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• Palace of Westminster: Two arrested on suspicion of trespass

  03-04-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Met Police said no access was gained to any building and the incident lasted about 30 seconds.
  
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• Disabled People Hit 'Significantly' By Welfare Cuts And 'Left Behind' By Society

  03-04-2017 22:47
  
  Disabled people have been disproportionately hit by the Government’s cuts to welfare, a report has warned as it outlines how people with disabilities are being “left behind” in society.
  A study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) shows welfare reforms have “significantly affected the already low living standards” of disabled people.
  The report, Being disabled in Britain: A journey less equal, also found evidence of a lack of opportunities in are
  
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• Britain should apologise for Balfour Declaration - peer

  03-04-2017 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lord Warner says the UK caused Palestinian suffering, but the government says it will not apologise.
  
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• The absurd history of British-Spanish rivalry, from Henry VIII to Gibraltar

  03-04-2017 19:49
  
  The war of words over the rocky outcrop is only the latest spat in 500 years of squabbling between the two countriesBrexit began in 1527. It was, in essence, a spat with Spain. The man responsible for this dramatic and deeply unsettling change in Britain’s constitution was a fat, childish and overindulged English monarch called Henry VIII, who became obsessed by something we might call “control”. Related: Spain tells UK not to lose its cool over Gibraltar in Brexit talksContinu
  
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• UKIP AM Michelle Brown faces 'misconduct' confidence vote

  03-04-2017 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Party members in north Wales say they have concerns about Michelle Brown's behaviour.
  
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• Stormont party leaders in roundtable talks

  03-04-2017 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's party leaders are aiming to strike a deal for the restoration of devolved government.
  
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• Labour Forecast To Lose 125 Seats In Local Elections, While SNP, Tories And Lib Dems Gain

  03-04-2017 19:23
  
  Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is on course to lose 125 seats in the local council elections in May, a new forecast has claimed.
  Pollster Robert Hayward said that Labour was facing a “cataclysmic” defeat in Scotland, where it could lose control of both Edinburgh and Glasgow councils.
  But while the SNP will score well, the Tories and Lib Dems are also projected to make 100 gains each too in the May 4 elections across England, Scotland and Wales.
  And UKIP are expected to lose betw
  
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• Angry voters are nostalgic for powerful elites

  03-04-2017 19:11
  Liberals may wince, but 2016 exposed a large, unmet demand for paternalist government
  
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• PM asked about Gibraltar row

  03-04-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister says the UK is focused on talking with the rest of the EU during Brexit.
  
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• UK Labour party set for losses in local elections

  03-04-2017 18:42
  Pollster forecasts opposition could lose 125 council seats but will win mayoral votes
  
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• Southern train drivers reject second peace deal

  03-04-2017 18:15
  Drivers have been in dispute with management over who closes the train doors at stations
  
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• Brexit and Gibraltar: May laughs off Spain 'war' talk

  03-04-2017 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister says the UK's approach is "definitely jaw jaw" rather than "war war".
  
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• Free nursery hours plan risks higher fees, say campaigners

  03-04-2017 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poll of childcare providers suggests many fear free hours funding will not cover costs.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Hit By Fresh Resignation From His Top Team As Head Of Events Quits

  03-04-2017 15:31
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has been hit by yet another resignation from his top team, HuffPost UK can reveal.
  Gavin Sibthorpe, the head of events for the Labour leader’s office, handed in his notice on Monday.
  Sibthorpe became infamous among party circles for his remark to a ViceNews documentary in 2016 that “the best way” to remove Corbyn would be to “let him fail in his own time”.
  The phrase became jokingly known among MPs as ‘The Sibthorpe Doctrine’, and has
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Facing Fresh Resignation From His Top Team As Head Of Events Prepares To Quit

  03-04-2017 15:31
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is facing yet another resignation from his top team, HuffPost UK has been told.
  Gavin Sibthorpe, the head of events for the Labour leader’s office, has told colleagues he is ready to quit, one party source claimed.
  Sibthorpe became infamous among party circles for his remark to a ViceNews documentary in 2016 that “the best way” to remove Corbyn would be to “let him fail in his own time”.
  The phrase became jokingly known among MPs as ‘The Sib
  
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• Gender pay rules target workplace inequality

  03-04-2017 15:04
  Rules comes into force this week but gaps in demands on companies could slow progress
  
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• Why Britain will be tested over Gibraltar

  03-04-2017 14:34
  Brexit was always going to damage delicate relationship between the Rock and Spain
  
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• 'Spanish government a little surprised by UK tone'

  03-04-2017 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spanish foreign minister Alfonso Dastis says traditional British composure is "notable by its absence".
  
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• Vote Leave Pledge That Brexit Would 'Best Protect' Gibraltar Unravels With Talk Of 'War' With Spain

  03-04-2017 13:57
  
  A Vote Leave pledge that Brexit would “protect” Gibraltar is being derided after diplomatic tensions with Spain spiked over the disputed territory following Article 50 being triggered. 
  The promise, made just 20 days before Brits voted in the EU referendum, resurfaced online as talk of a “war” to protect Gibraltar continued to spiral. 
  Vote Leave had pledged:The interests of the people of Gibraltar are best protected by a strong and independent UK #VoteLeave #I
  
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• Rocky relations

  03-04-2017 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why have tensions arisen between the UK and Spain over the Rock and why is it important?
  
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• 'We Will Not Send A Taskforce To Gibraltar' Downing Street Tries To Calm Talk Of War With Spain

  03-04-2017 13:20
  
  Downing Street today confirmed it would not be sending a military taskforce to Gibraltar amid suggestions of war with Spain over the British territory.
  The Prime Minster’s Official Spokesman repeatedly insisted the UK was “steadfast” in its support for the peninsula, after the EU revealed last week Spain could exclude Gibraltar from any post-Brexit trade deal.
  Former Tory leader Lord Howard ratcheted up tensions with Spain yesterday when he compared the trade dispute to Argenti
  
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• Amicable Brexit divorce hinges on cash settlement

  03-04-2017 12:52
  The question for Berlin is: who will fill the hole in the EU budget when Britain goes
  
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• Call out the Daily Mail's hypocrisy over asylum seeker attack

  03-04-2017 12:31
  
  Newspaper editors are not stupid - they know their headlines have consequences
  
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• Extra school places and building repairs in £2.4bn boost

  03-04-2017 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spending plans are announced to create more school places, including a new wave of grammars.
  
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• Britain has spent years mocking the European parliament - but now it's in control

  03-04-2017 11:36
  
  The European parliament is not going to be an easy sparring partner, and years of eurosceptic abuse hasn't made that easier.
  
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• Tony Blair 'Ultra-Left' Takeover Of Labour Means Tories Do Not Fear Opposition

  03-04-2017 11:24
  
  Tony Blair has said the “ultra-left” take over of Labour by Jeremy Corbyn means the party is in a worse position that it was in the 1980s.
  The former prime minister told Progress magazine the current Labour leader had “failed” in his “fundamental duty” to hold Theresa May’s government to account.
  In an interview with Labour MPs Wes Streeting and Ruth Smeeth, Blair said Labour had to “make them wake up every morning and fear us”.
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• Poor Families To Lose Up To £7,000 A Year Under Tory Welfare Cuts, New Figures Show

  03-04-2017 09:57
  
  The human cost of George Osborne’s austerity drive has been laid bare as it emerged that poor families will lose up to £7,000 a year under benefits and other cuts that kick in this week.
  Charities, think tanks and MPs hit out after figures showed that the former Chancellor’s curbs on tax credits, universal credit and sickness benefits will bite hardest on those with three or more children.
  As the first working day of the financial year began on Monday, one analysis found the G
  
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• What has the Bank of England’s corporate bond buying achieved?

  03-04-2017 06:13
  Ease of execution is a poor yardstick for measuring the success of monetary policy
  
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• What has Bank’s corporate bond buying achieved?

  03-04-2017 06:13
  Ease of execution is a poor yardstick for measuring the success of monetary policy
  
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• Britain turns to South Korea to save nuclear plant

  03-04-2017 06:00
  Future of new reactor thrown in doubt by financial crisis at Toshiba
  
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• Benefit changes 'could push 200,000 children into poverty'

  03-04-2017 04:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Thursday, payments for some benefits will be limited to the first two children in each family.
  
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• UK to send military trainers to Jordan to help fight IS

  03-04-2017 03:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister says working with the country will "keep British people safe".
  
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