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• Livingstone avoids expulsion from Labour

  04-04-2017 23:11
  Centrist MPs angered by leniency of ex-mayor’s punishment for Hitler and Zionism claim
  
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• Ken Livingstone Hitler row: Labour suspends former mayor again

  04-04-2017 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-London mayor stands by his Hitler comments but some MPs say he should have been expelled.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon sets out global vision for Scotland

  04-04-2017 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Independence would allow Scotland to make a positive contribution to the world, Nicola Sturgeon says.
  
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• What Ken Livingstone has said about Hitler and Zionism - video

  04-04-2017 22:03
  
  Ken Livingstone avoids expulsion after a Labour party hearing into whether comments he made on a BBC Radio London show had brought the party into disrepute. Livingstone has instead been suspended for a further year. The former Mayor of London said that ‘Hitler was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews’ Labour suspends Ken Livingstone for a year over Hitler commentContinue reading...
  
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• Ken Livingstone Avoids Being Expelled From The Labour Party For Claim About Hitler

  04-04-2017 21:15
  
  Ken Livingstone says he has been suspended from the Labour Party for comments he made about Hitler.
  The former mayor of London – who has been suspended since April last year –had claimed Hitler supported the creation of a Jewish state.
  After a disciplinary panel, Livingstone was judged to have brought the party into disrepute and held to be guilty on the three counts he faced on Tuesday.
  But he will be suspended further a further year, rather than being expelled.
  Last year Livingsto
  
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• Ken Livingstone 'Suspended' From The Labour Party For Claim About Hitler

  04-04-2017 21:11
  
  Ken Livingstone says he has been suspended from the Labour Party for comments he made about Hitler.
  The former mayor of London – who has been suspended since April last year –had claimed Hitler supported the creation of a Jewish state.
  After a disciplinary panel, Livingstone was judged to have brought the party into disrepute and held to be guilty on the three counts he faced on Tuesday.
  He told reporters he had been suspended, though sources suggested to HuffPost UK he had been expe
  
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• UK invests £100m in bid for landmine-free world by 2025

  04-04-2017 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government's three-year aid package aims to tackle the "global scourge" of unexploded landmines.
  
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• Hammond: UK immigration cuts are no barrier to trade deal with India

  04-04-2017 20:53
  
  ‘We are open to Indians’ chancellor says during Delhi trip, adding that pledge to reduce immigration will affect other countries with less-skilled workersBritain’s pledge to sharply reduce immigration will not impede the UK from negotiating a free trade agreement with India, the chancellor has said during a visit to Delhi to promote British business.Phillip Hammond said on Tuesday that the brunt of the government’s pledge to shrink net migration to the “tens of thou
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Explodes At ITV Reporter Over Quitting As Labour Leader Question

  04-04-2017 20:01
  
  Jeremy Corbyn reacts angrily to a question from @PaulBrandITV about his leadership https://t.co/oxUZs7yWuj pic.twitter.com/9VD4gsXsZc— ITV News (@itvnews) April 4, 2017
  Jeremy Corbyn has exploded at an ITV reporter for being “absolutely obsessed” with questions over his future as Labour leader.
  The MP hit back at reporter Paul Brand after being probed on whether he would stand down after Labour’s poll rating plunged to 25% - its joint lowest rating by the ICM pollin
  
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• Austerity reaches England’s school gates

  04-04-2017 19:32
  Philanthropy cannot make up for a sustained squeeze on funding
  
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• May hints UK won’t finalise EU trade talks before Brexit

  04-04-2017 18:52
  PM close to admitting ratification of a deal will take longer than two years
  
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• May hints at no final EU trade deal before Brexit

  04-04-2017 18:52
  PM close to admitting ratification of a pact will take longer than two years
  
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• Downton Abbey writer criticises mumbled TV dialogue

  04-04-2017 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Downton Abbey creator Lord Fellowes and Labour's Lord Blunkett drawn into House of Lords question on TV dramas.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn In Feisty Exchange With Journalist When Asked About Possible Local Election Losses

  04-04-2017 18:03
  
  Jeremy Corbyn had a  tense exchange with an LBC reporter today, after he was asked what would happen if Labour performed badly at May’s local elections.
  “If you aren’t the right person to deliver that campaigning party that you say, will you take note? What would be a success for you on the 4th May?” Vincent McAviney from LBC asked.
  But Corbyn told him: “Haven’t you got anything else to ask about?” 
  McAviney replied: “You&
  
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• May's Brexit plan is falling apart and the press are talking about Easter eggs

  04-04-2017 17:17
  
  While everyone else talks about eggs, the prime minister is gradually retreating from half her Brexit policy
  
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• Conservative Manchester Mayor Candidate's 'Publicity Stunt' Attack On Andy Burnham Backfires

  04-04-2017 17:08
  
  A Tory election candidate has been accused of “pulling a cheap publicity stunt” by running a marathon to promote his campaign instead of fundraising for charity.
  Sean Anstee bragged about his 26 mile run on Sunday and posed for photos with kitted-out campaigners wearing tops bearing with his slogan in the Manchester mayor race.
  Anstee attempted to embarass his opponent in the election, Labour’s Andy Burnham, by attacking him for “forgetting” to attend the race.Andy
  
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• Peer urges ministers to act over TV drama 'mumbling'

  04-04-2017 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Downton Abbey and House of Cards writers get involved in debate over "mumbling" dialogue on TV.
  
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• Up to 100,000 UK jobs at risk as Merkel and Juncker ally warns on euro clearing

  04-04-2017 16:53
  
  EU lawmaker Manfred Weber says sector must relocate out of City of London after BrexitThe future of an estimated 100,000 jobs has been plunged into doubt after a close political ally of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned that a prized sector in the City of London must relocate to EU soil after Brexit.Manfred Weber, the leader of the centre-right European people’s party – the largest political group in the Europe
  
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• Ken Livingstone awaits Labour verdict over Hitler comments

  04-04-2017 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-London mayor says he will seek judicial review if he is expelled from Labour for Hitler comments.
  
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• Brexit weekly briefing: May triggers article 50 – and rocks Gibraltar

  04-04-2017 14:32
  
  Brexiters rejoiced as May commenced the two-year process to leave the EU – but an immediate fuss about Gibraltar’s sovereignty reminded everyone that negotiations may not run smoothlyWelcome to the Guardian’s weekly Brexit briefing, a summary of developments as Britain heads convincingly towards the EU door marked “exit”. If you’d like to receive it as a weekly early-morning email, please sign up here.
  While you’re here: producing the Guardian’s in
  
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• All eyes on European Parliament’s resolution vote

  04-04-2017 14:29
  The British government would be wise to pay attention to the deal
  
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• UK cuts state support for families

  04-04-2017 14:23
  From April 6, tax credits for parents who have a third child will be withdrawn
  
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• 7 Things Theresa May Wouldn't Criticise After Fierce Attack On Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt

  04-04-2017 13:50
  
  Theresa May on Tuesday broke from her notoriously default no-comment position to launch a scathing attack on two British institutions for their promotion of an Easter event.
  The Prime Minister, who is a vicar’s daughter, spoke out after hearing reports the National Trust had dropped ‘Easter’ from the name of its annual egg hunt, run for the last 10 years with Cadbury.
  Despite carrying the Christian holiday name in much of the event’s promotional material, May said o
  
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• Elections: Jeremy Corbyn says Tories 'running down country'

  04-04-2017 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn targets the Conservatives in his local elections campaign launch.
  
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• Cadbury Criticised By Theresa May For Removing Easter From Egg Hunt

  04-04-2017 12:21
  
  Theresa May has labelled the fact that Cadbury has dropped the word Easter from its “egg hunts” as “absolutely ridiculous” - but a quick look at the National Trust and Cadbury website shows that Easter isn’t being entirely erased.
  Cadbury’s website makes reference to Easter in relation to the hunt in several places, but the word does not feature on the logo for the event.
  The National Trust website invites people to “Join the Cadbury Egg Hunts&rdquo
  
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• Psychoactive substances: Tough new law drives drug trade underground

  04-04-2017 12:19
  
  Spice epidemic among the homeless and prisoners getting worse as a result of the ban
  
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• Some foreign aid firms' conduct 'appalling', MPs say

  04-04-2017 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A committee says there are "fundamental flaws" in the working practices of some organisations.
  
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• Brexit committee warns of impact of no deal being reached

  04-04-2017 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May's "no deal is better than a bad deal" claim is "unsubstantiated", MPs say.
  
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• Livingstone blames newspaper for row

  04-04-2017 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ken Livingstone says Jewish Chronicle and Labour MPs to blame for offence
  
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• Theresa May defends UK ties with Saudi Arabia

  04-04-2017 10:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK prime minister says "it's important to engage... and to raise difficult issues".
  
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• Ken Livingstone Blames Jewish Chronicle For Hitler Row Ahead Of Labour Judgment

  04-04-2017 10:39
  
  Ken Livingstone has blamed the Jewish Chronicle newspaper for the damage done to the Labour Party after he suggested Adolf Hitler had supported Zionism.
  The former mayor of London will today discover whether he will be expelled from Labour for his comments.
  Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, Livingstone said the Jewish Chronicle was guilty of “printing a lie” about what he said.“What caused offence were those people who opened the pages of the Jewish
  
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• Brexit: MPs question impact of leaving without a trade agreement

  04-04-2017 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brexit committee says ministers must prove Theresa May's claim that "no deal is better than a bad deal".
  
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• The Sun Front Page Has A Rather Contradictory Message On How We Should Feel About Spain

  04-04-2017 09:51
  
  You’d be forgiven if The Sun’s front page on Tuesday left you a little confused about how precisely we are supposed to be feeling about Spain.
  So we have the splash, on the Gibraltar issue currently...This was accompanied by the text: “The Sun today demands Spain and the EU take their hands off Our Rock.”
  So the message from the tabloid is loud and proud: “UP YOURS SENORS.”
  But wait.
  What’s that offer in the top right hand corner? The offer covers t
  
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• Diesel cars: 'It turns out we were wrong'

  04-04-2017 09:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new plan to tackle pollution in London
  
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• 'Unwise to upset Gulf trade relations'

  04-04-2017 09:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia says we need to safeguard trading relationships
  
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• Universal basic services more vital than income

  04-04-2017 06:00
  Simply paying people will not help if the fabric of a thriving economy is lacking
  
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• The case for universal basic services

  04-04-2017 06:00
  Simply paying people will not help if the fabric of a thriving economy is lacking
  
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• State schools hire fundraisers to fill budget gaps

  04-04-2017 06:00
  Echoes of Victorian philanthropy in face of largest real-terms cuts in 30 years
  
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• UK should follow minimum alcohol price, say Lords

  04-04-2017 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Lords committee says if the roll out in Scotland goes well, the idea should be adopted elsewhere.
  
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• Pro-Brexit MPs Tried To Bury Criticism Of Government's 'No Deal' Plan In Key Report

  04-04-2017 01:02
  
  Pro-Brexit MPs tried and failed to remove scathing criticism of the Government’s EU negotiating position from a powerful committee report.
  The Exiting the European Union Committee today warned Theresa May has no idea if leaving the EU without a trade agreement would be worse than a “bad deal” offered by Brussels.
  The committee heard evidence from Brexit Secretary David Davis, who admitted the Government had not investigated what “no deal” would do to the UK’s
  
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• May urged to assess impact of Brexit without deal

  04-04-2017 01:01
  MPs say claim that ‘no deal is better than bad deal’ is ‘unsubstantiated’
  
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• Brexit fears cost UK among favoured tax regimes

  04-04-2017 01:01
  Disruption from tariffs and trade deals worry multinationals based outside Britain
  
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