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• Exclusive: Benefit Cap Sees Lone Working Parents' Income Plummet £624 This Year

  10-01-2019 23:45
  Single working parents will see their incomes plummet by a "shameful" £624
  
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• Information body looking into Salmond ‘leak’ claims

  10-01-2019 23:24
  The Information Commissioner's Office said former Scotland first minister Alex Salmond has raised a concern and confirmed it is making inquiries.
  
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• Two-child limit on universal credit to be partially rolled back

  10-01-2019 23:00
  Work secretary Amber Rudd, who has tried to take a more cautious approach to the extension of UC.Amber Rudd will announce a partial rollback to the two-child limit on universal credit payments on Friday but faces claims that she could create “two classes of family” by scrapping it for some claimants but not others.Labour also said that the partial reverse on the two-child limit for families claiming universal credit, to be announced by Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, did
  
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• Government Benefits U-Turn As Amber Rudd Scraps 'Wicked' Two-Child Cap Extension

  10-01-2019 23:00
  Amber Rudd will scrap controversial plans to retrospectively slash benefits
  
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• Theresa May contacts union leaders for Brexit deal support from Labour

  10-01-2019 22:07
  Theresa May met a group of Labour MPs in Downing Street.Theresa May has sparked hopes among senior Labour figures that she is laying the groundwork to compromise on her Brexit deal after next week’s meaningful vote, following a flurry of contacts with union leaders and MPs in recent days.Conservative ministers were calling around Labour MPs on Thursday – including at least one member of the shadow cabinet – to gauge support for May’s deal if she beefs up pledges on worker
  
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• Creativity incredibly ‘neglected’ in modern-day life

  10-01-2019 21:45
  Actor John Cleese was speaking at the Pendulum Summit in Dublin.
  
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• DUP stands firm on backstop opposition after ‘robust’ talks with Irish deputy PM

  10-01-2019 21:43
  Simon Coveney met party leader Arlene Foster and colleagues at Stormont in a bid to offer reassurances on the Brexit withdrawal deal issue.
  
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• Gove ridicules Labour’s Brexit plans as Government seeks compromises

  10-01-2019 21:38
  Business Secretary Greg Clark adopted a more consensual tone in the Brexit deal debate.
  
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• Ejected Clubber Jailed For 28 Years After Driving Car Onto Packed Dancefloor

  10-01-2019 21:27
  A clubber who ploughed his car onto a packed dance floor after being thrown
  
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• In Video: Lego builders chart world history

  10-01-2019 21:10
  The exhibition will run until March 9.
  
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• Theresa May ‘surprised’ John Bercow allowed Brexit amendment

  10-01-2019 21:04
  Theresa May has said she was surprised that the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, had allowed MPs to vote on Dominic Grieve’s Brexit amendment on Wednesday, and called on him to explain himself before parliament.The amendment compels the government to say within three sitting days what it will do if, as expected, May’s Brexit deal is voted down next Tuesday – giving her a deadline of Monday 21 January to make a statement on the government’s intentions.The prime minister said
  
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• Brexiteer MP warns Speaker Bercow is 'BAD for democracy' and wants to 'destroy Brexit'

  10-01-2019 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER MP Andrew Bridgen hit out at John Bercow and branded him a “Cromwellian Lord Protector” who is “not good for our democracy” after the Speaker’s decision to controversially allow Wednesday's amendment vote.
  
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• Mike Ashley ousts Debenhams chairman, forces CEO to step down from board

  10-01-2019 20:41
  Sports Direct and Landmark Group, two of Debenhams biggest shareholders, voted against the chairman's re-election to the board.
  
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• Jayden Moodie, 14, was murdered 'in cold blood' and was not in a gang, family says

  10-01-2019 20:31
  Jayden Moodie was knocked off his moped and repeatedly stabbed by three men in what police have described as a targeted attack.In a statement on Thursday, Jayden's cousin Leon Green, flanked by the victim's mother and sister, said his killers must be brought to justice."Jayden was a 14-year-old minor who had his whole life ahead of him, which should never have been viciously taken from him.
  
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• Brexit: EU sets stage for UK withdrawal

  10-01-2019 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU prepares to implement the Brexit deal, regardless of the Westminster turmoil.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson brands Brexit voters 'coffin-dodging idiots' in FURIOUS rant

  10-01-2019 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  JEREMY CLARKSON has launched a scathing attack on Brexit voters – branding the 17.4 million Britons who voted to leave the European Union as “coffin-dodging idiots”.
  
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• Honda's Swindon factory to stop production for six days after Brexit

  10-01-2019 20:00
  Honda will stop production for six days in April due to Brexit logistics and border disruption, Sky News has learnt.Production at its Swindon plant will halt days after the UK leaves the EU to help the company cope with any problems around the exporting of cars and importing of spare parts.Honda says 35% of cars exported from the factory go to the EU and 40% of the components used there are imported from the bloc.
  
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• Facebook launches UK fact-checking initiative to combat fake news

  10-01-2019 19:56
  The world's biggest social network has partnered with charity Full Fact to review material but not remove it from the platform.
  
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• Debenhams chairman resigns and CEO voted off board after plunge in sales

  10-01-2019 19:55
  Debenhams' chairman has stepped down after another plunge in sales left the department store chain fighting for its survival.Sir Ian Cheshire informed the troubled retailer of his decision to resign, at a board meeting following the company's AGM on Thursday.Sir Ian Cheshire said in a statement: "It has been a great privilege to get to know my Debenhams colleagues over the past three years.
  
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• Explain yourself! Theresa May admits 'surprise' at Bercow allowing Brexit amendment vote

  10-01-2019 19:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May has responded to John Bercow’s decision to controversially allow yesterday’s amendment vote, saying she was “surprised” at his actions and that is the Speaker’s responsibility to “explain that decision”.
  
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• Labour MP DISMANTLES common Remainer claims on EU – 'UK worker rights NOT from Brussels'

  10-01-2019 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  LABOUR MP Caroline Flint dismissed claims rights for British workers could take a hit because of Brexit as she pointed out the UK has a "history of being at the forefront of higher standards" for employment regulation.
  
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• Civil service seeking NI volunteers for emergency fuel operations

  10-01-2019 19:34
  The move is not in response to Brexit but comes weeks before the EU exit as businesses stockpile goods in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
  
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• Team urged to do more after footballer sentenced over indecent photograph

  10-01-2019 19:32
  Cliftonville striker Jay Donnelly, 23, of Ardilea Drive in Belfast has been sentenced to four months in prison following his conviction.
  
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• Debenhams chairman Ian Cheshire steps down with immediate effect

  10-01-2019 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Debenhams has announced Sir Ian Cheshire will stand down ‘with immediate effect' as chairman of the company.
  
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• Bristol Grime Artist Solo 45 On Trial For Raping Four Women And Filming Them

  10-01-2019 19:17
  A "violent and controlling" grime artist falsely imprisoned and raped four
  
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• Crowdfunding pits French police vs. yellow vest protesters

  10-01-2019 19:08
  PARIS (AP) — As France's yellow vest movement digs in for more protests, weeks of street clashes have produced a competition over which side can raise more money: protesters or police.
  
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• 'Huge relief' as loans scrapped for forced marriage victims

  10-01-2019 19:05
  Victims of forced marriages brought back to the UK will no longer be asked to take out a loan to repay the cost of their rescue.Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the charge would be scrapped immediately after outrage from MPs and charities when it was exposed.Victims returning home were previously required to pay for their plane tickets, basic food and shelter - or take out a loan with the Foreign Office.
  
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• Rare egg smuggler gets bird for illegal import plot

  10-01-2019 19:02
  Jeffrey Lendrum, 56, was handed a jail term of three years and one month.
  
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• Four injured in three vehicle collision

  10-01-2019 18:59
  One woman is in a critical condition in hospital in Glasgow.
  
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• M20 traffic latest: M20 CLOSED as 'serious' crash sparks HUGE DELAYS near Channel Tunnel

  10-01-2019 18:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE M20 has been closed eastbound between junction 11 and junction 12, near the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, Kent, following a collision involving a van and a lorry.
  
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• Gap year student SHUTS DOWN no deal Brexit 'scaremongering' with THIS brilliant point

  10-01-2019 18:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  GAP year student Chloe Hobbs has ridiculed Remainer “scaremongering” and called on MPs to vote down Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal and push for Britain to leave the European Union without a deal.
  
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• 'Whole World' Wants To Avoid A No-Deal Brexit, Says Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

  10-01-2019 18:46
  Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has said Theresa May's Brexit deal has his
  
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• Killed teenager Jayden Moodie's family say he had a 'huge heart'

  10-01-2019 18:44
  Jada Bailey, the mother of Jayden Moodie, listens as his cousin Leon Green speaks about the boy’s life.The family of Jayden Moodie, who was stabbed to death in east London, have said he was a boy with a huge heart who had no connection to gang activity, and criticised media coverage of the case.Jayden, 14, was riding a motor scooter when he was hit by a black Mercedes in Leyton on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Surgeons to train with robotic assistant at Dundee hospital

  10-01-2019 18:38
  The £1.7 million da Vinci Xi robot will be used to train surgeons in robot-assisted operations.
  
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• Russia accuses BBC of promoting terrorist propaganda

  10-01-2019 18:35
  Media outlets are barred from publishing the statements of the organisation’s leaders or supporters in Russia.Russia has accused the BBC of promoting terrorist propaganda and threatened legal action against the British public broadcaster in a move that looks set to escalate a spiralling media dispute between London and Moscow.Roskomnadzor, the Russian state media regulator, said the material in question concerned quotes from a speech by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, an
  
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• Gove repeatedly brands Labour's Brexit policy as ‘b*****ks’ in SHOCKING Commons outburst

  10-01-2019 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENVIRONMENT Secretary Michael Gove branded the Labour Party’s official Brexit position as “b*****ks" during a Commons debate on Thursday.
  
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• Triple blow to car industry on jobs and production

  10-01-2019 18:32
  Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Honda all made announcements affecting employment and production.
  
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• Police response to child sex abuse claims unacceptable, inquiry told

  10-01-2019 18:29
  Hugh Mackintosh also said the culture at Barnardo's Scotland, where he worked, had been 'inappropriate' during the 1980s.
  
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• Struggling council could cut teaching hours and close primary schools

  10-01-2019 18:27
  Clackmannanshire Council is considering reducing the school week for secondary school pupils, while two primaries are at risk.
  
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• Putting the migrant ‘crisis’ in perspective

  10-01-2019 18:27
  No, the offer of citizenship to Poles after the second world war did not go “almost unnoticed” (Afua Hirsch, Journal, 3 January).There were many shouts of “Poles go home” fostered by trade unions whose members had the audacity to call them “fascists” for not going back to a country where many would be murdered by Stalin’s puppet regime.This to a people who made the first moves in deciphering the Enigma machine, invented the first effective mine detector,
  
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• Jayden Moodie stabbing: Boy, 14, murdered 'in cold blood' not linked to gangs, say family

  10-01-2019 18:27
  Jayden Moodie was knocked off his moped and repeatedly stabbed by three men in what police have described as a targeted attack.In a statement on Thursday, Jayden's cousin Leon Green, flanked by the victim's mother and sister, said his killers must be brought to justice."Jayden was a 14-year-old minor who had his whole life ahead of him, which should never have been viciously taken from him.
  
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• Transgender activist Julia Grant made her mark in unions too

  10-01-2019 18:26
  Julia Grant died on 2 January 2018.Thank you very much for being one of the few papers to record the passing of Julia Grant at such a tragically early age (Report, 4 January).Grant taught me a great deal about transgender issues and the prejudice experienced at the time.
  
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• Honda to stop production for six days after Brexit

  10-01-2019 18:20
  Honda will halt production for six days in April due to Brexit logistics and border disruption, Sky News learns.The company said in a statement: "Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd has been assessing how best to prepare for any disruption caused by logistics and border issues following the UK leaving the EU on 29 March 2019."To ensure Honda is well paced to adjust to all possible outcomes, we are planing six non-production days in April 2019.
  
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• Visiting Japanese PM backs Theresa May’s Brexit plan

  10-01-2019 18:19
  Following talks with the PM at Downing Street, Shinzo Abe said 'the whole world' was hoping the UK avoids a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Agriculture Bill will be introduced at Holyrood in sufficient time, vows minister

  10-01-2019 18:14
  Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing made the commitment during a Parliament debate.
  
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• Freedom of information laws being abused, claims MSP

  10-01-2019 18:13
  The SNP's Alex Neil said it is believed 20% of all requests made in 2017/18 came from just five individuals.
  
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• Siemens, Alstom making new offers to win EU approval for rail plan- sources

  10-01-2019 18:09
  Industrial groups Siemensand Alstomare discussing additional divestments with the European Commission to win approval for their plan to create a joint Franco-German rail champion, sources told Reuters.The move is meant to overcome concerns from antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who in December voiced her doubts over the impact that their deal would have on high-speed trains.Three sources close to the talks said on Thursday fresh concessions were being made by the two firms to convince t
  
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• Meghan dishes out fashion tips and mental health advice during charity visit

  10-01-2019 18:09
  It is her first to Smart Works, a charity that helps long-term unemployed and vulnerable women regain their confidence, since becoming patron.
  
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• Honda to shut UK production for six days due to Brexit logistics

  10-01-2019 17:59
  Japanese carmaker Honda will shut its British operations for six days in April to help it counter any border disruption from the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.Honda said it had been assessing how to cope with any disruption caused by logistics and border issues following the departure on March 29."To ensure Honda is well placed to adjust to all possible outcomes, we are planning 6 non-production days in April 2019," a spokesman said.
  
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• Meghan highlights power of women as she celebrates new patronages

  10-01-2019 17:58
  The duchess has become the figurehead of four organisations, the National Theatre, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Smart Works and Mayhew.
  
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