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• Donald Trump Says Brexit Will Be A 'Great Thing' As Pound Falls

  15-01-2017 23:56
  
  Donald Trump has said Brexit will be a “great thing” as he promised to strike a trade deal between the UK and the US that will be “done quickly and done properly”.
  In his first interview with UK media since his election victory, the US Presidential-elect told The Times he would be inviting Prime Minister Theresa May to meet him “right after” entering the White House and declared: “I think Brexit is going to end up being a great thing.”
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• Donald Trump Says Brexit Will Be A 'Great Thing' And Others Will Quit EU

  15-01-2017 23:56
  
  Donald Trump has said Brexit will be a “great thing” as he promised to strike a trade deal between the UK and the US that will be “done quickly and done properly”.
  In his first interview with UK media since his election victory, the US Presidential-elect told The Times he would be inviting Prime Minister Theresa May to meet him “right after” entering the White House and declared: “I think Brexit is going to end up being a great thing.”
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• Trump threatens BMW with border tax on cars built in Mexico

  15-01-2017 23:14
  President-elect Donald Trump has warned the United States will impose a border tax of 35 percent on cars that German carmaker BMW plans to build at a new plant in Mexico and export to the U.S. market. Trump was speaking in an interview with German newspaper Bild, which on Sunday released excerpts of his comments translated into German. A BMW spokeswoman said a BMW Group plant in San Luis Potosi would build the BMW 3 Series starting from 2019, with the output intended for the world market.
  
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• Trump says Brexit to be 'a great thing', wants very substantial cut in nuclear weapons

  15-01-2017 23:08
  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Brexit will turn out to be a "great thing" and that he wants a stocks of nuclear weapons should be reduced very substantially as part of any deal with Russia, The Times newspaper reported. “Brexit is going to end up being a great thing,” Trump told The Times of London in an interview, according to extracts sent by the newspaper ahead of publication. Trump said he would work very hard to get a trade deal with the United Kingdom "done quickly
  
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• Martin Rowson on Theresa May's 'shared society' vision – cartoon

  15-01-2017 23:05 via theguardian.com
  
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• Thousands rally to resist Republican health law repeal drive

  15-01-2017 22:50
  
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, one of dozens of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition.
  
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• Trump says Merkel made 'catastrophic mistake' with refugee policy

  15-01-2017 22:45
  LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump told the Times of London German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made a "catastrophic mistake" with the policy that let a wave of a million migrants into her country. "I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals," the Times, via Twitter, quoted Trump as saying in an interview.
  
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• Title is beyond Man City after Everton loss, says Guardiola

  15-01-2017 22:36
  (Reuters) - Pep Guardiola appeared to concede that winning the Premier League title was beyond his Manchester City side after perhaps the most chastening defeat of his managerial career on Sunday. After a 4-0 defeat at Everton, the biggest he has suffered in a league match as manager at Barcelona, Bayern Munich or City, the Spaniard was left to reflect on the 10-point gap which now separates his fifth-placed side from leaders Chelsea. Asked if that meant City's title challenge was over, he told
  
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• Bottas move to Mercedes is close, says Williams

  15-01-2017 22:36
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Williams are close to agreeing a deal that would see their Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas replace retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, deputy principal Claire Williams said on Sunday. Speaking on stage at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham, Williams indicated that only small details needed to be resolved. Rosberg announced his retirement in early December, five days after winning his first title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi
  
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• Theresa May To Star In US Vogue Magazine Photoshoot

  15-01-2017 22:34
  
  Downing Street has confirmed Theresa May is to appear in the glossy fashion magazine US Vogue.
  The Prime Minister, who chose a lifetime’s subscription to the magazine as her luxury item when appearing on Desert Island Discs, is to be shot by world-famous photographer Annie Leibovitz.
  “The long-planned shoot for US Vogue will come out in April,” a No 10 spokesman said.
  Details of the shoot emerged following the magazine’s editor, British-born Anna Wintour, being made a dam
  
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• Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump on Russia threat

  15-01-2017 22:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect that further highlighted the bitter state of Trump's relations with American intelligence agencies.
  
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• 3 Nevada Democrats want ex-senator statue out of US Capitol

  15-01-2017 22:13
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Three Democratic congressional representatives are asking state lawmakers to act to remove a statue of former Nevada senator from the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, alleging that he left a "legacy of racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia."
  
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• A look at some of the groups who plan to protest Trump

  15-01-2017 22:11
  Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in Washington for the inauguration of Donald Trump, but hundreds of thousands are also expected to demonstrate against him or his agenda. A look at some of the groups expected to protest in Washington surrounding Inauguration Day:
  
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• Trump team considers relocating White House media corps

  15-01-2017 22:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Routine media access to the White House could be a thing of the past under Donald Trump's presidency, with top officials of the incoming administration saying Sunday that they're exploring more spacious options nearby.
  
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• Israel, Palestinians warned against solo steps harmful to peace

  15-01-2017 21:42
  By John Irish, Lesley Wroughton and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - Some 70 countries reaffirmed on Sunday that only a two-state solution could resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and warned against any unilateral steps by either side that could prejudge negotiations. The final communique of a one-day international Middle East peace conference in Paris shied away from explicitly criticising plans by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S Embassy to Jerusalem, although diplomat
  
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• Venezuela will circulate new proposal next week to support oil prices

  15-01-2017 21:38
  Venezuela will next week circulate a new proposal to crude producers in a bid to support oil prices, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday, without providing details. "Venezuela, as of next week, will circulate a letter with a new proposal, a new formula for the stability of real and just prices so that it can be studied and debated by all the governments that have signed this deal," Maduro said in a speech. Maduro repeated that leaders of OPEC and non-OPEC countries should hold a summit in th
  
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• Thousands attend US rallies to support Obama health law

  15-01-2017 21:33
  
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan where Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Americans to resist Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, one of a number of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition.
  
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• French ex-PM Valls trails in left-wing TV primary debate - poll

  15-01-2017 21:33
  PARIS (Reuters) - Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, long a favourite to win the Socialist party ticket for this year's presidential election, was seen as having trailed other candidates in a television left-wing debate on Sunday, a flash poll showed. The Elabe poll of 1,053 people of mixed political stripe said that 29 percent had found former economy minister, Arnaud Montebourg, "more convincing" than Valls, on 26 percent in a debate among seven left-wing candidates. ...
  
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• BlackRock tells large UK companies to link pay to performance

  15-01-2017 21:17
  BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager, has told more than 300 large UK-listed companies that executive pay should be strongly linked to long-term performance and that it should only be increased at the same level of a company's overall workforce. BlackRock sent letters to companies in the FTSE 350 Index to help their remuneration committees and boards as they review corporate pay framework, a spokeswoman for the asset manager in London said on Sunday. BlackRock especially focused on c
  
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• Thousands attend Sanders health care rally in Michigan

  15-01-2017 20:56
  
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan where Sen. Bernie Sanders called on Americans to resist Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, one of a number of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition.
  
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• Britain has 'reservations' about Paris Middle East peace talks

  15-01-2017 20:39
  Britain said on Sunday it had reservations about the outcome of a Middle East peace conference in Paris, saying it risked "hardening positions". "We have particular reservations about an international conference intended to advance peace between the parties that does not involve them  - indeed which is taking place against the wishes of the Israelis - and which is taking place just days before the transition to a new American President when the U.S. will be the ultimate guarantor of any agr
  
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• Death toll from Brazil prison riot tops 30 - source

  15-01-2017 20:38
  SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 30 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Brazil's northeastern region that broke out late on Saturday, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said. The person, who requested anonymity because forensic work is under way, said the number of casualties could rise slightly. About a dozen inmates in the Alcaçuz prison located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte have been taken to nearby hospitals, the person said. (Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal;
  
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• Hunt set to make millions from business sale

  15-01-2017 20:33 via ft.com
  Potential embarrassment looms for health secretary during NHS funding crisis
  
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• At inaugural rehearsal, Trump sub sports military haircut

  15-01-2017 20:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The hair was the giveaway.
  
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• Corbyn says he relishes byelections as chance to challenge government

  15-01-2017 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader welcomes Stoke-on-Trent Central and Copeland contests, as John McDonnell says ally had ‘pretty good week’A combative Jeremy Corbyn has said he welcomes the tough byelections triggered by the resignations of two Labour MPs as an opportunity to challenge the government, as his ally John McDonnell said the party had had a good week.Tristram Hunt, a fierce critic of Corbyn’s leadership, announced on Friday that he was stepping down as the MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central
  
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• Death toll from Brazil jail riot tops 30 -source

  15-01-2017 20:07
  By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Raquel Stenzel SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 30 inmates were killed in a Brazilian prison riot that broke out on Saturday, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said, adding to chaos in a penitentiary system in which about 140 inmates have died in gang warfare since the start of the year. Members of a drug gang started the clash by invading a pavilion in the Alcaçuz prison where rivals rested, Rio Grande do Norte state's security secretariat said o
  
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• Theresa May's speech to warn EU of risk of giving UK a raw Brexit deal

  15-01-2017 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  PM is expected to build on chancellor’s combative language by highlighting other potentially lucrative deals Britain can seekTheresa May will aim to strike a defiant tone in her upcoming Brexit speech on the risks to the rest of the EU of giving Britain a raw deal, echoing the combative approach taken by the chancellor. In a speech by the prime minister on Tuesday that will be watched closely in EU capitals, Downing Street is keen to impress that there are potentially lucrative economic op
  
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• United's Ibrahimovic strikes late to rescue Liverpool draw

  15-01-2017 19:59
  Jan 15 (Reuters) - - MANCHESTER UNITED 1 LIVERPOOL 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered his most important goal yet for Manchester United as he sent Old Trafford wild with his 19th of the season in all competitions to salvage a 1-1 draw with their fiercest rivals Liverpool on Sunday. James Milner, so often a scourge of United, had silenced the home crowd with a 27th minute penalty as Liverpool seemed to be coasting with relative comfort to a crucial Premier League win until the irrepressible Swede str
  
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• Israel, Palestinians warned against taking unilateral measures harmful to peace

  15-01-2017 19:48
  By John Irish, Lesley Wroughton and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - Some 70 countries on Sunday reaffirmed that only a two-state solution could resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and warned they would not recognise any unilateral steps by either side that could prejudge negotiations. The final communique of a one-day international Middle East peace conference in Paris shied away from explicitly criticising plans by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S Embassy to Jerusalem,
  
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• Motor racing-Bottas move to Mercedes is close, says Williams

  15-01-2017 19:45
  By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Williams are close to agreeing a deal that would see their Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas replace retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, deputy principal Claire Williams said on Sunday. Speaking on stage at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham, Williams indicated that only small details needed to be resolved. Rosberg announced his retirement in early December, five days after winning his first title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi
  
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• Brexit border 'would make sitting ducks of Northern Ireland police'

  15-01-2017 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of Northern Irish police federation says border posts would be propaganda gifts and targets for dissident republicansA post-Brexit hard border on the island of Ireland would make police officers sitting ducks for dissident republican attacks, rank and file members of the Northern Ireland force have said.New customs posts and other installations along the 325-mile frontier between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic would become “propaganda gifts” and physical targets for the
  
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• May to clash with Lords over ‘Henry VIII’ powers

  15-01-2017 19:20 via ft.com
  Great Repeal Bill would allow government to repeal or amend laws with little scrutiny
  
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• Tibet protesters detained in Swiss capital during Xi Jinping visit

  15-01-2017 19:18
  Swiss police detained 32 Tibetans and Swiss nationals protesting against a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, a spokesman said. Swiss authorities had limited the duration of the protest in the centre of Bern to two hours before noon (1100 GMT) to avoid the kind of confrontation that marked the last visit by a Chinese president 18 years ago. Fourteen activists were detained near the Swiss parliament building in the afternoon as they continued to protest past the time restriction, wa
  
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• Gove's Trump interview is another headache for Theresa May

  15-01-2017 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  The former education secretary pipping the government to an interview is the latest revenge from ministers May sacked Theresa May wasted no time in wielding the axe over what her allies cuttingly called David Cameron’s “chumocracy” when she arrived at No 10 last summer. It was a formidable display of political power — but it may yet come back to haunt her.Michael Gove’s latest excursion into controversy, pipping the prime minister – and her foreign secretary,
  
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• Downing Street begins to show Brexit talks stance

  15-01-2017 19:16 via welt.de
  
  Taxes might be cut if UK denied access to common market, says chancellor
  
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• Kerry urges Trump administration to attend Syria peace talks

  15-01-2017 19:09
  
  PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged the incoming Trump administration to accept an invitation from Russia to attend Syria peace talks next week.
  
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• Hard Brexit means retiring later, Britons warned

  15-01-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Drastic cuts to migration will skew the ratio of working-age people to pensioners, delaying pension payments, modelling for the Guardian shows
  The new retirement: how an ageing population is transforming Britain
  A hard Brexit with deep cuts to immigration would force Britons into longer working lives in order to maintain a sustainable ratio of workers and pensioners, according to modelling conducted for the Guardian.Rises in the state pension age are anticipated as a result of increased life exp
  
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• Kerry says 'inappropriate' to mention possible U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem

  15-01-2017 18:59
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday it would have been inappropriate to include in a communique from a meeting held in Paris on Israeli-Palestinian peace a mention of plans by the Trump administration to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. It's inappropriate," Kerry told reporters after a meeting of 70 countries on ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A communique from the one-day meeting on Sunday reaffirmed that only a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians coul
  
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• Thousands show up for Sanders health care rally in Michigan

  15-01-2017 18:51
  Thousands of people are showing up for a rally in suburban Detroit where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak in support of President Barack Obama's signature health care law. It is one of several rallies ...
  
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• Theresa May to become first PM on the cover of American Vogue

  15-01-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister will appear in the April edition of the magazine, after a secret Annie Leibovitz photo shoot at ChequersTheresa May is to become the first British prime minister to feature on the cover of American Vogue.The cover was orchestrated, in secret, by editor Anna Wintour. The cover shot of May was taken last week by esteemed photographer Annie Leibovitz at Chequers, the prime minister’s country retreat. Continue reading...
  
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• Southwark free school in London to close after attracting only 60 pupils

  15-01-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The school, supported by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, had struggled to find a permanent site and recruit staff since 2012A free school supported by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson against local opposition will abruptly close next month after attracting only 60 pupils since it opened in 2012, and struggling to recruit staff and find a permanent site.Parents of pupils at Southwark free school, housed in a community hall and temporary cabins near Old Kent Road in south London, have been told the
  
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• Major powers warn Israel, Palestinians against unilateral measures harmful to peace

  15-01-2017 18:38
  PARIS (Reuters) - Some 70 countries on Sunday reaffirmed that only a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians could resolve the conflict and warned that they would not recognise any unilateral steps taken by either side that could prejudge negotiations. The final communique of a Middle East peace conference held in Paris on Sunday shied away explicitly from criticising plans by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S Embassy to Jerusalem, but said a new conference would be
  
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• Roma win again despite Dzeko penalty miss

  15-01-2017 18:32
  AS Roma sneaked past Udinese 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday thanks to some inspired goalkeeping by Wojciech Szczesny and despite a shocking penalty miss from their leading scorer Edin Dzeko. Napoli comfortably saw off bottom club Pescara 3-1 while Ciro Immobile's second-half penalty gave Lazio a 2-1 win over Atalanta. Roma's sixth win in their last seven Serie A games left them with 44 points from 20 games, one behind leaders Juventus who are away to Fiorentina in the evening game.
  
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• Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump over tweets, Russia

  15-01-2017 18:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan ripped into Donald Trump on Sunday for "talking and tweeting" about possibly easing sanctions against Russia, saying the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States.
  
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• The Latest: Trump team says ethics official too 'political'

  15-01-2017 18:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Treasury chief says UK will adapt if barred from EU market

  15-01-2017 18:14
  
  Britain's leaders on Sunday signaled their resolve to play hardball in talks with the European Union, suggesting they will look for partners elsewhere if the bloc restricts access to its huge market. Under ...
  
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• Michael Gove secures first post-election UK interview with Trump

  15-01-2017 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Failed Tory leadership hopeful and co-chair of Vote Leave campaign interviewed US president-elect for piece for TimesMichael Gove, the former justice secretary and prominent leave campaigner, has held a personal meeting with Donald Trump, and written about it for the Times.Gove, who has a regular column with the newspaper he worked for before being elected as MP for Surrey Heath, was co-chair of campaign group Vote Leave, and his decision to stand for the Conservative leadership scuppered the ho
  
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• A warning for the losers of the liberal elite

  15-01-2017 18:14 via ft.com
  If you make the same mistakes in the battles of 2017, populists will win everywhere
  
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• Pound Set For Fresh Turmoil As Theresa May To Signal 'Clean Break' From EU In Brexit Speech

  15-01-2017 18:13
  
  The pound looks set for another battering ahead of Theresa May finally setting out her Brexit plans, which appear to embrace a ‘hard’ exit from the European Union.
  The Sunday Telegraph reports the Prime Minister will say in a keynote speech on Tuesday that the UK should make a clean break from the EU - taking Britain outside the single market and Customs Union, and therefore able to fully control immigration.
  May has demurred from the term ‘hard Brexit’, a
  
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• Pound Falls As Theresa May To Signal 'Clean Break' From EU In Brexit Speech

  15-01-2017 18:13
  
  The pound looks set for another battering ahead of Theresa May finally setting out her Brexit plans, which appear to embrace a ‘hard’ exit from the European Union.
  The Sunday Telegraph reports the Prime Minister will say in a keynote speech on Tuesday that the UK should make a clean break from the EU - taking Britain outside the single market and Customs Union, and therefore able to fully control immigration.
  The early reaction from the markets suggested traders were
  
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