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• Opposition Labour to cut rail fares by a third

  01-12-2019 23:36
  
  Britain's Labour Party said it would cut rail season tickets and peak time fares by a third, saving the average commuter more than 1,000 pounds ($1,280) a year, under its plan to return rail services to public ownership if it wins an election this month.It said the move, which will apply to regulated fares that make up almost half of all tickets sold from January, would give relief to millions of rail commuters from years of price rises.Labour has already proposed a host of crowd-pleasing plans
  
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• Labour to cut rail fares by a third

  01-12-2019 23:36
  
  Britain's Labour Party said it would cut rail season tickets and peak time fares by a third, saving the average commuter more than 1,000 pounds ($1,280) a year, under its plan to return rail services to public ownership if it wins an election this month.It said the move, which will apply to regulated fares that make up almost half of all tickets sold from January, would give relief to millions of rail commuters from years of price rises.Labour has already proposed a host of crowd-pleasing plans
  
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• Tories pledge automated entrance and exit checks under border security plans

  01-12-2019 23:30
  
  Other measures outlined by the party include plans to stop EU criminals at the border and to stop the use of European ID cards.
  
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• Labour promises 'biggest ever' plan to cut rail fares in England

  01-12-2019 23:30
  
  Labour promises 'biggest ever' plan to cut rail fares in EnglandParty would reduce price of season tickets by a third and give free rail travel to those aged 16 and underLabour is also promising ‘a London-style ticketing system across the nation’ to simplify fares. Photograph: Lauren Hurley/PA
  
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• Labour announces plan to cut rail fares by 33% from next month

  01-12-2019 23:30
  
  It comes after Britain’s train companies confirmed over the weekend that they will hike prices by an average of 2.7% next year.
  
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• What have politicians said about Usman Khan’s sentence and release?

  01-12-2019 23:23
  
  .The Prime Minister has called for an end to automatic early release.
  
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• ITV election debate: the winners and the losers

  01-12-2019 23:13
  
  ITV election debate: the winners and the losersNicola Sturgeon, Richard Burgon and Adam Price score points in seven-way debate while Tories and Nigel Farage struggle SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative Rishi Sunak, and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during the ITV debate. Photograph: Matt Frost/ITV/EPA
  
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• Sturgeon in control to better opponents in ITV debate

  01-12-2019 22:55
  
  Sturgeon in control to better opponents in ITV debateThe SNP leader got one of the debate’s rare laughs; Lib Dems’ Jo Swinson gave best openerSNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative Rishi Sunak, and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during the ITV debate. Photograph: Matt Frost/ITV/EPA
  
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• Parties attack Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage over Donald Trump ties

  01-12-2019 22:49
  
  Parties attack Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage over Donald Trump tiesSeven-way ITV debate sees Farage defend Trump’s ‘crass’ talk while Tory keeps out of frayThe Conservatives’ Rishi Sunak, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage and Plaid Cymru party leader Adam Price during the debate. Photograph: Matt Frost/ITV/HANDOUT/EPA
  
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• Sturgeon criticises ‘crass’ attempt to politicise London Bridge attack

  01-12-2019 22:41
  
  Nicola Sturgeon said that lessons must be learned from the 'horrific' attack, suggesting parole boards should decide whether to release prisoners
  
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• Nigel Farage warns UK politicians not to demonise Donald Trump

  01-12-2019 22:37
  
  Political parties clashed over the US president ahead of his visit to the UK in the latest TV election debate.
  
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• Malta’s PM quits in crisis over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder

  01-12-2019 22:32
  
  Malta’s PM quits in crisis over Daphne Caruana Galizia murderJoseph Muscat says he will stay on until January but journalist’s family calls for his immediate departureJoseph Muscat: ‘This case cannot define everything that our country is.’ Photograph: Domenic Aquilina/EPA
  
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• London Bridge victims aspired to careers in reforming criminal justice system

  01-12-2019 21:49
  
  Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, were killed in the attack on Friday.
  
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• Johnson ignores family’s plea not to exploit terror victim deaths

  01-12-2019 21:43
  
  Johnson ignores family’s plea not to exploit terror victim deathsPrime minister accused of ‘distasteful’ attempt to turn London Bridge attack into election issueBoris Johnson blamed Labour for the early release of Usman Khan. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/AFP via Getty Images
  
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• Boris Johnson ignores family’s plea not to exploit victims' deaths

  01-12-2019 21:43
  
  Boris Johnson ignores family’s plea not to exploit victims' deaths. PM accused of ‘distasteful’ attempt to turn London Bridge attack into election issue
  
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• Campaign highlights: The BBC finally gets Johnson, but with the wrong Andrew

  01-12-2019 21:03
  
  Political leaders were back on TVs after a break on Saturday.
  
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• Materials for London Bridge attack may have been obtained day before

  01-12-2019 20:57
  
  Materials for London Bridge attack may have been obtained day before. MI5 begins inquiry into Usman Khan, who they believe acted alone when he killed two
  
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• In Pictures: Hollywood star joins campaign while Corbyn’s message is tailor-made

  01-12-2019 20:30
  
  Lib Dem candidate Luciana Berger had a well-known supporter at her side while the Labour leader sampled some of Whitby's famous chips.
  
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• Why was the London Bridge terrorist released from prison?

  01-12-2019 20:27
  
  Why was the London Bridge terrorist released from prison?. Why Boris Johnson is incorrect to blame Labour policy for Usman Khan’s early release
  
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• New role for Hugh Grant as he joins Luciana Berger on campaign trail

  01-12-2019 20:21
  
  The Notting Hill star is vociferous in his opposition to Brexit.
  
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• Stafford residents tell of shock over link to London Bridge attack

  01-12-2019 20:16
  
  Stafford residents tell of shock over link to London Bridge attackUsman Khan had lived in the Midlands town for a year since his release from prisonPolice forensic teams continued to work at the Wolverhampton Road address where Usman Khan lived upon his release from prison. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
  
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• Stafford residents tell of shock at London Bridge attack

  01-12-2019 20:16
  
  Stafford residents tell of shock at London Bridge attack. Usman Khan had lived in the Midlands town for a year since his release from prison
  
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• Boris Johnson: a one-trick pony straight out of the political wild west

  01-12-2019 19:55
  
  Boris Johnson: a one-trick pony straight out of the political wild westInterviewed by Andrew Marr, the prime minister was reduced to an incoherent stream of gruntsBoris Johnson in The Andrew Marr Show studio, where he couldn’t even manage a passable imitation of himself. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA
  
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• Health visitor numbers in England 'fall by a third' under Tories

  01-12-2019 19:29
  
  Health visitor numbers in England 'fall by a third' under Tories. Exclusive: Labour study shows slump of 3,378 posts, raising fears for health of parents and children
  
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• Health visitor numbers in England 'fall by a third' under Tories

  01-12-2019 19:29
  
  Health visitor numbers in England 'fall by a third' under ToriesExclusive: Labour study shows 3,378 fewer posts, raising fears for health of parents and childrenNew birth visits were delayed – 11% nationally did not take place within the first 14 days. Photograph: Catchlight Visual Services / Ala/Alamy
  
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• Tories can’t be trusted to look after the NHS

  01-12-2019 19:25
  
  Tories can’t be trusted to look after the NHSOnly Labour’s policies can help solve the healthcare crisis, write 12 nurses. Plus, Dr Robert Oulton says NHS England’s latest reorganisation needs scrutiny, Fiona Henderson worries about price rises in a drug crucial for her husband, and Dr Andrew Hill offers ideas on how to protect the NHS in UK-US trade deals ‘The UK could have to decide between accepting higher drug prices or risking not signing a new trade deal at all,&rsq
  
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• Will motoring make me steer to the right?

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  Will motoring make me steer to the right?. Celebrity biographies | Motor voter | Attendee debate | White Friday | Jonathan Miller
  
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• Media bias is a gift to the Conservatives

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  Media bias is a gift to the Conservatives. Sweeping reforms are urgently required to prevent pro-Tory media bias, writes Prof Des Freeman, while Derrick Cameron is concerned about the sale of the i newspaper to the owners of the Daily Mail
  
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• Influencers pose a threat to democracy

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  Influencers pose a threat to democracy. Rightwing thinktanks are tarnishing British politics, writes Sheila Cross. Meanwhile, Roger Brown and Declan O’Neill are concerned about the health of our democracy
  
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• Death does not need any euphemisms

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  Death does not need any euphemisms. Christine Hawkes on the importance of talking about death honestly
  
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• Brexit and the state of the union

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  Brexit and the state of the union. Boris Johnson would be wrong to block a second referendum on Scottish independence, argues Stephen Smith, while Paul Salveson says the north of England deserves greater political autonomy
  
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• BBC to screen interview with Prince Andrew accuser

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  BBC to screen interview with Prince Andrew accuser. Virginia Giuffre was interviewed for a Panorama episode which airs on Monday night
  
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• BBC to air interview with Prince Andrew accuser

  01-12-2019 19:24
  
  BBC to air interview with Prince Andrew accuserVirginia Giuffre was interviewed for a Panorama episode that will air on Monday night‘He knows what happened, I know what happened. And there’s only one of us telling the truth,’ Virginia Giuffre told Panorama. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP
  
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• Tributes paid to ‘positive’ and ‘wholly special’ London Bridge victims

  01-12-2019 18:55
  
  Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt have been named as the two victims.
  
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• Lib Dems warn of Brexit brain drain as EU academics quit

  01-12-2019 18:45
  
  Lib Dems warn of Brexit brain drain as EU academics quit. Figures show 11,000 have left UK universities in three years since referendum
  
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• Desert stay to be the highlight of William’s visit to Kuwait

  01-12-2019 18:38
  
  The Duke of Cambridge is undertaking a four-day tour of Kuwait and Oman.
  
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• Gogglebox pulled over Salmond sexual assault case contempt fears

  01-12-2019 18:12
  
  Gogglebox pulled over Salmond sexual assault case contempt fears. Episode showed family discussing Scotland’s ex-first minister, due to stand trial
  
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• Second former Cambridge University student killed at London Bridge named

  01-12-2019 18:00
  
  Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, were both killed in the attack on Friday.
  
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• How accurate were Johnson's Andrew Marr interview claims?

  01-12-2019 17:43
  
  How accurate were Johnson's Andrew Marr interview claims?. Among PM’s claims was that he is planning largest NHS funding rise ‘in modern memory’
  
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• How accurate were Johnson's Andrew Marr interview claims?

  01-12-2019 17:43
  
  How accurate were Johnson's Andrew Marr interview claims?Among PM’s claims was that he is planning largest NHS funding rise ‘in modern memory’Boris Johnson also claimed to Marr that ‘there are 400,000 fewer children in poverty than there were in 2010’. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/EPA
  
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• London Bridge Terror Attack: Second Victim Named As 23-Year-Old Saskia Jones

  01-12-2019 17:31
  
  Jack Merritt, 25, was on Saturday named as the first person killed.
  
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• Education in jails 'must not be undermined by London Bridge attack'

  01-12-2019 17:31
  
  Education in jails 'must not be undermined by London Bridge attack'. Former prisoner was attending event for Learning Together initiative when he began attack
  
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• Education in jails 'must not be undermined by London Bridge attack'

  01-12-2019 17:31
  
  Education in jails 'must not be undermined by London Bridge attack'Former prisoner was attending event for Learning Together initiative when he began attack A forensics tent next to Fishmongers’ Hall, left, where the Learning Together event was held. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP via Getty Images
  
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• Second London Bridge attack victim named as Saskia Jones, 23

  01-12-2019 17:26
  
  Second London Bridge attack victim named as Saskia Jones, 23. Former Cambridge student was killed along with Jack Merritt, 25, in attack on Friday
  
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• Lib Dems suspend campaigner after apparent email forgery

  01-12-2019 17:14
  
  Lib Dems suspend campaigner after apparent email forgery. Party sent suspect email as it sought retraction of journalist’s story about alleged sale of voter data
  
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• Corbyn hits campaign trail in ‘for the many not the few’ suit jacket

  01-12-2019 16:45
  
  The Labour leader joked he had 'chips for the many' as he visited Whitby, North Yorkshire.
  
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• Boris Johnson still not agreeing to Andrew Neil interview

  01-12-2019 16:29
  
  Boris Johnson still not agreeing to Andrew Neil interviewPM said he was ‘perfectly happy’ to be questioned but has not set date for appearance* Latest election news – live updatesJohnson talks to Andrew Marr. The BBC had said he could not appear until he had agreed to a grilling by Neil. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/AFP via Getty Images
  
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• All you need to know about the South Western Railway strike

  01-12-2019 16:19
  
  All you need to know about the South Western Railway strikeRMT industrial action begins on Monday and runs through the month of December* Commuters facing more misery as strike due to startDisruption of South Western Railway train services are because of an ongoing row about the role and responsibilities of guards. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Archive/PA Images
  
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• 'This is how you get hitched as a feminist': mixed-sex civil unions to begin

  01-12-2019 15:58
  
  'This is how you get hitched as a feminist': mixed-sex civil unions to begin. From Monday mixed-sex couples in England and Wales can choose to enter into civil partnerships
  
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• 'This is how you get hitched as a feminist': mixed-sex civil unions to begin

  01-12-2019 15:58
  
  'This is how you get hitched as a feminist': mixed-sex civil unions to beginFrom Monday mixed-sex couples in England and Wales can choose to enter into civil partnershipsRebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan outside the supreme court in London last year. Photograph: Kirsty O'Connor/PA
  
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