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• Women Share Tales Of Sexism With #NotAnAprilFool Hashtag

  01-04-2017 19:48
  
  While we all did our best to not be caught out by April Fool’s gags on Saturday, the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) has used the day to highlight real facts about sexism which are anything but a joke.
  Sophie Walker, leader of the WEP, explained: “This April Fool’s Day, WE are calling out some of the many unbelievable truths about gender inequality in the UK, using the hashtag #NotAnAprilFools.“Last year, for example, 5,700 new cases of female genital mutilation were r
  
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• The single market offers a way to regain balance

  01-04-2017 19:15 via ft.com
  Membership would protect our constitution from accidental damage
  
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• Brexit: Government 'to stand up' for Gibraltar's interests

  01-04-2017 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gibraltar says it is "unacceptable" that EU wants Brexit decisions about it to be run past Spain.
  
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• Donald Trump Walks Out Of Executive Order Signing Without Signing Anything

  01-04-2017 13:35
  
  Donald Trump abruptly walked out of an executive order signing ceremony without signing any orders after being faced with some tricky questions.
  The US president was speaking in the Oval Office ahead of the signing of the orders.
  He was asked about sacked aide Michael Flynn, who has said he will testify about Russian involvement in the US presidential election campaign in return for immunity from prosecution.A reporter called out: “With your tweet, were you trying tell the Justice Dep
  
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• Corporation Tax System 'A National Disgrace', Says John McDonnell Following Google Revelations

  01-04-2017 11:58
  
  The UK’s corporate tax regime was labelled a “national disgrace” after Google revealed it paid £36.4 million in tax on profits of almost £150 million.
  The firm came under fire from the government last year for not paying its fair share to the exchequer and opposition politicians seized on the latest tax payment as a sign that the US tech giant was still not doing enough.
  Google insisted it paid “all the taxes due in the UK” but as an international firm i
  
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• Government has 'overlooked' Gibraltar

  01-04-2017 10:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gibraltar has accused Spain of manipulating the European Council over Brexit deal
  
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• 'Trump Tower London Opens' As The Donald Buys Walkie Talkie Building

  01-04-2017 08:16
  
  Donald Trump has made a successful bid for London’s iconic ‘Walkie Talkie’ building.
  The President is reported to have paid around £600m for a 51 per cent stake in 20 Fenchurch Street and has already announced the move in characteristic style.
  Videos and pictures posted on social media in the last hour show ‘TRUMP TOWER’ in gaudy gold lettering above the entrance.WTAF is this???!!! pic.twitter.com/umjbgcK2sn— Chloe Welsh (@ChloeWelsh98) April 1, 2017Erm.
  
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• The great repeal bill will give the Tories a free hand. And we can only watch | Sam Fowles

  01-04-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  These ‘Henry VIII’ powers are meant to smooth Britain’s exit from the EU. But they also give the government alarming scope to make wider legislative changesYesterday the Brexit secretary, David Davis, announced plans to encourage a “smooth and orderly exit” from the EU. The so-called great repeal bill, which would create temporary powers to let ministers amend thousands of laws, was immediately condemned as a “shameless power grab” by the Lib Dems, while
  
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• Europe in crisis? Despite everything, its citizens have never had it so good | Natalie Nougayrède

  01-04-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The EU’s achievements are huge. As Brexit begins, don’t forget that hundreds of millions still want to be part of itEuropeans have never had it so good. This may sound counterintuitive, at the end of a momentous week when Brexit has been formally triggered, marking for the first time ever a shrinking of the European project. Yet because something seems paradoxical doesn’t mean it isn’t true.Brexit is a huge loss, the consequences of which are yet to be felt, and can hardl
  
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• By Georgio! Osborne takes new job as fashion designer

  01-04-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-chancellor reignites row over multiple commitments by announcing new clothing line for fashion-conscious business people George Osborne has reignited the row over his multiple business commitments after it emerged the former chancellor is planning to launch his own clothing line.In a letter to the House of Commons authorities, seen by the Guardian, Osborne told the advisory committee on business appointments that his new fashion firm would design “high-quality, hi-visibility industrial
  
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• Only 5% of prison staff to receive new pay allowance

  01-04-2017 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new allowance will also replace existing payments of up to £4,000, the BBC learns.
  
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• England’s churches fear loss of lottery ticket

  01-04-2017 06:00 via ft.com
  Scheme’s £25m Grants for Places of Worship fund to be scrapped next year
  
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• Better-off cashing in on Help to Buy scheme, research finds

  01-04-2017 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scheme aimed at getting people on housing ladder in England poorly targeted, government finds.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the government and Brexit – cartoon

  01-04-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Future of Gibraltar at stake in Brexit negotiations

  01-04-2017 00:40 via theguardian.com
  
  EU guidelines make clear bloc will not overrule Spain in any trade or sovereignty dispute involving British overseas territory
  The EU has put the future of Gibraltar at stake in the coming Brexit negotiations, in effect backing Spain in its centuries-old dispute with the UK over the British overseas territory.
  After lobbying from Spanish diplomats, the EU’s opening negotiating position for the Brexit talks presents the British government with the choice of reaching agreement with the Spani
  
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