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• Top orchestra quits Britain over Brexit migration clampdown

  18-02-2017 23:00
  
  Concern from its musicians about travel restrictions mean the Oxfordshire-based EU Baroque is moving to BelgiumOne of Britain’s most successful orchestras is moving to Belgium amid fears that its musicians may be among the victims of a post-Brexit crackdown on immigration.The European Union Baroque Orchestra has been based in Oxfordshire since 1985, but will give its last UK concert in its current form at St John’s Smith Square, London, on 19 May, before moving to Antwerp. The critic
  
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• EU citizens living in the UK could face legal limbo after Brexit

  18-02-2017 23:00
  
  Leaked document reveals fears in Brussels that Home Office does not have systems in place to select who has right to stayThe EU fears millions of its nationals living in the UK will be left stranded in a legal no man’s land after the country leaves the EU because of the weaknesses of the British immigration system, a document obtained by the Observer reveals.MEPs and senior European diplomats fear that chaos will ensue as the Home Office does not have the information or systems in place to
  
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• Domestic violence: Theresa May to oversee new law

  18-02-2017 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New measures aim to tackle inconsistency in the way abuse is tackled in different areas.
  
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• Donald Trump's Inner Circle Ranked From Good To Pant-Browningly Scary

  18-02-2017 22:00
  
   8) IVANKA TRUMPA great discussion with two world leaders about the importance of women having a seat at the table! A post shared by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump) on Feb 13, 2017 at 2:35pm PST
  WHO? The President’s daughter
  BOGEYMAN RATING: 0.5/10
  WHY? Although Ivanka, 35, has no official role in the administration she has made it very clear she wants to use her position to further women’s issues such as paid maternity leave and she’s wasted no time in setting
  
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• Jonathan Marcus

  18-02-2017 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vice-President Mike Pence represents the new Donald Trump administration at the Munich Security Conference.
  
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• Labour can shape the issues after Brexit

  18-02-2017 18:58
  Remember: Ed Miliband was right on the pressing issues of the day
  
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• Vauxhall deal: PM set to meet Peugeot boss

  18-02-2017 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM agrees to meet the boss of France's PSA Group to discuss a planned UK takeover of Vauxhall.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Politely Tells Tony Blair To Respect Brexit Referendum Result

  18-02-2017 17:53
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has gently hit back at Tony Blair and described his call for people to “rise up” against leaving the EU “unhelpful”.
  The Labour leader added he should “respect” the referendum result and instead work towards defining post-Brexit Britain.
  In a speech in the City of London on Friday morning, Blair said Corbyn bore some of the blame for Brexit as there was currently an “absence of an Opposition which looks capable on the polls of bea
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Cuts to blame for social care crisis

  18-02-2017 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cuts to local authority funding are responsible for problems in the social care system, the Labour leader says.
  
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• Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn tells Tony Blair to respect the result

  18-02-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader opposes Tony's Blair's call for a movement to challenge the Brexit decision.
  
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• Samantha Cameron Discusses Death Of Son, Ivan,

  18-02-2017 15:13
  
  Samantha Cameron has revealed how the death of her young son, Ivan, “overshadows everything”.
  The fashion entrepreneur said his premature death in 2009, the year before David Cameron entered No 10, was of such magnitude that it made everything else “irrelevant” and “meaningless”, reports the Press Association.
  Their first child, Ivan was born with a severe form of epilepsy and cerebral palsy and died shortly before his seventh birthday.In an emotional intervie
  
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• TrumpWatch: Donald Trump's Press Conferences And Other Batsh*t Things He Did This Week

  18-02-2017 13:17
  
  Oh. My. Word.
  It surely can’t carry on at this pace, can it? 
  This week saw a high profile resignation amid a major scandal, a handshake that shook Trump’s power-play and an embarrassing gust of wind - and that was just the first three days.
  (Last week’s edition of TrumpWatch can be found here).
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• EU citizens 'denied residency documents'

  18-02-2017 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Little-known health insurance law means some EU citizens have been denied residency documents.
  
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• Theresa May To Oversee New Domestic Violence Laws Following Concerns Victims Are Being Let Down

  18-02-2017 12:03
  
  Theresa May has said she will directly oversee work to develop new laws to tackle “life-shattering and absolutely abhorrent” domestic violence following concerns that victims are being let down by the current legal system.
  The Prime Minister lambasted the “unacceptable” situation which sees some parts of the country put more effort into the problem than others.
  The new Domestic Violence and Abuse Act will aim to address the lack of clarity in existing laws and
  
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• Ukip leader Paul Nuttall under pressure over claims he served on charity board

  18-02-2017 09:49
  
  Ukip leader’s website published article in 2009 saying he was joining board of North West Training Council – but CEO says he was never invitedThe leader of Ukip, Paul Nuttall, has come under renewed pressure after it emerged that his website published incorrect claims that he was a board member of a vocational training charity. An article published on his website in September 2009 claimed that Nuttall had accepted an invitation to join the board of the North West Training Council (NW
  
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• Samantha Cameron: Son's death 'overshadows everything'

  18-02-2017 09:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former PM's wife says six-year-old Ivan's death in 2009 made everything else "irrelevant".
  
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• Theresa May's Religion Has Made Her An 'Extremist' On Drugs Policy, Professor David Nutt Says

  18-02-2017 09:09
  
  Theresa May’s religious beliefs have made her an “extremist” on drugs policy, according to Professor David Nutt.
  Nutt, the former government advisor who was sacked in 2009 after describing ecstasy as no more dangerous than horse riding, told The Huffington Post UK that May has consistently stifled the debate on drugs in Britain over the last six years.
  He alleged that she had “actively excluded evidence and common sense” over drugs policy in her time as Home Se
  
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