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• Davis confirms no post-Brexit cap on EU workers

  27-03-2017 23:53 via ft.com
  Minister says policy to be managed according to the needs of UK economy
  
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• BBCQT: David Davis Says Immigration Might Increase After Brexit

  27-03-2017 23:42
  
  David Davis says that most people are in favour of migration but that it must be managed #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/WUoRjtUxkR— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) March 27, 2017
  David Davis has said immigration could go up as well as down after Brexit as many industries are “dependent on migrants”.
  Speaking on a special live edition of BBC Question Time, the Brexit secretary said levels of migration would depend on the “national interest” and confirmed there would be
  
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• EU migration may rise some years after Brexit, Davis tells Question Time - Politics live

  27-03-2017 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling coverage of the BBC’s Britain after Brexit Question Time special, with David Davis, Sir Keir Starmer, Nick Clegg, Alex Salmond, Suzanne Evans and Melanie PhillipsSummary 10.34pm BSTQuestion Time can be sometimes degenerate into a shoutfest, but that was an exemplary programme: a high-powered panel, sharp questions, quality debate, and even some news. Here are the key points.I cannot imagine that the policy will be anything other than that which is in the national interest, which me
  
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• David Davis suggests EU immigration won’t necessarily go down after Brexit – video

  27-03-2017 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  David Davis says it is necessary to bring migration back under UK control and then the Home Office will decide how many migrants are needed. Asked if there will be a cap on immigration on BBC’s Britain after Brexit Question Time special on Monday evening, Davis suggests the number of migrants will go up and down from year to yearEU migration may rise some years after Brexit, Davis tells Question Time - Politics live
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• Johnson hopes to sway Trump on climate action

  27-03-2017 23:12 via ft.com
  British foreign secretary argues need to fight global warming at White House meetings
  
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• BBC Question Time: Audience Member Says Brexit Is 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'

  27-03-2017 23:08
  
  This member of the audience, who works in the car industry, says that the Leave side are in 'cloud cuckoo land' #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/zO6uvcc4K9— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) March 27, 2017
  An audience member on the BBC’s Brexit Question Time special fears the Government is living in “cloud cuckoo land” by thinking it can achieve a better trade deal after quitting the EU.
  Ahead of triggering Article 50 on Wednesday, the broadcaster’s Monday night one-off u
  
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• Brexit Question Time: NHS Birmingham Man Pleads With David Davis To Do The 'Decent Thing' And Guarantee EU Citizens' Rights

  27-03-2017 23:07
  
  David Davis was told on BBC Question Time to do the “decent thing” and unilaterally guarantee the right of EU citizens the right to remain in the UK after Brexit.
  The Conservative Brexit secretary was challenged by an audience member in Birmingham over the government’s refusal to reassure EU nationals living in Britain that they will not be deported once the UK leaves the union.
  “I work in the NHS, across the NHS about 5% of all clinical posts are currently unfilled, 5%
  
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• BBCQT Brexit Special: NHS Birmingham Man Pleads With David Davis To Do The 'Decent Thing' And Guarantee EU Citizens' Rights

  27-03-2017 23:07
  
  David Davis was told on BBC Question Time to do the “decent thing” and unilaterally guarantee the right of EU citizens the right to remain in the UK after Brexit.
  The Conservative Brexit secretary was challenged by an audience member in Birmingham over the government’s refusal to reassure EU nationals living in Britain that they will not be deported once the UK leaves the union.
  “I work in the NHS, across the NHS about 5% of all clinical posts are currently unfilled, 5%
  
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• Steve Bell on May's meeting with Sturgeon – cartoon

  27-03-2017 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
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• Theresa May And Nicola Sturgeon Fall-Out Over Brexit And Scottish Independence

  27-03-2017 21:42
  
  Tensions between Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon have exploded on social media in a fall-out over Brexit and Scottish independence.
  The pair held a tense meeting in Scotland where the UK Prime Minister refused to give ground on the Scottish First Minister’s demand for a second referendum.
  Sturgeon said she was left “frustrated” by May - but suggested she had secured a concession over Brexit negotiations ending within 18 to 24 months.
  This would mean the terms of the exit d
  
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• Sturgeon says May’s Brexit timescale matches referendum plan

  27-03-2017 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Scotland’s first minister says prime minister’s disclosure of full Brexit deal by autumn 2018 fits with scheduleNicola Sturgeon has said there is no longer any rational case against a second Scottish independence referendum after Theresa May told her that the full Brexit deal would be known within 18 months.The first minister said May’s disclosure, during a meeting in Glasgow, closely matched the Scottish government’s timescale for calling a fresh referendum between autum
  
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• Ukip Appeared On A Quarter Of All Question Time Shows Since May 2010, Huff Post UK Reveals

  27-03-2017 21:09
  
  Ukip appeared on almost one in four of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programmes in the past seven years - despite never having more than two MPs.
  Huff Post UK analysis of the the 258 regular Question Time shows since May 6 2010 shows the anti-EU party had a representative on 24% of the programmes.
  The Greens, who unlike Ukip have had an MP consistently in the last seven years, only appeared on 7% of the shows.
  Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley today called on all broadcasters to g
  
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• Settle Brexit bill quickly to boost chance of free trade deal, say pro-EU Tories

  27-03-2017 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister urged not to heed call by hardliners to refuse to settle debts with Brussels after triggering article 50Theresa May will be urged by pro-EU Conservatives to reach a quick deal over the divorce bill from Brussels in order to maximise the chances of reaching a free trade deal within the tight deadline for Brexit talks.As the prime minister prepares to trigger article 50, the formal process for leaving the EU, on Wednesday, rebel Tories who seek the closest possible relationship with
  
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• The Guardian view on counter-terrorism: strong encryption makes us all safer | Editorial

  27-03-2017 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  There are many things the web giants could do to help combat terrorism, but weakening privacy protection is not one of themThe home secretary has made a hash – or what she would call “a hashtag” – of her efforts to appear to be doing something in the wake of last week’s Westminster terror attack. Amber Rudd’s demand that the big digital companies weaken the encryption they use on their messages is unrealistic and – if it ever became real – self-def
  
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• The Guardian view on house prices: the government lacks the political will to fix the broken market | Editorial

  27-03-2017 20:35 via theguardian.com
  
  It has taken only tentative steps towards reforming the land market and improving tenants’ rights. Young people without family wealth will pay the priceIf the price of milk had risen in line with average house prices over the past 40 years, consumers would now be shelling out more than £10 for a four-pint carton: a sobering reminder of just how broken Britain’s housing market is. With price increases like these, it is little surprise the number of first-time buyers relying on f
  
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• New GCSEs: 'Only two pupils in England will get all top marks'

  27-03-2017 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior education adviser’s tweeted prediction dismissed as unhelpful as schools prepare for tougher grading systemThe chief analyst at the Department for Education (DfE) has estimated that just two pupils in England are likely to get all top grades in the new GCSEs being phased in from this summer.
  In recent years, parents, pupils and teachers have become accustomed to a sizeable number of the highest-achieving students in the most academically successful schools gaining all straight A*s i
  
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• Brexit won't be completed in two years, says Simon Fraser

  27-03-2017 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former head of the Foreign Office says post-Brexit arrangements will take longer than two years to negotiate.
  
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• Northern Ireland secretary rules out snap election

  27-03-2017 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  James Brokenshire gives Sinn Féin and DUP a ‘short window of opportunity’ to reach a deal over power sharing after talks break downNorthern Ireland’s political parties have been given up to an extra month to reach an agreement aimed at restoring cross-community power sharing government to the region, the secretary of state confirmed on Monday.The original deadline for reaching a deal passed at 4pm with both major parties - the Democratic Unionist party and Sinn Fé
  
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• Amber Rudd seeks more EU action over online extremism

  27-03-2017 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht says home secretary’s ideas would ‘dramatically weaken internet security’Amber Rudd has called for more EU action to tackle online extremism, as she steps up pressure on tech firms to make it harder for terrorists to use the internet.Related: Why political rebels love WhatsAppContinue reading...
  
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• Culture minister says Met's 696 form discriminates against grime artists

  27-03-2017 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Matt Hancock warns that controversial risk-assessment may damage London’s night-time economy and stifle young musiciansGrime artists are being unfairly targeted by the Metropolitan police through their use of a risk-assessment form, according to culture minister Matt Hancock.The Met’s event risk-assessment form 696 is “potentially stifling young artists” and damaging the UK capital’s vibrant music scene, Hancock wrote in a letter to the London mayor, Sadiq Khan.Cont
  
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• Cameron ‘lobbied on behalf of Uber’ in London

  27-03-2017 19:51 via ft.com
  Ex-PM said to have urged Boris Johnson, then London mayor, to drop tough regulations
  
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• Tesco and Serious Fraud Office near to deal over accounting scandal

  27-03-2017 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Settlement could see supermarket pay in excess of £100m and agree to conditions to avoid prosecution for overstating profitsThe Serious Fraud Office and Tesco are within days of announcing a settlement that could mean Britain’s biggest supermarket chain will pay a multimillion-pound fine over an accounting scandal.Under the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), Tesco would pay a penalty that could be well over £100m and agree to other conditions in return for avoiding formal pr
  
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• May-Sturgeon remain locked in referendum battle

  27-03-2017 19:45 via ft.com
  PM offers no promises of post-Brexit powers for Scotland
  
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• May makes no pledges to Sturgeon on Scotland powers

  27-03-2017 19:45 via ft.com
  PM stands firm on second referendum in meeting with SNP leader
  
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• Barnier says UK must play by EU rules

  27-03-2017 19:12 via ft.com
  EU’s Brexit negotiator lays down a choice that cuts to heart of Tories’ divide
  
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• Barnier hard line deepens Tory splits on post-EU path

  27-03-2017 19:12 via ft.com
  EU Brexit negotiator lays down a choice that cuts to heart of Conservatives’ ideology
  
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• May's 'global Britain' gets boost as Qatar looks at £5bn investment

  27-03-2017 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Qatari investors are unperturbed by Britain’s departure from EU and looking to build on significant investmentsTheresa May’s ambitions to create a “global Britain” after Brexit have been boosted by Qatar’s announcement that it expects to invest £5bn in the UK over the next five years.On Monday, two days before the planned triggering of article 50, Qatari investors at a London conference suggested they were unperturbed by the prospect of Britain’s departu
  
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• Populism has made the tribal left think again

  27-03-2017 18:58 via ft.com
  Enemies of capitalism and the US are now seeing the virtue of the liberal order
  
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• Sir Tim Barrow to hand-deliver article 50 letter to Donald Tusk

  27-03-2017 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of UKRep to give document to European council president, signalling Britain’s intention to withdraw from EUSir Tim Barrow, the UK’s permanent representative in Brussels , is to personally hand over a letter from the British government to the European council president, Donald Tusk, to provide notification of Britain’s intention to leave the European Union.Related: The Observer view on triggering article 50 | Observer editorialContinue reading...
  
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• Sinn Fein plays waiting game in Stormont stand-off

  27-03-2017 18:46 via ft.com
  Restoring government to Northern Ireland may not be nationalist party’s priority
  
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• Nuclear clean-up ‘debacle’ costs taxpayer £100m

  27-03-2017 18:46 via ft.com
  
  Contract worth £6.1bn to decommission power stations will end 9 years early
  
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• Ukip demands to be heard as it shouts its wild Brexit demands | John Crace

  27-03-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Paul Nuttall struggles to take spotlight from Nigel Farage as he spells out message that you can’t trust Johnny ForeignerSix is the magic number. Over breakfast, Keir Starmer had laid out Labour’s six Brexit red lines that Theresa May was guaranteed to ignore; just a few hours later, the Ukip high command was gathered at the Marriott hotel on the south side of Westminster Bridge to deliver their six Brexit demands that were also almost certain to be largely ignored. Related: Ukip: Br
  
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• May says she will never allow UK to become 'looser and weaker' - Politics live

  27-03-2017 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenKeir Starmer’s Brexit speech - Summary and analysisNo 10 lobby briefing - SummaryLabour’s six Brexit tests - AnalysisUkip’s six Brexit tests - AnalysisAfternoon summary 5.14pm BSTIt is risible for Theresa May to say she wants the UK to be ‘more united’ when she, her party and her government have done so much to divide it. The prime minister says she will not allow the UK to become looser or wea
  
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• Jared Kushner To Be Questioned Over Russia Links By Senate Intelligence Committee

  27-03-2017 16:48
  
  Donald Trump’s son-in-law is to be interviewed by the body investigating ties between the President’s associates and Russian officials.
  The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to ask Jared Kushner about two meetings arranged with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak at Trump Tower in New York in December, as well as a meeting with the head of Russia’s state-owned development bank, reports The New York Times.
  Kushner, an adviser to Trump during his presidential campaign and in the
  
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• ‘Defective’ £6.1bn nuclear clean-up deal scrapped

  27-03-2017 15:29 via ft.com
  14-year contract to decommission power stations will end 9 years early
  
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• Rudd gives no explanation for more snooping power

  27-03-2017 14:59 via ft.com
  She fails to explain the need for an encryption backdoor, writes Sebastian Payne
  
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• Ukip: Britain should be able to send back 'beggars or criminals' from EU

  27-03-2017 14:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Party’s Brexit spokesman backs prime minister’s decision not to give guarantees without reciprocal deals from EU countriesThe UK should have the right not to let EU citizens stay if they “do not work, never pay taxes or are beggars or criminals”, a senior Ukip spokesman has said.Gerard Batten, an MEP with responsibility for Ukip’s Brexit policy, suggested on Monday that the UK should have the discretion to refuse some EU citizens the right to stay and backed Theresa
  
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• Labour Will Try To Block David Cameron Speechwriter Claire Foges From Joining Party To Oust Jeremy Corbyn

  27-03-2017 14:44
  
  Labour will try to block David Cameron’s former speechwriter from joining the party, after she said she wanted to help oust Jeremy Corbyn in the interests of “democracy”. 
  Clare Foges revealed today she has joined Labour to vote against Corbyn in the party’s next leadership election to restore a “fully functioning political system”.
  But Labour quickly said she should not be allowed to join as she was a member of the Conservative Party.type=type=RelatedAr
  
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• The inconvenient truth about EU regulation

  27-03-2017 14:34 via ft.com
  
  UK is starting to recognise it must remain under the remit of some European agencies
  
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• Brexit reinforces Britain’s imperial amnesia

  27-03-2017 14:07 via ft.com
  The national story is centred around the war against the Nazis rather than the empire
  
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• Tory 'Health Privatisation' Under Fire £900m Spent On Non-NHS Treatments

  27-03-2017 13:54
  
  “Tory privatisation” of the NHS has been condemned by Labour after new figures showed that roughly half of new cash pumped into system was spent on private sector treatment.
  An analysis by the Health Foundation think tank found that £900m of the money promised before the 2015 general election was spent on buying care from independent and other non-NHS “providers” - compared with £800m  spent on the same treatments from NHS trusts.
  Local commissioning gro
  
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• Matthew Price

  27-03-2017 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Personal information is currently safeguarded by EU data protection laws.
  
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• Brexit: Full control of borders among six UKIP tests

  27-03-2017 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Full control of UK borders and fishing waters are among UKIP's six demands, as is withdrawal before 2020.
  
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• Unite leadership battle sees Labour factions line up against each other

  27-03-2017 13:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Outcome of fraught contest for next general secretary of Britain’s biggest union could define direction of partyVoting has begun to elect the next general secretary of the Unite union, a decision that could define the direction of the Labour party for years to come.Allegations of personal smears, political interference and cronyism have characterised a fraught campaign to lead Britain’s biggest union, which isLabour’s most generous donor. Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit: everything you need to know about how the UK will leave the EU

  27-03-2017 13:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Article 50 will finally be triggered this week, more than nine months after the historic Brexit vote. What happens now? Just over nine months after the UK’s historic vote to leave the European Union the government will this week start the formal proceedings for leaving the bloc by triggering article 50. Continue reading...
  
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• Article 50: Brexit deal must meet six tests, says Labour

  27-03-2017 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour says it will vote against any deal that does not include a strong relationship with the EU.
  
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• EU nurses no longer want to work in Britain. Brexit is poisoning the NHS | Suzanne Moore

  27-03-2017 13:28 via theguardian.com
  
  The number of nurses signing up to work in the UK has dropped dramatically. Is it any wonder when Theresa May’s government is so hostile to EU nationals?How will Brexit impact the NHS? It already has. Nurses from the EU are much less keen to come and work here. Today the Times reported that in the last four months of 2015, an average of 797 EU nurses per month signed up to work in the UK; over the same period last year, that number fell to 194 a month. We currently have a huge shortage of
  
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• Backdoor access to WhatsApp? Rudd's call suggests a hazy grasp of encryption

  27-03-2017 12:35 via theguardian.com
  
  UK home secretary wants police to be able to access WhatsApp, but any backdoor also makes services vulnerable to criminalsTech companies are facing demands from the home secretary, Amber Rudd, to build backdoors into their “completely unacceptable” end-to-end encryption messaging apps. Speaking on Sunday, just five days after a terror attack in Westminster killed five and injured more than 50, she said “there should be no place for terrorists to hide”. This may sound fami
  
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• Put on your party shoes – it’s time for political hedonism | Roman Krznaric

  27-03-2017 12:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Through the ages, pleasure-seeking has been associated with civil disobedience. We should ignite the carnival spirit to bring about change in societyHeard about “blackout culture” ? It’s sweeping across America’s universities and it’s lethal. Students down cocktails of alcohol with the singular aim of passing out. Nearly 2,000 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related injuries each year, and there are increasing calls for college author
  
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• Nigel Farage And Alastair Campbell Have Shouty Brexit Exchange On Good Morning Britain

  27-03-2017 12:21
  
  Most people might consider Monday morning a bit early for a public shouting match - but then again, Nigel Farage and Alastair Campbell aren’t most people.
  The pair clashed over (surprise, surprise) Brexit on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, as hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid could only sit and watch helplessly.  At one point I thought @gmb bouncers were going to have to make an appearance this morning for Farage v Campbell— Susanna Reid (@susannareid100) March 27, 2017
  
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