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• 9 Policies In The Leaked Labour Manifesto That Are Brand New

  10-05-2017 23:56
  
  Both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror were claiming an exclusive on a leaked draft version of the Labour Party manifesto.
  The right-leaning Telegraph said the document represented taking “Britain back to the 1970s”, and the Labour-supporting Mirror that it was the “most left-wing election manifesto in a generation”.
  It remains to be seen how much of the draft will make it into the final copy, given that - for starters - it is likely to face blowback from trade uni
  
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• 9 Labour Policies In The Leaked 2017 Manifesto That Are Brand New

  10-05-2017 23:56
  
  Both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror were claiming an exclusive on a leaked draft version of the Labour Party manifesto.
  The right-leaning Telegraph said the document represented taking “Britain back to the 1970s”, and the Labour-supporting Mirror that it was the “most left-wing election manifesto in a generation”.
  It remains to be seen how much of the draft will make it into the final copy, given that - for starters - it is likely to face blowback from trade uni
  
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• Here's What Labour's First General Election Campaign Poster Will Look Like

  10-05-2017 23:31
  
  Labour is set to unveil its first official general election campaign poster as it claims ‘you can’t trust the Tories with your future’.
  Jeremy Corbyn will reveal the artwork, which says Theresa May’s government has ‘held Britain back’, in central London on Thursday morning.
  It focuses heavily on the party’s key ‘for the many, not the few’ campaign slogan, in contrast to the Ed Miliband’s first 2015 campaign poster, which targeted NHS cu
  
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• Paul Nuttall, Ukip Leader, Reveals He Apologised To Hillsborough Families Over Upset He Caused

  10-05-2017 23:01
  
  Paul Nuttall has revealed he apologised to families of those who died at Hillsborough, after he was forced to retract a claim he lost “close personal friends” in the disaster.
  The Ukip leader caused outrage about the 1989 stadium tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death and the memory of which still haunts the city.
  Speaking on an ITV News segment to be broadcast on Thursday, he revealed he had apologised to families who lost loved ones at Hillsborough.
  But he refuse
  
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• General election 2017: Labour pledge £20bn for English schools

  10-05-2017 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lib Dems also pledge to invest £7bn but the Tories say education spending is at record levels.
  
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• General election 2017: Breaking the party line?

  10-05-2017 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some Labour candidates are adopting unusual tactics in key marginal seats.
  
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• UK Election Countdown: the echo of a distant tide

  10-05-2017 20:03
  29 days to go: is there anybody out there?
  
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• Theresa May Wants To Overturn Fox Hunting Ban: Here's Which MPs Might Vote In Favour

  10-05-2017 18:23
  
  This week Theresa May confirmed she would allow a free vote in Parliament to repeal the fox hunting ban after revealing she has “always been in favour” of it.
  Yet just how successful a vote would be for the Prime Minister and her supporters remains in doubt.
  Recent attempts to repeal the Hunting Act have failed.
  David Cameron’s 2015 bid to bring back fox hunting was scuppered by the SNP in Westminster, leading to an embarrassing climbdown.
  In the previous Parliament, which
  
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• Is Labour’s plan to raise corporation tax a good idea?

  10-05-2017 18:19
  Policy will backfire if companies reduce UK investment and shift profits abroad
  
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• Is Labour party’s plan to raise corporation tax a good idea?

  10-05-2017 18:19
  Policy will backfire if companies reduce UK investment and shift profits abroad
  
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• Labour corporation tax rise plan poses risk for long-term growth

  10-05-2017 16:26
  Any gains from tax cuts will have to be spent wisely to minimise impact on wages and jobs
  
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• Policy tracker

  10-05-2017 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What are the main policy pledges that have been made by the major parties in the 2017 general election campaign?
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Interview With Anderson Cooper Prompts Incredible Facial Expressions

  10-05-2017 15:52
  
  It’s rare that you can watch a political interview with the sound off and still get the gist of what’s being said but Anderson Cooper’s facial contortions whilst interviewing Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday spoke volumes.
  Just check this out...What could possibly prompt such a reaction? Thirteen minutes listening to the Counselor to the US President trying to defend his stunning decision to fire FBI Director, James Comey.
  If you can bear it, you can watch the interview in its
  
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• Tory Expenses Scandal: MP Threatens To Help Abolish Electoral Commission For 'Witch-Hunt'

  10-05-2017 15:49
  
  A Tory MP exonerated in the election expenses probe has threatened to help abolish the agency that investigated him.
  Karl McCartney, who faced inquiries into campaigners being bussed into his constituency at the 2015 general election, said the process had been nothing but a “witch-hunt”.
  He blasted elections regulator the Electoral Commission and called them biased.McCartney and 13 other Tory MPs under investigation were told on Wednesday that they would not face charges by the Crow
  
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• European residence ruling runs against UK policy

  10-05-2017 15:49
  Judgment lays bare complexity of citizenships rights in early stages of Brexit process
  
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• No charges over 2015 Conservative battle bus cases

  10-05-2017 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Conservatives say the "political motivated, unfounded complaints... wasted police time".
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Slams New-Style GCSEs For Making Youngsters Feel 'Devalued' And 'Failures'

  10-05-2017 15:09
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has warned that tough new GCSE exams introduced by the Tories will make pupils feel “devalued” and put them off education “for the rest of their lives”.
  The Labour leader and Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner attacked changes to the grading system and claimed some subjects such as English Literature were now being turned into memory tests.
  Speaking at the party’s launch of its education policies for the general election, they said youngsters wil
  
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• What would a large Conservative majority mean for Brexit?

  10-05-2017 14:57
  Two problems with belief that Theresa May will gain more leeway for compromises
  
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• John McDonnell Reveals Labour Will Abolish Tuition Fees If Elected

  10-05-2017 14:52
  
  The Labour party will abolish tuition fees “once and for all” if they are elected, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has announced. 
  Earlier today, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner refused to state outright whether Labour would pledge to scrap fees in its manifesto, telling Radio 4’s Today programme to “Watch this space”. 
  There has been much speculation in recent days whether the party would promise to end the university charges ahead of the Gener
  
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• Tories will not face charges over 2015 election expenses, says CPS

  10-05-2017 14:23
  Dossiers from 15 police forces considered with one file still outstanding
  
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• The surprising surge of Scotland’s Tories

  10-05-2017 14:04
  Election analyst Matt Singh translates local election results into Westminster seats
  
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• Matt Singh: the surprising surge of Scotland’s Tories

  10-05-2017 14:04
  Election analyst Matt Singh translates local election results into Westminster seats
  
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• Angela Rayner Tackles LBC Host Over Class Sizes 'Numbers Game' Quizzing

  10-05-2017 13:33
  
  Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary fought to avoid the party having a second car crash interview on LBC this week when she was tackled over a new policy to cut primary school class sizes. 
  Angela Rayner said the move would help children aged 5-8 who get “lost in the system” and others with behavioural problems “get the education they deserve”. 
  She also claimed some schoolchildren’s education was suffering from learning in class sizes of up to 40.
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• Marine Le Pen Bet 'Hoax' As @WollyGogg Twitter Account Claims Story Was A Ruse

  10-05-2017 13:14
  
  Earlier this week the story of a supposedly enraged Brexiteer pleading with Ladbrokes to refund a £500 bet on Marine Le Pen winning the French election, that he claimed his 13-year-old son had placed, went, in internet parlance, viral.
  A Twitter profile titled ‘Colin Johnson’ (@wollygogg) was roundly mocked after evidence surfaced of the same account previously bragging of the wager in a tweet to BBC journalist, Andrew Neil, contradicting his claims of foul play.
  But in a
  
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• No safe space for Labour: What the local elections tell us

  10-05-2017 12:28
  
  Labour lost hundreds of councillors in last week's local elections- but look deep into the voting figures and things look even worse
  
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• UK prosecutors decide not to press charges over Tory electoral expenses

  10-05-2017 12:21
  Crown Prosecution Service says evidence did not justify further action
  
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• Tory Election Fraud Claims: CPS Announces No Criminal Charges Against 14 MPs

  10-05-2017 12:00
  
  No criminal charges will be launched against the Tory MPs being investigated as part of a potential election expenses scandal, the Crown Prosecution Service announced today.
  The CPS had been considering files submitted by 15 police forces across England in relation to activities surrounding Tory campaigning in the 2015 general election.
  In a statement released today, the CPS said: We reviewed the files in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and have concluded the tests in the Co
  
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• HIV-Preventing Drug PrEP Should Be Available On NHS, Say Lib Dems

  10-05-2017 11:31
  
  The HIV-preventing drug PrEP should be made available on the NHS, the Lib Dems have said.
  Norman Lamb, the party’s health spokesman, said today PrEP was a “vital weapon” in the fight against HIV.
  The drug, also known as Truvada, is currently not available on the NHS across the UK and a private prescription costs £400 a month.
  It can reduce the chances of contracting the potentially life-threatening virus by more than 90%.
  Around 47,000 gay or bisexual men and around 49,5
  
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• The Waugh Zone May 10, 2017

  10-05-2017 09:59
  
  The five things you need to know on Wednesday, May 10…
  1) THE WON SHOW
  Prime Minister’s Questions come in many forms these days. Last night we saw the softer sofa version on BBC’s The One Show, as Theresa and Philip May talked about bins, ‘boys’ jobs and girls’ jobs’, fake pregnancy reports, her long-standing leadership ambition and Red Boxes banned from the No.10 bedroom. The real takeaway: Philip has been a member of ‘Theresa May’s Team&rs
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Earns Scathing Assessment Of 'Credibility' And Election Chances In Guardian Editorial

  10-05-2017 09:47
  
  The Guardian has published a damning editorial on Jeremy Corbyn, saying that with under a month until the General Election “there is no platform Labour could adopt” to see the party win. 
  A leader column published on Wednesday accused Corbyn of providing a “painful” contrast to Theresa May and took direct aim at his election campaign launch the previous day.
  It read: “For many voters, Theresa May is established both as a credible leader, and a credible fi
  
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• Donald Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey In Midst Of Russia Probe

  10-05-2017 09:33
  
  Donald Trump has fired James Comey, the head of the FBI who was leading the investigation into links between the president’s associates and Russian interference in the election.
  Here’s a rundown of the seven most salient points.
  1) The Stated Reason
  In a letter to Comey, Trump said the firing was necessary to restore “public trust and confidence” in the FBI.
  Comey has come under intense scrutiny in recent months for his public comments on an investigation into Democrat Hi
  
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• Lib Dems Promise To Reverse Schools Cuts With Extra £7bn In Education Funding

  10-05-2017 08:04
  
  The Lib Dems have unveiled plans to invest £6.9bn in schools and colleges, reversing government cuts.
  Tim Farron said today his party would challenge Theresa May to stop taking “parents across the country for granted” with her decision to “cut our schools to the bone”.
  The money would come from reversing cuts to capital gains tax and the marriage tax allowance.
  But Labour will also today launch its own education plans which includes a radical extra £20bn
  
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• Toxic Housing Crisis Fuels A 700% Rise In Families Forced To Live In B&Bs - Here's One Mother's Story

  10-05-2017 08:01
  
  Looking after an 8-month-old baby is a challenge for anyone, but Dian Walker is finding it tougher than most.
  The mother-of-two was made homeless six weeks ago after falling behind with her rent, and now lives in a single room in a bed-and-breakfast with her baby and 11-year-old son.
  The family has to share a bathroom with others in the B&B, including another family, which has two teenage children.
  It is a far from ideal way to raise a family, especially as Dian’s son – who does
  
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• Media painted bleak picture of immigration before Brexit vote, study finds

  10-05-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Report into UK news media shows 79 of 99 front page stories about issue in run-up to EU referendum were published by leave-supporting outletsMedia coverage of the EU referendum campaign was dominated by “overwhelmingly negative” reports about the consequences of migration to the UK, according to a new report.King’s College London’s centre for the study of media, communication and power (CMCP) looked at more than 15,000 articles published online by 20 national news outlets
  
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• Election Analyst: The surprising surge of Scotland’s Tories

  10-05-2017 06:04
  Ruth Davidson’s party eyes most number of Westminster seats since 1980s
  
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• UK tech investors face loss of significant funding after Brexit

  10-05-2017 06:02
  EU venture capital body cuts activity in Britain after triggering of Article 50
  
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• Facebook 'army'

  10-05-2017 02:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The inside story of how a legion of hard-core Jeremy Corbyn fans are spreading his message online.
  
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• Greens Pledge Equal Treatment For Physical And Mental Health

  10-05-2017 01:01
  
  Treatment for mental health conditions should be given equal parity with that of physical health, according to the Green Party.
  Those who need psychotherapy treatment should also be able to access it within 28 days, says co-leader Jonathan Bartley, who will unveil three pledges to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
  The Greens also want to tackle what they say is a growing crisis by introducing new ‘awareness and empathy education’ in schools to prevent bullying and make sure mental h
  
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• Greens Pledge Equal Spending On Physical And Mental Health Services

  10-05-2017 01:01
  
  Funding for mental health services should match the amount spent on physical health, according to the Green Party.
  Those who need psychotherapy treatment should also be able to access it within 28 days, says co-leader Jonathan Bartley, who will unveil three pledges to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
  The Greens also want to tackle what they say is a growing crisis by introducing new ‘awareness and empathy education’ in schools to prevent bullying and make sure mental health treatme
  
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• Love, bins and politics

  10-05-2017 00:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister and her husband make a rare TV appearance to discuss "boy jobs", "girl jobs", love - and politics.
  
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