leave the 28-member bloc in last week's referendum. Triggering
  
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• Labour shadow cabinet: Who's in and who's out?

  27-06-2016 22:21
  
  Here’s the latest on Labour resignations.
  
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• Corbyn defiant as policy team quit en masse

  27-06-2016 22:20
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn vowed to fight to retain control of his Labour party on Monday after almost all his policy team withdrew their support for him in protest after Britons voted to leave the European Union. Corbyn is resisting pressure to quit over what critics say was his lacklustre effort to keep Britain inside the European Union. "Stop the whispering, stop the corridor coups, stop trying to pressure an elected leader of the Labour Party to stand
  
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• Pensions minister Crabb considering bid to succeed Cameron - Sky News

  27-06-2016 21:57
  LONDON (Reuters) - Work and pensions minister Stephen Crabb is considering a bid to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron, Sky News reported on Monday, citing sources. Sky News said Crabb and business secretary Sajid Javid, who were both in favour of Britain remaining in the European Union, will canvass Conservative MPs about a joint bid, with Javid seeking to become the Chancellor, on Monday evening. Neither Crabb nor Javid could be immediately reached for comment. ...
  
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• Security increased after second EU referendum petition was marred by fraudsters

  27-06-2016 21:32
  
  Security was increased after a petition for a second EU referendum was boosted by fake names – which a tech expert shows is easy to do.
  
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• Corbyn 'Not Going Anywhere' After MPs Meeting

  27-06-2016 21:13
  
  Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said that his ally Jeremy Corbyn is staying put after a "stormy" meeting of Labour MPs. Labour's front bench finance spokesman addressed a gathering of members of a group called Momentum after a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He spoke shortly before Mr Corbyn himself arrived on the top of a fire engine in Parliament Square to speak to a few hundred supporters.
  
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• Brexit vote sends new shocks through markets; political chaos deepens

  27-06-2016 21:05
  By Kylie MacLellan and Anirban Nag LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's vote to leave the European Union sent new shockwaves through financial markets, with the pound falling despite the country's leaders' attempts to ease the political and economic turmoil it has unleashed. Chancellor George Osborne said on Monday the British economy was strong enough to cope with the volatility caused by Thursday's referendum, the biggest blow since World War Two to the European goal of forging greater unity. European
  
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• A very British, and muddy, Glastonbury wraps up for another year

  27-06-2016 20:59
  By Jemima Kelly GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) - As weary Glastonbury fans extricated their tents and cars from the ankle-deep mud on Monday morning, they could at least bathe in the glow of a “Best of British” music festival that did something to dispel their gloom at seeing fellow Britons vote to leave the EU. Although Glastonbury, held at a dairy farm in Somerset, southwestern England, is well-known for its wet and muddy conditions, this year's festival was particularly soggy, wit
  
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• Scots say they hear 'sympathy' as EU says open to talks

  27-06-2016 20:55
  By Sybille de La Hamaide LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Scotland was assured of an "open door" to talks in Brussels and said it had found understanding on Monday from some European governments of its push to stay in the EU after Britain voted to leave the bloc. Two days after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged to try and find a way to keep Scots in the European Union after the far more numerous English opted to leave in last week's referendum, one of her ministers flew to Luxembourg to sound out sen
  
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• S&P strips UK of last top-notch credit rating after Brexit vote

  27-06-2016 20:52
  By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's stripped Britain of its last remaining top-notch credit rating on Monday, slashing it by two notches from AAA and warning more downgrades could follow after Britons voted to leave the European Union last week. S&P's move was a fresh blow to Britain's economic standing after the referendum. S&P said it was the first time it had chopped an AAA-rated sovereign credit rating by two notches in one go.
  
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• Hate Crime Reports Up 57% In Brexit Aftermath

  27-06-2016 20:50
  
  The number of alleged hate crimes reported to a police website have risen by 57% after the UK voted to leave the European Union. The 85 reports to True Vision between Thursday and Sunday came as the Prime Minister called for racially-motivated attacks in the wake of the vote must be "stamped out". As part of a wide-ranging speech to Parliament on Monday afternoon, David Cameron said: "In the past few days, we have seen despicable graffiti smeared on a Polish community centre and heard verbal abu
  
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• MPs and supporters gather in London's Parliament Square to back Jeremy Corbyn amid shadow cabinet resignations

  27-06-2016 20:47
  
  People turned out in their droves to support the Labour leader.
  
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• Britons flood Ireland with EU passport queries after Brexit vote

  27-06-2016 20:29
  By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britons trying to hang onto EU citizenship have inundated Ireland's embassy in London and post offices in British-run Northern Ireland with passport enquiries and requests for application forms, the Irish foreign office said on Monday. Post offices ran out of forms and the embassy fielded more than 4,000 passport enquiries compared to the 200 a day it usually gets, a diplomatic source told Reuters. Anybody born in the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland, or wi
  
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• Cameron: No Article 50 'At This Stage'

  27-06-2016 20:15
  
  David Cameron has said Article 50 will not be triggered "at this stage" and key negotiations over the UK's exit from the EU will wait for the new Prime Minister. During a powerful statement to Parliament, Mr Cameron promised to honour the result of the referendum result, even though it was not what he had supported. He said he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande that more negotiations were needed before the UK will start the process of separating from
  
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• Analysis - UK's friends seek EU third way as Johnson wants all the cake

  27-06-2016 20:15
  By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Boris Johnson's rosy vision of Britain's future relationship with the European Union after leading the victorious campaign to leave it resembles his declared policy on cake - "pro having it and pro eating it". Indeed he seems to think both are Britain's entitlement, writing in a newspaper column on Monday that he expects to keep free trade with the EU, impose some curbs on migration from EU states and reduce payments to Brussels. Behind the public posturing on
  
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• Scottish government seeks wide parliamentary backing on drive to protect EU links

  27-06-2016 19:59
  Scotland's devolved government said on Monday it will seek the widest possible backing in the Scottish parliament to keep its ties with the European Union following last week's British vote to leave the EU. A special motion on Tuesday will aim to give Nicola Sturgeon's devolved government backing for discussions both in Britain and in Europe on options for protecting Scotland's relationship with the EU and the single market. Calls for a second Scottish independence referendum have grown since Br
  
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• David Cameron condemns 'despicable' racist incidents in wake of EU vote

  27-06-2016 19:40
  
  David Cameron insists that the Government will not tolerate hate crime amid reports of racist abuse following the EU referendum.
  
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• Welsh nationalists to intensify push for independence after Brexit

  27-06-2016 19:33
  The nationalist party of Wales will intensify its push for independence in response to last week's decision by British voters to leave the European Union, the head of the party said on Monday. The statement from the Plaid Cymru party, which does not govern Wales, comes as Scotland's pro-independence government has said it might hold another referendum on Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom in order to stay in the EU. Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood said the result of Thursday's referen
  
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• City of London eyes Norway option to save Europe ties

  27-06-2016 19:17
  By Huw Jones and John O'Donnell LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The City of London is in talks with government officials as it seeks support for a Norway-style deal giving financial groups continued access to Europe after Britain's exit from the European Union. The push underscores scepticism that the status quo on trade with Europe can be held at little or no cost, a pledge made by some who campaigned for Britain to leave the bloc.
  
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• UK's friends seek EU third way as Johnson wants all the cake

  27-06-2016 19:07
  By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Boris Johnson's rosy vision of Britain's future relationship with the European Union after leading the victorious campaign to leave it resembles his declared policy on cake - "pro having it and pro eating it". Indeed he seems to think both are Britain's entitlement, writing in a newspaper column on Monday that he expects to keep free trade with the EU, impose some curbs on migration from EU states and reduce payments to Brussels. Behind the public posturing on
  
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• Brexit: What happens next?

  27-06-2016 19:03
  
  How will the UK move forward?
  
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• Boys 'Seriously Ill' After Rollercoaster Crash

  27-06-2016 18:29
  
  Two boys remain seriously ill in hospital after a theme park rollercoaster crashed 20ft off its tracks. The boys, aged 11 and 12, are being treated at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, following the accident on Sunday. One has chest, abdominal and leg injuries and the other has arm and hand injuries, police said.
  
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• Alice Gross' Parents 'Stunned' By Killing

  27-06-2016 18:27
  
  The mother of schoolgirl Alice Gross has told an inquest there are still "unanswered questions" over her death at the hands of a foreign criminal. Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns is believed to have murdered the 14-year-old from Ealing, west London, in a sexually motivated attack before taking his own life. Zalkalns had previously served a prison sentence for killing his wife in his native country and Ros Hodgkiss, Alice's mother, said the family "remain stunned" he was able to come to
  
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• Chuckles in the chamber as David Cameron jokes about Corbyn's waning cabinet

  27-06-2016 18:01
  
  David Cameron jokes about resignations in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour shadow cabinet as he addresses the House of Commons over Brexit.
  
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• Readying for Brexit, Britain may see new PM by early September

  27-06-2016 17:59
  By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could have a new prime minister by early September, the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday, after David Cameron started laying the groundwork for his successor to trigger the country's exit from the European Union. The government is under pressure to fill a vacuum left when Cameron announced he would resign by October after Britain ignored his advice and voted to leave the 28-member bloc in last week's referendum. Triggering
  
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• UK watchdog to investigate KPMG audit of HBOS bank

  27-06-2016 16:57
  By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's accounting watchdog has opened an investigation into how KPMG audited the books of HBOS, a British bank that collapsed in 2008 during the financial crisis. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Monday it would investigate KPMG's audit of HBOS for the year that ended December 2007. KPMG said it had cooperated fully with previous inquiries by the FRC and with investigations by other financial regulators.
  
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• Eurotunnel boss says Brexit will raise migrant pressures at Calais

  27-06-2016 16:54
  The head of Eurotunnel on Monday warned that Britain's decision to leave the European Union could lead to an increase in the number of migrants trying to enter Britain via Calais on the French coast. "There could be increased migrant pressure during the summer and because of Brexit as migrants will try to cross at any cost before it (Brexit) is implemented," Jacques Gounon said on Monday after last week's referendum vote to quit. Gounon was speaking at a news conference in Calais, the main entry
  
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• Brexit vote sends new shocks through financial markets, political chaos deepens

  27-06-2016 16:31
  By Kylie MacLellan and Anirban Nag LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's decision to leave the European Union sent new shockwaves through financial markets on Monday, with the pound falling despite the country's leaders' attempts to ease political and economic turmoil unleashed by the move. Finance minister George Osborne said the British economy was strong enough to cope with the volatility caused by Thursday's referendum, the biggest blow since World War Two to the European goal of forging greater unit
  
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• Who's staying and who's going in the shadow cabinet?

  27-06-2016 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A string of members of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet have quit and Hilary Benn has been sacked. Who has gone and who remains? Here's a quick guide.
  
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• Britain may see new PM by early September, readies for Brexit

  27-06-2016 16:19
  By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could have a new prime minister by early September, the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday, after David Cameron started laying the groundwork for his successor to trigger the country's exit from the European Union. The government is under pressure to fill a vacuum left when Cameron announced he would resign by October after Britain ignored his advice and voted to leave the 28-member bloc in last week's referendum. Triggering
  
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• EU referendum: UK PM David Cameron addresses MPs

  27-06-2016 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron statement to the House of Commons
  
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• Polish boy, 11, finds 'leave EU' card

  27-06-2016 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of Matteus, 11, from Poland, respond to a card they received suggesting they were "vermin" and that they should "go home".
  
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• Murder Probe After Baby Dies In Cornwall

  27-06-2016 16:07
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a four-week-old baby boy from St Austell, Cornwall. The baby was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital on Sunday 26 June, after an ambulance crew were called to a property in St Blazey.
  
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• Britain can't leave the EU without MPs voting for it, top lawyers say

  27-06-2016 16:04
  
  The referendum result is not binding, and Britain can’t leave the EU without parliament voting for it, lawyers have said.
  
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• Alice Gross murder: Inquest to consider if authorities failed school girl

  27-06-2016 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother of a schoolgirl who police believe was killed by a convicted murderer, welcomes a coroner's decision to consider whether she was failed by the authorities.
  
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• Five changes to finances post-vote

  27-06-2016 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's vote to leave the EU has had an immediate effect on some elements of our finances - but not all. Here's what has changed.
  
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• Corbyn told he faces leadership fight as resignations continue

  27-06-2016 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is told he has "no authority" among Labour MPs and faces a leadership challenge - amid more resignations and claims his office "undermined" the EU campaign.
  
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• 'Abhorrent' practices at Hazlehead crematorium in Aberdeen

  27-06-2016 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Unethical and abhorrent practices" - including babies being cremated with unrelated adults - went on in Aberdeen for many years, a new report reveals.
  
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• Sterling falls and bank, airline and property shares tumble

  27-06-2016 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pound falls to a 31-year low against the dollar and bank, airline and property shares tumble despite Chancellor George Osborne's attempt to calm financial markets.
  
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• New Prime Minister Could Be In By September

  27-06-2016 15:44
  
  A new prime minister and Conservative leader should be in place by 2 September, the party's 1922 Committee of senior backbench MPs has recommended. The group also agreed unanimously that the contest should see MPs pick two candidates to put to the wider membership - under the same rules as 2005 when David Cameron was elected leader. Chairman of the executive body, MP Graham Brady, told Sky News: "I think the view of the party is that both we as Conservatives and the country more generally, reall
  
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• Merkel rejects informal Brexit talks before official UK application to leave

  27-06-2016 15:27
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she did not want to pressure Britain to slow or accelerate its exit from the European Union but she also made clear that informal discussions on Brexit could not begin until London applies to leave. On Friday Prime Minister David Cameron said he would resign in October and that he would leave it to his successor to start the formal process to quit the EU by invoking Article 50. The chief executive of Britain's Vote Leave campaign, Matthew Elliott, h
  
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• UK housebuilders plunge on Brexit recession fears

  27-06-2016 15:18
  By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - UK housebuilders have lost as much as 40 percent of their value since Britain voted to leave the EU, as the threat of recession erased their standing as safe haven stocks. About 8 billion pounds has been wiped off the market capitalisation of the country's four biggest housebuilders, Taylor Wimpey , Persimmon , Barratt and Berkeley , since the result of Thursday's referendum. "You've gone from certainty and clarity and confidence to a complete lack of," Shore Ca
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: 'Project Farce has begun'

  27-06-2016 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicola Sturgeon tweets that 'Project Farce has begun' and Boris Johnson is largely to blame as the fallout from last week's Brexit vote continues.
  
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• Britain's next PM to be appointed by September 2, Conservative Party recommends

  27-06-2016 15:03
  Britain's next prime minister will be appointed by Sept. 2 at the latest under a timetable put forward on Monday by the committee responsible for running the leadership contest triggered by David Cameron's decision to resign. "We recommend that the process of electing a new leader of the Conservative Party should commence next week ... and conclude no later than Friday the second of September," said Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 committee of Conservative lawmakers.
  
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• Pound Reaches New Low On Brexit Fears

  27-06-2016 14:51
  
  Steep falls for banks, airlines and housebuilders dragged the FTSE further into the red as the Brexit sell-off continues. The FTSE 100 was down by more than 100 points, or 1.65%, despite a better than expected opening. The FTSE 250, which is a better indicator of the health of UK businesses than the more global FTSE 100, fell even more sharply, down 5%, or 825 points.
  
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