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• Tories seek to keep campaign spotlight on Theresa May

  07-05-2017 21:01 via ft.com
  Strategy aimed at promoting PM’s popularity while Labour focuses on policies
  
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• Last Minute Scramble For Liverpool Walton As Labour's Steve Rotheram Confirms He's Stepping Down As MP

  07-05-2017 20:32
  
  A last-minute scramble for one of the safest Labour Parliamentary seats in the country has started after outgoing Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotheram finally announced he was quitting Westminster.
  Rotheram, who won a resounding victory as the new Liverpool City Region Mayor last week, said on Sunday that he would not be standing in the coming general election on June 8.
  In his resignation statement, he warned Labour’s National Executive Committee - which will now install a candidate - that
  
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• Emmanuel Macron's Victory Over Marine Le Pen Prompts Wave Of Relief From UK

  07-05-2017 20:08
  
  Independent Emmanuel Macron has comfortably beaten far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, the first exit polls suggest.
  With polling stations closed at 7pm local time, one projection had Macron on 65.5% and Le Pen on 34.5%.
  #FrenchElection - projected result: Emmanuel Macron will be France's next president #presidentielle2017 https://t.co/ifz0H3JqHI pic.twitter.com/TAKcjAYuKk— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 7, 2017
  Others had a similar margin of victory,
  
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• The great British political realignment

  07-05-2017 20:06 via ft.com
  Divisions between left and right no longer explain how voters think
  
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• Marx lessons

  07-05-2017 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour's John McDonnell says there is much to learn from reading Karl Marx's Das Kapital. What is it?
  
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• Labour's Emily Thornberry Tells Voters To Focus Less On Theresa May's Hair, More On Policy

  07-05-2017 18:27
  
  There's everything to play for says @EmilyThornberry ahead of #GE2017. #Peston pic.twitter.com/E8djuTET7t— Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) May 7, 2017
  Senior Labour MP Emily Thornberry has argued voters should focus less on Theresa May’s appearance and instead concentrate on her policies versus those presented by Labour.
  Appearing on ITV’s Peston on Sunday, the Shadow Foreign Secretary said it was “not good enough” for people to zero in on the Prime Minister&rsq
  
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• Sunday Show Round Up: John McDonnell, Emily Thornberry And Jeremy Hunt

  07-05-2017 17:31
  
  The Andrew Marr Show
  Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was first up this morning, and set out his party’s plans to increase tax on those earning about £80,000. However, he was unable to say how much the hike would be, instead describing it as “modest.”Those who earn over £80,000 will pay a "modest increase" in tax, "to fund our public services," says @johnmcdonnellMP #marr pic.twitter.com/mE5dmKinw2— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 7, 2017
  He also r
  
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• Amber Rudd Hints 100k Net Migration Target Could Be Scrapped In Conservative Manifesto

  07-05-2017 16:14
  
  Home Secretary Amber Rudd today hinted the Conservatives would scrap its target of getting net migration below 100,000 a year.
  Appearing on BBC Radio 5Live this morning, Rudd said the Tories upcoming manifesto would “not be identical” to the 2015 document which contained the 100,000 pledge.
  Despite describing immigration as an “absolute positive” for the UK, Rudd said she still wanted to reduce the number of foreigners coming to Britain.
  The Home Secretary could not guar
  
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• Amber Rudd Confirms Tories Will 'Look Again' At 100k Net Migration Pledge

  07-05-2017 16:14
  
  Home Secretary Amber Rudd today confirmed the Conservatives are re-examining their flagship pledge to get net migration below 100,000 a year.
  Appearing on BBC Radio 5Live on Sunday, Rudd it was “right” that the Tories “look at it again” in the wake of last summer’s Brexit vote.
  But the Home Secretary refused to confirm whether the wording of the pledge would be the same in the party’s 2017 election manifesto, as it had been in 2015.
  Despite describing immigra
  
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• Power companies raise prices after May threatens energy bill cap

  07-05-2017 14:52 via ft.com
  Suppliers have stopped trying to match or better the cheapest deals on the market
  
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• Labour aims to recover ground with new promise to tax the rich

  07-05-2017 14:51 via ft.com
  Increase on salaries above £80,000 will affect only 5%, says shadow chancellor
  
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• What Theresa May has learnt from Margaret Thatcher

  07-05-2017 14:32 via ft.com
  Measured against Jeremy Corbyn, the prime minister can claim to occupy the centre
  
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• We can deliver a Brexit deal that works for all

  07-05-2017 14:29 via ft.com
  Talks about a future partnership can only start when we know how this one ends
  
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• Jeremy Hunt Says Nurses Get Above Average Pay As He Asked Why They Use Foodbanks

  07-05-2017 14:13
  
  "We will hit targets again" @Jeremy_Hunt on NHS pressures #marr pic.twitter.com/jV8Jj0IFSG— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 7, 2017
  Jeremy Hunt today asked to be allowed to continue running the health service despite admitting the Government is missing targets on emergency waiting times and operations and more doctors are needed.
  Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning, the Health Secretary – who has been in his job since 2012 – admitted it is “no
  
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• John McDonnell: There's 'A Lot To Learn' From Karl Marx

  07-05-2017 12:50
  
  Are you a Marxist? "No... but I believe there's a lot to learn from reading Das Kapital" says @johnmcdonnellMP #marr pic.twitter.com/0nMhrkHrXx— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 7, 2017
  John McDonnell today declared there is “a lot to learn” from Karl Marx as he set out Labour’s plan to raise taxes on those earning more than £80,000 a year.
  Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning, the Shadow Chancellor refused to repeat his previous claim tha
  
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• We’ll fund spending by raising tax on £80,000 earners, Labour says

  07-05-2017 10:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Party responds to local elections shock, promising cash for health and schoolsLabour will on Sunday reveal plans to increase income tax for people earning more than £80,000 if Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister, as the party seeks to bolster its working-class support after hugely disappointing local election results.In a move that could meet resistance among Labour MPs representing wealthier parts of the country, including London, shadow chancellor John McDonnell will announce a “t
  
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• Labour pledges to raise taxes on salaries over £80,000

  07-05-2017 10:17 via ft.com
  Shadow chancellor vows not to raise income tax or NI for 95% of taxpayers
  
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• Honorary consuls struggle with Brexit caseload

  07-05-2017 06:00 via ft.com
  Volunteers inundated with queries about EU passports and UK residency
  
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• Brexit calls flood in to volunteer diplomats

  07-05-2017 06:00 via ft.com
  Honorary consuls inundated with queries about EU passports and UK residency
  
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• The true price of victory - cartoon

  07-05-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Riddell on the local election results Continue reading...
  
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