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• Terror suspect accused of urging ISIS fanatics to attack Prince George denies charges

  30-04-2018 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A TERROR suspect accused of urging ISIS fanatics to attack Prince George at his school, denied a series of terror offences in court today.
  
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• Family's lives changed forever after car crashed into their home

  30-04-2018 23:54
  David and Claire Garnett were watching television in the early hours of 3 September when the high-performance VW Golf smashed into their home in Rawcliffe, Yorkshire.The driver, James Andrew Sparham, was jailed for five years at York Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and criminal damage.A statement released by North Yorkshire Police on behalf of the family said: "Claire climbed over the burning car and cleared rubble off D
  
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• MP suspended by Labour after sexual harassment allegations

  30-04-2018 23:26
  A Labour party opposition MP has been suspendedpending an investigation, Labour said on Monday, after media reports alleging that he had harassed a staff member.John Woodcock, a critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is alleged to have sent inappropriate messages to a former staffer, according to the newspapers, the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Mirror."John Woodcock has been suspended from the Labour Party pending due process," a party spokesman said.
  
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• Rugby legend: Easton Roy, 95, is the oldest winger in town

  30-04-2018 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SCOTS rugby legend thought to be the world’s oldest player is still going strong, after turning out for a game aged 95.
  
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• Labour suspends John Woodcock over sexual harassment claim

  30-04-2018 21:30
  John Woodcock ‘has been suspended from the Labour party pending due process’, the spokesman said.Labour MP John Woodcock has been suspended from the party ahead of an investigation into claims he sent inappropriate text messages to a female former aide.The backbencher, a fierce critic of Jeremy Corbyn, had been ordered to appear before party disciplinary chiefs over the alleged harassment, which he has denied in an open letter to constituents.
  
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• Netanyahu's Ridiculously Basic Power Point On Iran Makes Sense With Trump At The Helm

  30-04-2018 21:26
  Israel presented on Monday what it said was evidence that Iran had continued
  
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• Netanyahu Accuses Iran With Ridiculously Basic Power Point

  30-04-2018 21:26
  Israel presented on Monday what it said was evidence that Iran had continued
  
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• Sainsbury's Boss Sings 'We're In The Money' During Asda Merger Interviews

  30-04-2018 21:16
  The boss of Sainsbury's has apologised after he was caught on camera singing
  
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• Sainsbury's Boss Caught Singing 'We're In The Money' During Interviews Over £12bn Asda Merger

  30-04-2018 21:16
  The boss of Sainsbury's has apologised after he was caught on camera singing
  
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• British lawmaker suspended by Labour after sexual harassment allegations

  30-04-2018 21:09
  A British opposition Labour lawmaker has been suspended by the party pending an investigation, Labour said on Monday, after media reports alleging that he had harassed a member of staff.John Woodcock, a critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is alleged to have sent inappropriate messages to a former staffer, according to the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Mirror newspapers."John Woodcock has been suspended from the Labour Party pending due process," a party spokesman said.
  
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• Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: 'We're American, too, why don't they help?' – video

  30-04-2018 20:44 via theguardian.com
  More than six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still struggling to recover from the devastation. Thousands of homes and businesses have no electricity and are waiting for insurance payouts. Frontline services are being denied aid, forcing many to close down. As US citizens, Puerto Ricans say Donald Trump and his government have done little to help. As a new hurricane season looms, locals are struggling to prepare Continue reading...
  
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• Contaminated blood: Pharmaceutical firms 'must be held accountable'

  30-04-2018 20:29
  Pharmaceutical companies that produced products infected with HIV and hepatitis C must be held accountable by a forthcoming public inquiry, campaigners and victims say.More than 3,000 people, many of them haemophiliacs, were infected by contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s and more than 2,400 have died.A public inquiry, chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff, is due to begin later this year.
  
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• Boy died after being taken to A&E far from home, inquest hears

  30-04-2018 20:01
  Callum Cartlidge had a cardiac arrest at his home and died at Worcestershire Royal hospital.A boy died after he was taken by ambulance to an A&E department almost 20 miles from his home following a decision to reduce children’s services at his local hospital because of staff shortages.The death of Callum Cartlidge, eight, who had a cardiac arrest at his home in Redditch, Worcestershire, prompted hundreds of people to take part in a march to remember him and protest at cuts to the town&
  
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• Bereaved Mother Siobhan McLaughlin Starts 'Heartbreaking' Legal Battle In Belfast To Secure Rights For Unmarried Couples

  30-04-2018 19:57
  A bereaved mother's legal battle to secure rights that are being denied to
  
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• Tories flounder in attempt to launch Operation Save Theresa

  30-04-2018 19:25
  With Operation Save Amber finally derailed after two weeks of fire-fighting the former home secretary’s failing memory – by the weekend she couldn’t even remember what targets she was meant to have forgotten – the Tory party’s attention turned to Operation Save Face.With Amber Rudd out of a job, the prime minister has been left with no one else to take the blame for her hostile environment policy that caused the Windrush scandal.First out of the blocks on Radio 4&rs
  
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• Alfie Evans: hospital may tighten security after abuse of medics

  30-04-2018 19:23
  Alder Hey hospital is to consider tightening security after the “unprecedented” abuse of medics treating Alfie Evans, amid warnings that other children’s hospitals could soon follow suit.It is understood that senior staff at the hospital in Liverpool, where 23-month-old Alfie died on Saturday morning, will discuss introducing more rigorous procedures in the coming weeks.Security concerns at children’s hospitals have been further raised by claims that foreign-registered do
  
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• Rudd’s resignation and British attitudes to immigration

  30-04-2018 19:21
  ‘The elation among Labour party activists who helped bring down Amber Rudd will be short lived,’ writes Philip Duval.The Windrush affair continues to expose the fault lines in British society and immigration policy (Rudd quits over Windrush scandal, 30 April).The government has defended the hostile environment policy as primarily targeted at “illegal immigrants”.
  
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• New home secretary Javid opposes 'hostile environment' approach to immigration

  30-04-2018 19:21
  Britain's new home secretary Sajid Javid on Monday attemptedto distance himself from the "hostile environment" approach to a crackdown on illegal immigration which was favoured by Prime Minister Theresa May during her time in the job.Javid told parliament he was working to resolve the situation of the so-called "Windrush" migrants after a scandal that forced her predecessor Amber Rudd to resign because she misled parliament over the government's immigration policy.The government has been struggl
  
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• Hostile environments go way beyond immigration

  30-04-2018 19:21
  The term “hostile environment” (Opinion, 30 April) has only, so far, been used in an immigration context.Disabled people have been discriminated against over the past several years and have certainly been subjected to a “hostile environment”.Common to all of this has been Mrs May. I trust that she and her Brexit hardliners will not throw us out into a world economic “hostile environment”.
  
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• Man dies after being washed off harbour wall in Ramsgate

  30-04-2018 19:14
  A man has died after being washed off a harbour wall in Ramsgate, emergency services have said.The death comes as parts of Britain were hit by strong winds and heavy rain, with dozens of flood alerts also issued.Kent Police were called to Royal Harbour at around 11.30am after reports that there were three people in the water.
  
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• Britain's crime agency to expand probe into HBOS fraud allegations

  30-04-2018 19:09
  Britain's National Crime Agency is expanding a review into fraud allegations at HBOS, part of Lloyds Banking Group, that have already led to the jailing of six people in a scam that pushed business owners to hire a costly turnaround consultancy.The NCA said on Monday it was following up a request from Thames Valley police, who conducted the investigation that led to the original convictions, with a view to a wider investigation into allegations of fraud and money laundering.A spokesman for Lloyd
  
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• UK government defeated as Lords back powers to block or change EU exit deal

  30-04-2018 18:49
  Britain's upper house on Monday voted to give parliament powers to block or delay a final deal on departure from the European Union, defeating Prime Minister Theresa May's government.The House of Lords voted 335 to 244 in favour of an amendment to May's Brexit blueprint that could allow parliament to send ministers back to the negotiating table in Brussels or even halt the Brexit process if it disapproved of the final deal."This is not ... about creating a constitutional crisis, nor is it about
  
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• Factbox - Does Javid appointment tilt Britain's approach to Brexit?

  30-04-2018 18:36
  British Prime Minister Theresa May will convene her Brexit sub-committee later this week, aiming to narrow down the government's position on a future customs arrangement with the European Union to one of two options.The resignation of Amber Rudd as home secretary on Sunday deprives the cabinet of one of its most outspokenly pro-EU members.Although her successor Sajid Javid campaigned to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum, he is much less pro-European than Rudd.
  
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• Fresh Lords Brexit defeat for government makes 'no deal' less likely

  30-04-2018 18:32
  The vote was described as ‘a hugely significant moment in the fight to ensure parliament has a proper role in the Brexit negotiations’.The government has suffered a heavy defeat on a crucial Lords vote that could pave the way for parliament to send ministers back to the Brussels negotiations if MPs vote down Theresa May’s Brexit deal.Labour said the amendment, which is the seventh Lords defeat for the government on the EU withdrawal bill, would effectively prevent Britain crash
  
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• Cambridge University lays bare the secrets of its library tower

  30-04-2018 18:28
  The tower at Cambridge University’s library was used to store books once deemed of no interest to academics.To avoid disappointment, an exhibition opening this week at the Cambridge University library should carry the warning sign: “These books contain no pornography”.Despite undergraduate folklore there is no secret stash of pornography among the 200,000 books in the 17 floors of the tower, which rises 157 feet above the library.
  
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• 'IS supporter' denies sharing address of Prince George's school

  30-04-2018 18:18
  An alleged IS supporter accused of sharing the address of Prince George's school on an encrypted messaging app has denied terror charges.Rashid, from Nelson, Lancashire, pleaded not guilty to three counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday.
  
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• This police officer’s last radio call before retirement will leave you in tears

  30-04-2018 18:17
  Officer Andre Jenkins has served 30 years in the police service.
  
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• Man dies in Ramsgate harbour as heavy rain batters England

  30-04-2018 18:15
  A bus is delayed by a fallen tree in Streatham, south London.A man died on Monday after being washed off a harbour wall in Ramsgate, Kent, as strong winds and heavy rain battered parts of Britain.Kent police said they were called to the scene in the Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, at around 11.30am on Monday reacting to reports three people were in the water.
  
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• Brazilian surfer breaks world record riding 80ft wave

  30-04-2018 18:06
  Rodrigo Koxa was filmed on the giant wave at Nazare in Portugal last year.
  
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• Poll: Britons blame May more than Rudd for Windrush scandal

  30-04-2018 18:01
  Voters are much more inclined to blame Theresa May for the Windrush scandal than Amber Rudd, according to a Sky Data poll.Ms Rudd resigned as Home Secretary after she admitted to "inadvertently misleading" Parliament over targets for removing illegal immigrants.It followed the scandal around the treatment of the Windrush generation - Commonwealth citizens who legally emigrated to Britain decades ago.
  
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• Sainsbury's and Asda defend £13bn merger to create grocery powerhouse

  30-04-2018 18:00
  Sainsbury's and Asda say their planned £13bn merger will maintain the number of stores operated by the brands and cut shoppers' costs.There are no plans to close Sainsbury's or Asda stores though executives are targeting savings of £500m, including "operational efficiencies" and by opening Argos concessions in Asda stores.Sainsbury's chief executive Mike Coupe said however that he could not dismiss the possibility that regulators could order the disposal of some sites.
  
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• A journey home with Edith Bowman and her brother

  30-04-2018 17:57 via theguardian.com
  We join Scottish siblings Edith and Alex Bowman for a pint and a catch-up in their childhood stomping ground of coastal FifeBased at opposite ends of the country, Edith and Alex Bowman don’t meet up for a pint very often. Like many adult siblings, they rarely make time for a catch-up at all. Their lives have taken dramatically different paths since Edith left home in the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland aged 19, at the start of a journey that would eventually lead to London and a highly succe
  
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• Teenager arrested for attempted murder after 'hit and run' outside Newport nightclub

  30-04-2018 17:49
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a suspected hit-and-run attack outside a nightclub in Newport.The man, who remains in custody, was one of four people arrested over the incident on Cambrian Road in the city at about 5.30am on Sunday.Gwent Police said the man, from Newport, had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and dangerous driving.
  
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• 'I can't move and can hardly breathe': Let me die with dignity

  30-04-2018 17:29
  A terminally ill retired lecturer is heading to the High Court on Tuesday to try and win the right for a doctor to help him to die.Noel Conway, who has motor neurone disease, was granted permission in January to take his case to appeal after judges rejected his challenge to the Suicide Act 1961 which he argues breaches his right to a "peaceful and dignified death".The 68-year-old, from Shropshire, wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe him a lethal dose of drugs without the medic facing up to
  
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• May has lost an ally in cabinet and gained a potential Brexit rebel

  30-04-2018 17:25
  Had Amber Rudd survived the Windrush scandal, she would almost certainly have been more supportive of Theresa May’s preference for staying close to the EU.In a sign of ongoing government solipsism over Brexit, Westminster’s initial reaction to Amber Rudd’s replacement by Sajid Javid has been to scrutinise what it means for the balance of power among soft and hard Brexiteers around the cabinet table.Another supposedly decisive meeting of the Brexit subcommittee is scheduled for
  
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• Ambulance vandalised while patient treated inside

  30-04-2018 16:54
  An ambulance crew has described how their vehicle came under attack in Telford as they treated a patient inside.The vehicle's wing mirror was broken, mud was thrown across its side and the crew reported hearing banging noises as if the vehicle was being struck as they attended to the medical case at around 1.20am on Monday in Wildwood.West Midlands Ambulance Service has reported the incident to police and will be examining CCTV footage from cameras located on the ambulance.
  
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• Scotland to debate policy that may force rape victims to testify

  30-04-2018 16:50
  Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the changes meant a complainant could be prosecuted if they refused to give evidence.The row over new prosecution guidelines that would compel rape complainants to give evidence in court is to be debated in the Scottish parliament, as campaigners warn the policy will have a “chilling effect” on women coming forward to report sexual violence.The controversial guidance on dealing with “reluctant complainers”, issued at the be
  
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• Offshore wind power firms see Taiwan as a battleground to expand in Asia

  30-04-2018 16:33
  Taiwan is becoming the next battleground for the world's top offshore wind developers as they seek a foothold in Asia for a technology that has been expanding fast in Europe.Taiwan announced results on Monday of its first major offshore wind farm auction that aims to add 3.8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity to its existing network of just 8 megawatts (MW).The island's offshore wind market is expected to expand to 5.5 GW by 2025, and the government aims to invest $23 billion on onshore and offshore win
  
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• Summer Grant: Instructions for bouncy castle 'destroyed in fire' before death

  30-04-2018 16:32
  The operating instructions for a bouncy castle were destroyed in a fire a year before it blew away, killing a child, a court has heard.Summer Grant was carried away inside the inflatable at an Easter fair in Harlow, Essex, on 26 March, 2016.Prosecutors have told Chelmsford Crown Court that the bouncy castle was not "adequately anchored" to the ground and that those in charge failed to monitor weather conditions to make sure it was safe.
  
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• Weak inflation data is hurdle on ECB's way out of easy money

  30-04-2018 16:13
  FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - Consumer prices in Germany, Italy and Portugal grew less than expected in April, data showed on Monday, raising fresh questions about the European Central Bank's plans to wean the euro zone off its supply of easy money.The ECB has been widely expected to wind down its 2.55 trillion euro (2.24 trillion pound) bond-buying programme by the end of the year and its President, Mario Draghi, expressed confidence in the economic outlook after last week's policy meeting.
  
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• Former rugby star Mike Tindall has twisted nose fixed ahead of Royal Wedding

  30-04-2018 16:04
  Former England rugby captain and Royal husband Mike Tindall has had an operation to straighten his famously crooked nose.Tindall, 39, who first broke his nose aged five, was photographed on Saturday taking part in an endurance run in East Sussex.
  
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• Train operators hope to launch direct London-Bordeaux route

  30-04-2018 15:15
  Direct trains linking London and the French wine capital of Bordeaux in just over four hours could run within two years, according to high-speed rail operators.The prospect of 200mph trains whisking UK travellers straight to south-west France has come a step closer after rail firms on both sides of the Channel said they were agreeing plans to develop the service, which would bypass Paris to join the recently completed line south of Tours.Eurostar, which recently started direct services from Lond
  
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• 'They're proof it works': Family in funding fight for 'miracle' Batten disease treatment

  30-04-2018 15:14
  Every parent's worst nightmare came true for one couple twice over, after two of their children were diagnosed with the same extremely rare and life-limiting condition.As we sat in a small hospital room with Ollie sat upon his daddy's knee we were told that our child had CNL2 Batten disease, that there is no cure, no treatment and that life expectancy is between six and 12 years.Children with Batten disease cannot make an enzyme that is responsible for eliminating waste that builds up in the bra
  
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• Father who strangled daughter, 7, in Wimbledon is jailed for life for her murder

  30-04-2018 15:07
  An antiques dealer has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years after strangling his seven-year-old daughter while she was sleeping.Robert Peters, 56, had researched child killers online before using a dressing gown cord to throttle Sophia at the family home in Wimbledon, southwest London, last November.The Old Bailey heard that when the little girl woke up and asked what he was doing, Peters said "sorry" but continued.
  
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• Handwritten thank-you note reveals traffic cop’s good deed

  30-04-2018 14:59
  A motorist pulled over by a traffic officer has written to the police chief about the cop’s ‘exemplary’ behaviour.
  
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• Barnier says rapid EU-UK progress needed on Irish border

  30-04-2018 14:50
  The EU's Brexit negotiator expressed confidence on Monday that a solution for the Irish border can be achieved if rapid progress is made by June, but said a real risk remained of Britain leaving the bloc without an overall deal.Northern Ireland will be Britain's only land frontier with the European Union after Brexit.The EU and Dublin insist the Brexit treaty must lock in a backstop arrangement in case a future trade pact does not remove the need for border controls.
  
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• May names new minister to try to end immigration scandal

  30-04-2018 14:44
  British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as home secretary on Monday, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit.Sajid Javid, the son of immigrants from Pakistan, replaces Amber Rudd, who quit as Home Secretary after acknowledging she had "inadvertently misled" parliament by denying the government had targets for the number of illegal migrants Britain deports.
  
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• UK parliament should not be able to overturn EU referendum - PM's spokesman

  30-04-2018 14:43
  Britain's parliament should not be given powers to overturn the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Monday as opponents seek a greater say on the Brexit deal.Britain's upper house of parliament is expected to defeat May's government later on Monday for the seventh time in two weeks by voting in favour of changes to legislation that will end Britain's EU membership in March next year.This time the House of Lords will vote to be given a
  
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• PM seeks to distance herself from Windrush row after Rudd departure

  30-04-2018 14:37
  Theresa May has attempted to distance herself from the row over the Home Office’s enforced removals targets that has already claimed the scalp of one of her most senior ministers, Amber Rudd.The prime minister tried to draw a line under the affair by arguing that Rudd had only resigned over a single error, while separating the issue from the wider scandal over the Windrush generation.Sajid Javid, appointed home secretary on Monday morning following Rudd’s departure, vowed to make sur
  
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• Penny Mordaunt adds women and equalities to ministerial role

  30-04-2018 13:53
  Penny Mordaunt is a well-liked and opinionated Brexiter.Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, has added women and equalities to her brief – although it does not necessarily sit neatly with her main role.Amber Rudd, who resigned as home secretary on Sunday, had only been tasked with the additional role since the former education secretary Justine Greening left the government in the January reshuffle.
  
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