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• ‘It was BOGUS!' Rees-Mogg mocks Cameron’s campaign to STOP Brexit in telling memoir

  08-01-2018 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER Jacob Rees-Mogg savaged David Cameron’s “bogus” plan to secure a Remain win in the European Union referendum in a revealing memoir about the former Prime Minister’s dramatic years in power.
  
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• Theresa May's reshuffle in disarray as Justine Greening quits

  08-01-2018 22:42
  Theresa May’s new year reshuffle was thrown off course when senior members of the cabinet refused to move and Justine Greening quit the government after turning down a job as work and pensions secretary.Earlier, Jeremy Hunt rejected a new position as business secretary and instead persuaded the prime minister to allow him to remain at health in a beefed-up role taking on more responsibility for social care.
  
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• NHS Staff Aren't Holding Back With Their Opinions On Jeremy Hunt's New Job Title

  08-01-2018 22:42
  Jeremy Hunt has not only kept his job as Health Secretary but has had “and Social Care” added to his title and by the looks of things is very pleased with himself.
  
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• National Action terrorism operation: Six people charged

  08-01-2018 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The five men and one woman are due to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn insists UK cannot remain in single market after Brexit

  08-01-2018 22:11
  Jeremy Corbyn, who set out his Brexit policy to the parliamentary Labour party on Monday night.Jeremy Corbyn has insisted the UK cannot be a member of the single market after Brexit, disappointing some of his pro-European Union MPs.The Labour leader told colleagues that it was not possible to stay in the single market, as he set out his Brexit policy to the parliamentary party on Monday night.
  
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• Carrying on ineptly: May's reshuffle stifled by her weakness | John Crace

  08-01-2018 22:00
  Jeremy Hunt goes to No 10 to learn his fate – an upgraded from health secretary to minister for health and social care.During the general election campaign, Theresa May had screamed: “Nothing has changed.For her much hyped cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister defiantly insisted: “Everything has changed.
  
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• May’s reshuffle is far from the radical refresh that had been trailed

  08-01-2018 21:30
  Seven months on, there should be fewer questions about the prime minister’s short-term survival.By the end of Monday, Theresa May must have felt like all the other hapless British workers who returned to the office for the new year with a spring in their step and the best of intentions, only to find the fearless resolutions they made over the Christmas break crumbling in the face of reality.The prime minister had three main aims in her much-trailed new year reshuffle.
  
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• Equalities watchdog intervenes after Carrie Gracie's complaint about BBC pay

  08-01-2018 20:26
  Carrie Gracie wrote an open letter to licence fee-payers accusing the BBC of a ‘secretive and illegal’ pay culture.The Equalities and Human Rights Commission will write to the BBC to seek answers about allegations of pay discrimination following the resignation of Carrie Gracie as its China editor over its “secretive and illegal” pay culture.The EHRC has the power to bring legal action – as well as name-and-shame organisations about inequality and discrimination &nd
  
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• The rich benefit most, let them pay more tax | Letters

  08-01-2018 20:10
  ‘Removing bursaries from nurse training must rank as one of this government’s most stupid actions,’ writes Peter Estcourt.Another article on how to save the NHS (How to save the NHS, according to those in the know, 6 January) that conveniently avoids the basic issues, which are money and how to care for our fellow citizens.Alan Milburn and Jack O’Sullivan (please no charge for seeing a GP) rely on technology.
  
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• Reform, ration, or return to first principles: the choices of the NHS | Letters

  08-01-2018 20:10
  Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary for the last five years, continues to hold the future of the NHS in his hands after being confirmed in his post in Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle.As one of Sir Bruce Keogh’s predecessors, I have every sympathy with his desire to defend government policy, however dubious (Chief doctor denies NHS privatisation by stealth, 1 January).Looking at the detail led me to become one of five claimants seeking judicial review of the secretary of state and NHS E
  
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• We medical staff are doing our best despite the waste | Letters

  08-01-2018 20:08
  • While looking at the causes of the NHS crisis, one important aspect has been omitted – the amount of money that is available but going to the wrong places.Lewisham and Greenwich Hospital Trust in south-east London is being forced to give £48m to a PFI contractor to repair “cost-cutting construction problems” which this contractor caused when building the new Queen Elizabeth hospital, Woolwich (making a tidy and continuing profit of course!).More recently, Guy&rsquo
  
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• We need to raise taxes to fund our care needs | Letters

  08-01-2018 20:06
  The obvious answer to saving the NHS is to train and recruit more care workers in both the NHS and social care – which would not only (alone) meet current crying care needs but provide good professional human-interface jobs in the coming hi-tech age (killing two currently worrying birds with one stone).This does, however, mean raising more public revenue by getting people to pay more taxes.Providing separate healthcare budgets, linking specific tax increases to specific public care im
  
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• Our health is our responsibilty too | Letters

  08-01-2018 20:05
  Ambulances outside the accident and emergency department at the Glasgow Royal hospital. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
  
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• May names new Northern Ireland minister after Brokenshire resigns

  08-01-2018 20:01
  Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a new Northern Ireland minister on Monday after James Brokenshire resigned due to ill health, posing a new challenge in efforts to resolve a political crisis in the British province.The change in personnel, which formed part of a wider cabinet reshuffle by May, could complicate moves to restart talks in the coming weeks to avoid a return to direct rule from London for the first time in a decade.Karen Bradley, 47, was given the job, moving from her role as hea
  
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• Wanting a new start, May changes leadership team

  08-01-2018 19:59
  British Prime Minister Theresa May named an ally to run the ruling Conservatives and promoted younger ministers on Monday to try to give her divided party and government a new start after a year marred by an ill-judged election, rows over Brexit and scandals.May, weakened by the loss of the Conservative Party's majority in June's election gamble, hoped to reset her agenda and further Britain's departure from the European Union after winning a deal to move to a second phase of Brexit negotiations
  
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• Factbox - Who's in, who's out? May reshuffles her ministerial team

  08-01-2018 19:59
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May made changes to her ministerial team on Monday, hoping to re-energise a party damaged by divisions over Brexit and still smarting from an ill-judged election last year. [L8N1P33YA]
  
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• Despite Brexit, EU eyes bigger budget

  08-01-2018 19:54
  The EU executive called on Monday for an expanded budget to cover more spending on defence, security and controlling migration despite the upcoming departure of Britain, one of the bloc's main paymasters.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker led calls during a forum debating forthcoming negotiations on a new seven-year budget for the share of the bloc's economic output devoted to EU spending be increased by around 10 percent from 2021, the year after Britain will stop paying its subs
  
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• Dating website couple guilty of Islamic State Christmas plot

  08-01-2018 19:49
  A couple who met on an online dating website have been found guilty of plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack over Christmas.Munir Mohammed, 37, enlisted the help of pharmacist Rowaida el-Hassan on SingleMuslim.com after volunteering for a lone wolf mission directed by a man he believed was an IS commander on Facebook.Both he and Hassan, 33, of Willesden Lane, northwest London, denied preparing terrorist acts between November 2015 and December 2016.
  
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• Sinn Féin suspends MP over 'hurt' caused by Kingsmill tweet

  08-01-2018 19:45
  Barry McElduff’s position was called ‘untenable’ by pastor who worked with bereaved families.Sinn Féin has suspended one of its MPs from party duties for three months over a video he tweeted that appeared to mock an IRA atrocity.Barry McElduff, the MP for West Tyrone, was told by the party’s leadership that he would not be allowed carry out party work although he will still be on full pay.
  
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• New pictures of Princess Charlotte released on her first day at nursery

  08-01-2018 19:27
  Two photos of Princess Charlotte have been released on the day she attended nursery for the first time.The two-year-old was photographed by her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, at Kensington Palace, before she took the short journey to nearby Willcocks Nursery School, where fees are just over £3,000 a term.Each child's development is monitored by an allocated member of staff.
  
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• Half of British voters say May is incapable of getting the right Brexit deal - ORB poll

  08-01-2018 19:07
  Half of British voters believe Prime Minister Theresa May is incapable of getting the right Brexit deal, according to an ORB poll published on Monday.The poll also showed voters were divided on whether Britain would be better off after Brexit: 43 percent said it would be while 42 percent said it would not be.The poll showed 63 percent of voters disapproved of the British government's handling of the Brexit negotiations, a slightly lower figure than in previous months.
  
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• Karen Bradley appointed as Northern Ireland minister - PM May's office

  08-01-2018 19:03
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Karen Bradley as the government's Northern Ireland minister on Monday, moving her from her position as culture minister.
  
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• How big is the equal pay problem?

  08-01-2018 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Carrie Gracie's resignation at the BBC got us wondering how widespread the problem is in the UK.
  
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• Inquest hears woman died of diet pill overdose in 'overwhelmed' A&E

  08-01-2018 18:57
  Bethany Shipsey, an animal welfare advocate, bought tablets online that contained an industrial substance.A woman who had taken an overdose of diet pills died after being treated in a troubled A&E department on a day described as “overwhelming” by staff.Bethany Shipsey, 21, was taken to Worcestershire Royal hospital after swallowing tablets she had bought online from eastern Europe that contained an industrial substance.
  
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• Carrie Gracie Quits: BBC Accused Of Trying To 'Shut Up Little Women' Over Coverage Of Gender Pay Row

  08-01-2018 18:52
  The BBC equal pay controversy that resulted in Carrie Gracie quitting as its China Editor has turned “into a farce” with staff being told they can no-longer present segments on pay if they have expressed an opinion on the story.
  
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• BBC pay figures expose lack of women and BAME stars at top end

  08-01-2018 18:49
  BBC figures showed 10 of its 96 highest-paid stars were non-white.The resignation of Carrie Gracie as the BBC’s China editor has reopened the row over the gender pay gap at the corporation.Five of the biggest-paid stars were women.
  
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• Farage meets Barnier, warns of 'no deal' on Brexit

  08-01-2018 18:47
  British member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage said on Monday Britain should opt for a hard Brexit if the European Union does not offer an agreement on financial services.Farage, a former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU, said that without a deal on financial services, Britain might just as well base its future relations with the EU on World Trade Organisation rules, or what is called the hard Brexit option.
  
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• The Definitive Ranking Of Labour MP Tweets Mocking The Tory Cabinet Reshuffle Shambles

  08-01-2018 18:45
  Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle has been a bit of a disaster but a boon for tweeting Labour MPs who have jumped at the chance to get in a dig at their political opponents.
  
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• Andrew Bridgen Accidentally Praises Jeremy Corbyn For 'Absolutely Fantastic' NHS

  08-01-2018 18:43
  Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle has been plagued by blunders with the first major announcement coming almost seven hours after it all began.
  
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• Peugeot to cut UK's Vauxhall car plant workforce by a third

  08-01-2018 18:23
  Peugeot-maker PSA will cut a further 250 jobs at its Vauxhall car plant in the north of England, reducing the workforce by a third as part of efforts to make the plant more efficient by reducing its output to one shift.PSA acquired British brand Vauxhall last year when it bought General Motors' loss-making European arm, raising fears among unions and lawmakers of job losses and possible plant closures as part of cost-cutting plans.The French group said in October that it would cut about 400 jobs
  
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• Prince William's daughter Charlotte starts nursery school

  08-01-2018 18:19
  Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Britain's Prince William and wife Kate, began her first day at nursery school near the couple's London home, Kensington Palace, on Monday.Pictures taken by her pregnant mother showed the smiling two-year-old outside her home before she set off to begin at the private Willcocks Nursery School in Kensington.Charlotte is fourth-in-line to the British throne behind her father, her elder brother George and grandfather Prince Charles and her parents are expecting a
  
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• As Princess Charlotte starts nursery, here’s pictures of other royals on their first day

  08-01-2018 18:19
  Adorable new pictures show Princess Charlotte in a smart red coat for her first day.
  
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• Princess Charlotte's first day at nursery school

  08-01-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Fourth in line to the throne has attended the nursery school for the first time.
  
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• Couple guilty of plotting IS-inspired bomb attacks on Britain

  08-01-2018 18:17
  A couple, who met on a dating site and began researching how to make homemade explosives and the deadly poison ricin, were found guilty on Monday of plotting Islamic State-inspired chemical and bomb attacks on Britain.Munir Hassan Mohammed, 37, from Derby in central England, began sharing extremist material within weeks of meeting Londoner Rowaida El-Hassan, 32, who in turn helped him find information on making ricin."This then rapidly escalated and El-Hassan, a qualified pharmacist, readily pas
  
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• Britain Is The ‘Fat Man Of Europe’: So Why Won’t Government Invest In Healthier Food?

  08-01-2018 18:14
  The recent advice from Public Health England that parents should give their children no more than two snacks a day shows how difficult it is to align healthy diets with today’s lifestyles.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt adds social care to health role in cabinet reshuffle

  08-01-2018 18:06
  Theresa May has kept Jeremy Hunt as her health secretary with new responsibility for social care, signalling that the prime minister wants to make another attempt to reform the troubled system.Hunt was rumoured to be moving to a new role as May’s deputy but will stay in his job to address the worsening winter crisis in the NHS and take more control over social care.The deputy job has now been given to David Lidington, who moves from the role of justice secretary and will take over as minis
  
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• Tory MPs urged to go on offensive to deflect criticism of Toby Young

  08-01-2018 18:02
  Tory MPs are advised to point out that many of the comments for which Young has been attacked - which include repeated references to women’s breasts - are ‘5, 10 or in some cases over 20 years old’.Backbench Conservative MPs have been urged to deflect criticism from Toby Young’s appointment to the board of the university regulator by attacking Labour, according to leaked briefing seen by the Guardian.After Dawn Butler, the shadow equalities minister, tabled an urgent ques
  
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• Velib bike-sharing scheme hits road bump in French capital

  08-01-2018 17:59
  Paris' pioneering Velib bicycle hire service, which has been copied from London to Seattle, has ground to a virtual standstill after the new concession holder failed to install revamped docking stations on schedule.In May 2017, Paris awarded a new contract to the French-Spanish Smovengo consortium to operate its bike-sharing scheme from 2018 to 2032, replacing outdoor advertising group JCDecaux,which had run it since 2007.Very few docking stations have been installed and hardly any bikes are ava
  
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• Scottish letter arrives via Wales and Thailand

  08-01-2018 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The letter was put in a postbox just metres from its intended destination in the Scottish Highlands.
  
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• 'He literally stiffened up and said NO' Farage says EU's Barnier is offering NOTHING to UK

  08-01-2018 17:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE EUROPEAN UNION is unlikely to offer the UK a full trade deal after Brexit, Nigel Farage has said following a meeting with the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
  
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• PM May's reshuffle aimed at helping reforms, Brexit - spokesman

  08-01-2018 17:47
  Prime Minister Theresa May's reshuffle of her top ministers is aimed at strengthening her reform agenda and to press on with Britain's departure from the European Union, her spokesman said on Monday."It's an opportunity to refresh the government and just to give added impetus to the prime minister's reform agenda while continuing to deliver on Brexit," the spokesman told reporters.
  
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• BBC journalists who backed Carrie Gracie face broadcast ban

  08-01-2018 17:37
  Carrie Gracie wrote an open letter to licence fee-payers accusing the BBC of a ‘secretive and illegal’ pay culture.The BBC has banned journalists who tweeted support for Carrie Gracie from presenting on-air segments about the gender pay row at the broadcaster.Gracie resigned from her post as BBC China editor and in an open letter to licence fee-payers published on Sunday accused the corporation of a “secretive and illegal” pay culture.
  
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• Hoping for a new start, May appoints new Conservative Party head

  08-01-2018 17:21
  British Prime Minister Theresa May named a new head of the ruling Conservatives on Monday in a reshuffle aimed at handing her government a new start after months of divisions over Brexit, scandals and an ill-judged election.May, weakened by the loss of the Conservatives' majority in June's election gamble, moved to make changes to her team of top ministers after ending last year with a deal to shift talks with the European Union to a second phase.
  
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• Sinn Fein suspends MP over 'indefensible' tweet on massacre anniversary

  08-01-2018 17:19
  Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein on Monday suspended one of its lawmakers over an "indefensible" tweet on the anniversary of the day 10 Protestant textile workers were shot dead in 1976, which police blamed on the IRA.Sinn Fein, which wants to enter government in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has struggled to distance itself from the violent legacy of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), its ex-military wing, which waged an insurgency against British rule in Norther
  
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• Andy Murray hopes to compete at Wimbledon this year following hip surgery

  08-01-2018 17:16
  Britain's Andy Murray has had hip surgery in Australia and is hoping to return to competitive tennis for this year's grass court season.The 30-year-old sportsman has not played competitively since being knocked out of Wimbledon at the quarter-final stage last July and was forced to pull out of the Australian Open which is due to start on 15 January.Murray said: "Today I underwent successful right hip surgery at the St Vincent Hospital in Melbourne.
  
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• Online couple guilty of IS Christmas plot

  08-01-2018 17:14
  A couple who met on an online dating website have been found guilty of plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack over Christmas.
  
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• Woman was killed by ex-lover just days after police seized her phone

  08-01-2018 17:10
  Katrina O’Hara was found stabbed to death at her salon in Dorset in January 2016.A woman murdered by her former lover had her mobile phone seized by police just days earlier after reporting him for domestic abuse and was left without any means of calling for help, an investigation has found.Katrina O’Hara, 44, a hairdresser, was stabbed to death by Stuart Thomas at a barbers in Blandford Forum, Dorset, in January 2016.
  
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• Oprah Winfrey 'Would Absolutely' Run For President... She Just Needs A Plan

  08-01-2018 17:10
  Oprah Winfrey’s political stock appears to have escalated swiftly after her widely-lauded appearance at last night’s Golden Globe Awards.
  
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• Factbox - Who's in, who's out? PM May reshuffles her ministerial team

  08-01-2018 17:05
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May made changes to her ministerial team on Monday, hoping to re-energise a party damaged by divisions over Brexit and still smarting from an ill-judged election last year.
  
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• Global derivatives industry rolls out Brexit back-up plan

  08-01-2018 17:03
  The global derivatives industry has begun work on fundamental changes to cope with a "hard" Brexit by allowing any disputes involving trillions of euros of swaps contracts to be resolved under French and Irish law.The International Association of Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) writes the "master agreement" used as a template for hundreds of thousands of swap contracts bought by companies to hedge against adverse moves in borrowing costs and currencies.Nearly all market participants in
  
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