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• London attack: Khalid Masood identified as killer

  23-03-2017 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Khalid Masood is identified as the man who carried out the attack, as the death toll rises to five.
  
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• Commons People Special: An Exclusive Documentary On The Westminster Terror Attack

  23-03-2017 23:50
  
  In this special edition of Commons People, Huff Post UK brings you the inside story of what happened in Parliament during an extraordinary day when terror came to the heart of the UK’s capital city.
  With interviews from Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner, journalists who witnessed the fatal attack on an heroic policeman and other Parliament staff caught up in the aftermath, this podcast reveals what it was like inside the Palace of Westminst
  
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• A level-headed response to the attack on London

  23-03-2017 22:33 via ft.com
  Governments cannot stop terror, but they can ensure it fails in its end
  
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• Former Castle Point MP charged with electoral fraud

  23-03-2017 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Castle Point MP is accused of submitting false signatures on nomination papers.
  
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• Attack vigil

  23-03-2017 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The people of London and visitors to the city come together to remember the people who lost their lives.
  
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• Westminster Attack: Brendan Cox Says Terrorist Doesn't Represent Muslims

  23-03-2017 20:50
  
  The widower of Jo Cox has said the attacker who killed three people in the Westminster terror attack does not represent British Muslims, as he called for people not to succumb to extremism.
  In a blog for the Huffington Post UK, Brendan Cox, who was married to the Labour MP murdered by a far-right extremist last year, argues the London attacker has as much in common with other people of his faith as his wife’s murderer did with white men from Yorkshire.
  Jo Cox died after being sho
  
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• Thames Water business model comes under scrutiny

  23-03-2017 20:22 via ft.com
  Former regulator blames investor boards for putting profits above customers
  
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• May seeks Poland’s support for Brexit deal

  23-03-2017 19:56 via ft.com
  Warsaw powerbroker makes rare foreign foray for low-key Downing Street talks
  
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• Martin McGuinness: 'We knew he was for us and would never let us down'

  23-03-2017 19:47
  
  Thousands applaud the funeral cortege in gesture of respect and thanks, but there remain many sore hearts in the city As the pallbearers carried the tricolour-draped coffin to the end of the street where Martin McGuinness lived, and turned left on to the hill that would take him down to the heart of the Bogside, one man standing at the corner began to clap.
  Then another, and another, and within a second or two, thousands of people were applauding. As the cortege made its way down to Free Derry C
  
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• Love, tolerance and defiance to the fore as MPs assemble | John Crace

  23-03-2017 19:28
  
  Politicians rise to the occasion as prime minister addresses House of Commons a day after deadly Westminster terror attack The prime minister began her statement on Thursday with a measured act of defiance. “Mr Speaker,” Theresa May said. “Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy. But today we meet as normal – as generations have done before us, and as future generations will continue to do – to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid.”
  
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• London attack: Home secretary says don't blame intelligence agencies

  23-03-2017 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary says the intelligence agencies can't monitor everyone known to them round the clock.
  
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• The pound decline has more than one explanation

  23-03-2017 19:15 via ft.com
  The link between devaluation and the EU referendum cannot be doubted
  
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• Influx of EU residency claims spurs hiring spree

  23-03-2017 19:15 via ft.com
  An extra 240 staff will help officials processing more than 13,000 cases a month
  
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• Foster applauded at McGuinness’ funeral

  23-03-2017 19:12 via ft.com
  Bill Clinton calls on both sides to continue peace efforts of former IRA commander
  
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• London tourists shrug off terrorism fears

  23-03-2017 19:08 via ft.com
  Visitors return to scene of lethal attack in Westminster
  
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• Westminster attack: what to make of the Isis claim

  23-03-2017 18:30 via ft.com
  Only some plots claimed by jihadi group have direct links to its planners
  
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• Westminster attacked – Politics Weekly podcast

  23-03-2017 18:27
  
  Anne Perkins is joined by Hugh Muir, Polly Toynbee, Alan Travis and Heather Stewart to discuss the terrorist attack in Westminster and the political responseSubscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast & Stitcher and join the discussion on Facebook and TwitterA terrorist attack in London and an assault on parliament left three people and the assailant dead and 29 people injured.Continue reading...
  
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• We are safer in Westminster than at home, say MPs

  23-03-2017 18:14 via ft.com
  Politicians are beefing up security with panic rooms and alarms back at constituencies
  
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• 7 Reasons Why Nigel Farage's Response To The London Attack Is Verging On Ridiculous

  23-03-2017 18:12
  
  Nigel Farage has busied himself by becoming Fox News’ go-to shock-jock and resident Briton in the aftermath of Wednesday’s terror attack in Westminster.
  The ex-Ukip leader has appeared several times on the network since four people were killed yesterday, drawing strong criticism for his divisive punditry.Here are six things he’s said so far that are provably wrong or verging on the ridiculous: 
  1.Nigel: Our politicians should start saying 'sorry'. pic.twitter.com/W5zgjQg8z
  
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• London attack: Nuttall says cut out radical Islam cancer

  23-03-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UKIP's leader sparks anger after he urges Muslims to "cut out the cancer of radical Islam".
  
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• Homelessness Reduction Bill to become law

  23-03-2017 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bill, which increases the protections available to people at risk of homelessness, passes its final parliamentary hurdle.
  
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• Anti-immigration politicians link London attack to migrant policy

  23-03-2017 17:39
  
  Marine Le Pen calls for tighter borders, while Nigel Farage says London attacks prove Trump’s hardline policies are rightMarine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has joined anti-immigration politicians in linking the London attack to migrant policy, despite the attacker being British.Le Pen, who is forecast to reach the second round runoff in France’s presidential election in May, said on Thursday the attack underlined the importance of countries being able to protect their border
  
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• Westminster attack carried out by ‘homegrown’ terrorist

  23-03-2017 17:22 via ft.com
  Kent-born Khalid Masood was known to security service MI5
  
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• Serious Fraud Office needs extra funds, warns OECD

  23-03-2017 17:02 via ft.com
  Paris-based group of wealthy nations says more must be done to fight bribery
  
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• Westminster attacker named as Briton Khalid Masood

  23-03-2017 16:47 via ft.com
  52-year-old was born in Kent and had ‘a range of previous convictions for assaults’
  
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• Bill Clinton urges leaders at Martin McGuinness funeral to finish his work

  23-03-2017 16:43
  
  Ex-US president tells mourners in Derry church that McGuinness ‘risked wrath of his comrades and rejection of his enemies’Bill Clinton has urged the leaders of Northern Ireland’s political parties, gathered at a funeral mass for Martin McGuinness, to complete his work and restore the power-sharing government.Some mourners outside wept and many broke into spontaneous applause during the former US president’s oration at the end of the service inside St Columba’s churc
  
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• Bastions of democracy

  23-03-2017 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An attacker tried and failed to access Westminster - so what is security like in Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Washington DC?
  
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• The miserable aftermath of the London terror attack

  23-03-2017 16:18 via ft.com
  It is the unexpected moments that choke you up; that cut through the deadened senses
  
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• What is Article 50?

  23-03-2017 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May says she will trigger Article 50 by the end of March - starting Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Scottish independence referendum debate to resume next Tuesday

  23-03-2017 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland's political leaders condemn the terror attack at Westminster and speak out against division.
  
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• London attack: Theresa May tells MPs 'we'll never waver'

  23-03-2017 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs pay tribute to Wednesday's victims and the PM says "we saw the best and worst of humanity".
  
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• Brexit and the City

  23-03-2017 14:34 via ft.com
  The impact on London and other financial centres is not all that matters
  
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• Sadiq Khan Won't Be Goaded By Donald Trump Jr's Tweet Following London Terror Attack

  23-03-2017 14:25
  
  Sadiq Khan has proven he will not be goaded by Donald Trump Jr, telling CNN he has “been doing far more important things over the past 24 hours” than responding to the US President’s son’s tweet.
  Trump Jr was heavily criticised on Wednesday after he misquoted the Mayor of London from an article last year, in which Khan discussed the risk of terrorism in the nation’s capital.
  The son of the billionaire Republican leader selectively referenced just the headline
  
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• UK parliament sombre but defiant as MPs get back to work

  23-03-2017 14:22 via ft.com
  Politicians determined to return to normal after terrorist attack
  
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• Heroes who helped

  23-03-2017 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been praise for the bravery of the emergency services and the public in the wake of the attack.
  
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• Scottish parliament postpones vote on second referendum

  23-03-2017 12:55
  
  Independence debate was suspended after Westminster attack and vote will now take place the day before article 50 is triggeredThe Scottish parliament vote on calling for a new independence referendum has been postponed until Tuesday 28 March, the day before Theresa May triggers article 50 to begin the Brexit process.MSPs were in the closing stages of a debate on Wednesday afternoon about Nicola Sturgeon’s bid to stage a second independence referendum by spring 2019 when the sitting –
  
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• James Cleverly MP Pays Emotional Tribute To Friend PC Keith Palmer Who Died In Westminster Attack

  23-03-2017 12:46
  
  Conservative MP James Cleverly has paid an emotional tribute to his friend PC Keith Palmer, telling the Commons he was a “strong, professional public servant”.
  PC Palmer was stabbed and killed yesterday defending the Houses of Parliament when a man launched a terror attack on Westminster. 
  Cleverly knew PC Palmer from when they both served in the Armed Forces. “I first met  25 years ago as gunner Keith Palmer and Headquarters Battery 100 Regiment Royal Artillery,&rdqu
  
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• MP James Cleverly pays tribute to PC Keith Palmer

  23-03-2017 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative MP James Cleverly, who knew PC Keith Palmer, pays an emotional tribute in the Commons.
  
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• London Attack: Tobias Ellwood Reflects On 'Mad World' After Trying To Save Dying Policeman

  23-03-2017 12:35
  
  Warning: This article contains some images readers may find distressing
  Tributes have flooded in to the hero Tory MP who tried to save the life of a policeman stabbed in the Westminster terror attack yesterday. 
  Tobias Ellwood was one of the first on the scene when PC Keith Palmer was attacked just inside the gates of Parliament.Westminster went into lockdown as MPs, parliamentary staff, visitors and tourists all fled to safety. But Ellwood went straight to the wounded officer’s
  
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• May terror statement in full

  23-03-2017 11:54
  
  The prime minister's statement on yesterday's terror attack
  
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• Theresa May Reveals London Attacker Is British Born And Known To MI5

  23-03-2017 11:50
  
  Theresa May has revealed the man responsible for the terrorist attack on Westminster is British born and known to the security services.
  The prime minister told the House of Commons this morning he had been investigated some years ago over violent extremism but was “peripheral” figure. “He was not part of the current intelligence picture,” she added.
  Four people died, including the attacker, and at least 40 were injured yesterday in the attack on Westminster Br
  
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• Westminster attacker was UK born and known to MI5

  23-03-2017 11:47 via ft.com
  Police make eight arrests after raids on six addresses
  
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• London Terrorist Attack Prompts Defiant Londoners To Get On With Business As Usual

  23-03-2017 11:30
  
  Defiant Londoners have again shown they will not be cowed in the face of terror by doing what they do best - getting on with life.
  As the city picked itself up after the terror attack in Westminster on Wednesday, Londoners shared their thoughts and there was very much a common thread: it’s business as usual here in the capital.
  Some noticed people actually seemed to be being a little kinder to each other...Train to London packed as usual. Only difference is people are being nice to ea
  
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• The Waugh Zone March 23, 2017

  23-03-2017 10:32
  
  The five things you need to know on Thursday, March 23…
  1) ATTACK ON WESTMINSTER
  Any minute now, the Commons Speaker’s chaplain, the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, will lead the daily prayers with MPs. And the prayers will today include all those so brutally murdered in the attack on Westminster - in its grounds and on its bridge.
  This morning the combined sense of defiance and reflection is what matters most. After prayers, we will get the usual Thursday morning question times for I
  
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• Donald Trump Jr's Sadiq Khan Tweet Sparks Twitter Outrage After London Terrorist Attack

  23-03-2017 10:21
  
  Donald Trump Jr has been heavily criticised for goading Sadiq Khan in the wake of the terror attack in Westminster by misquoting an article from last year.
  The son of the US President posted a tweet linking to a piece in which the Mayor of London discussed the risk of terrorism in the nation’s capital.
  Trump Jr selectively referenced just the headline of the article which quoted Khan saying terror attacks were “part and parcel of living in a big city”.You have to be kidding me?
  
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• Our calm response to the terror attack shows how well London works

  23-03-2017 10:16
  
  The response to yesterday's attack should reassure us about the nature of our country
  
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• May to lead show of defiance after Westminster attack

  23-03-2017 09:18 via ft.com
  Police make seven arrests after raids on six addresses
  
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• Terror attack on UK Parliament Day 2 – Live

  23-03-2017 09:13 via blogs.ft.com
  Latest developments as the investigation continues into the attack on Westminster
  
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• Sinn Féin opposes extension to Stormont talks deadline

  23-03-2017 08:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams says the party opposes extending the Stormont talks deadline and any suspension of the Assembly.
  
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• Westminster attack: PC Keith Palmer named as police officer killed – as it happened

  23-03-2017 06:58
  
  Five dead, including police officer and attacker, and 40 injured after assault on Houses of ParliamentThis live blog is closed. Click here for ongoing live coverageWestminster attack victim named as Spanish teacher Aysha Frade5.58am GMTWe are closing this live blog now, but live coverage continues here: Related: Westminster attack: parliament resumes with tributes to PC Keith Palmer – live5.52am GMTParliament will resume a few hours from now following Wednesday’s terrorist attack in
  
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