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• General election 2017: Labour selects most female candidates

  11-05-2017 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 40% of the party's candidates in the election are women, analysis by the BBC has found.
  
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• BBC cameraman injured by Corbyn car

  11-05-2017 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Giles Wooltorton's foot is run over by a car carrying the Labour leader.
  
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• General election 2017: SNP says Tories poisoning Brexit talks

  11-05-2017 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The failure to guarantee EU citizens' rights is tarnishing the UK's reputation, Nicola Sturgeon says.
  
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• Theresa May Asked If Not Being A Mother Allows Her To Work Harder

  11-05-2017 21:03
  
  Theresa May has revealed how her Christian faith helped he cope with the loss of both her parents at a young age.
  The prime minister’s father died when she was 25 and her mother passed away not long after.
  In an interview with LBC on Thursday evening, May said her faith helped to “provide support for me through those difficult times”.
  May was also questioned by host Nick Ferrari about not having had children with her husband Philip. 
  “It’s been very sad,&rdquo
  
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• UK Election Countdown: you say you want a revolution

  11-05-2017 20:53 via ft.com
  28 days to go: Corbyn plays the long game (again)
  
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• General Election 2017: Man 'too scared' to answer door to May

  11-05-2017 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some people really don't like cold callers. David Bryan from Southampton is one of them.
  
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• General election 2017: David Cameron on need to stop 'extreme Brexit'

  11-05-2017 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-PM says a big win would strengthen Theresa May in negotiations at home as well as in Brussels.
  
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• Workers unsure if Labour can deliver on radical election manifesto

  11-05-2017 20:12 via ft.com
  Mistrust of politicians overwhelming on Tyneside and in Huddersfield
  
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• BBC cameraman's foot run over by Jeremy Corbyn car

  11-05-2017 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He suffered two broken toes when the car, being driven by a police officer, ran over his foot.
  
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• UN chief warns the fate of Somalia ‘hangs in the balance’

  11-05-2017 19:57 via ft.com
  Guterres appeals for aid at London conference in face of famine and Islamist attacks
  
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• Ukip electoral challenge falls away

  11-05-2017 19:55 via ft.com
  Party will field candidates in only about two-thirds of seats it contested in 2015
  
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• Labour’s £60bn of manifesto spending commitments

  11-05-2017 19:44 via ft.com
  Programme as laid out in leaked document also outlines £25bn tax rises
  
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• Barnier seeks to avoid ‘hard’ border in Ireland after Brexit

  11-05-2017 19:41 via ft.com
  But UK exit from bloc will have ‘consequences’, EU negotiator tells Irish parliament
  
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• Tim Farron, Facing Down Brexiteers And A Tory MP's Wife, Hopes For A South West Lib Dem Fightback

  11-05-2017 19:30
  
  Tim Farron missed the exact moment Theresa May sprung her surprise general election - because he was in the air, flying to Cornwall.
  But the Lib Dem leader suspected that it was coming. “It was quite useful,” he says of the 45 minutes he was free from a buzzing phone. “I got off the plane thinking: ‘let’s have this’.”
  And having it, the 46-year-old seems to be. Farron has thrown himself into the campaign, providing some of the most entertaining moments
  
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• The Brexit catch for North Sea cod

  11-05-2017 19:29 via ft.com
  EU policy helped stocks of the fish recover but the UK’s exit could unleash a free-for-all between Scottish and other fishermen
  
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• Labour's 2017 Election Manifesto Amended To Include Tougher Line On Immigration And Brexit

  11-05-2017 19:20
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has agreed to toughen up Labour’s general election message on immigration and Brexit after concerns the party’s manifesto could turn off its working class vote.
  HuffPost UK has learned that the draft policy programme was amended at a crunch meeting on Thursday to make clear that EU ‘freedom of movement’ would ‘end’ under a Labour government.
  And as well as “fair rules and reasonable management” of migration, a new pledge to &ldqu
  
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• Labour Manifesto Policies May Be Popular But That's Not Enough To Win, Pollsters Say

  11-05-2017 19:17
  
  After a difficult day dealing with Labour’s manifesto being leaked, Jeremy Corbyn said its polices were “very popular”.
  During his calamitous leadership, many of his supporters have insisted the party’s policies will eventually cure its disastrous polling. 
  While re-nationalising the railways and more money for the NHS do enjoy wide support, pollsters have told HuffPost UK that policies alone aren’t enough for Labour close the wide gap with the Tories before th
  
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• Greens: We're only party that puts environment first

  11-05-2017 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Green Party has pledged to protect Britain's nature, wildlife and countryside in the wake of Brexit
  
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• General Election 2017: BBC election chair in Newcastle

  11-05-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sit down in the BBC election chair and tell us where you stand on that leak.
  
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• FTSE 100 groups offer staff cash instead of pension contributions

  11-05-2017 19:05 via ft.com
  Cuts to tax-free allowances spur high earners to change tactics on retirement savings
  
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• EU's Barnier will 'work to avoid' Brexit hard border

  11-05-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The top EU Brexit negotiator warns there will have to be customs controls between NI and the Republic.
  
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• Watch: Jeremy Corbyn Tries A New Kind Of Spin As He Broadcasts 360 Degree Election Launch Video On Facebook

  11-05-2017 18:39
  
  Jeremy Corbyn’s press operation is trialing a new kind of spin by broadcasting 360 degree video from major events.
  The official launch of the party’s election campaign in Manchester this week was shared with Corbyn’s 870,000 Facebook fans via ‘immersive video’ - a new type of recording where a view in every direction is filmed at the same time.
  “I’m embracing new technology in Labour’s fight to form a government for the many not the few,” the
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Tries A New Kind Of Spin As He Broadcasts 360 Degree Election Launch Video On Facebook

  11-05-2017 18:39
  
  Jeremy Corbyn’s press operation is trialing a new kind of spin by broadcasting 360 degree video from major events.
  The official launch of the party’s election campaign in Manchester this week was shared with Corbyn’s 870,000 Facebook fans via ‘immersive video’ - a new type of recording where a view in every direction is filmed at the same time.
  “I’m embracing new technology in Labour’s fight to form a government for the many not the few,” the
  
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• Labour sticks to conviction radical ideas will pull voters

  11-05-2017 18:31 via ft.com
  Party officials sign off on manifesto without major changes after leak
  
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• Labour sticks to belief that radical ideas will pull voters

  11-05-2017 18:31 via ft.com
  Party officials sign off on manifesto without major changes after leak
  
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• Labour manifesto unanimously agreed - Jeremy Corbyn

  11-05-2017 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader speaks after party meets to finalise its manifesto following leak of draft version.
  
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• David Cameron Slams 'Extreme Brexit' Tories As He Wades Into 2017 General Election Campaign

  11-05-2017 18:16
  
  David Cameron has urged Theresa May to stand firm against Tory ministers who want “extreme Brexit”.
  The former Prime Minister broke his silence in the 2017 general election as he hit the campaign trail for the first time in Crewe.
  Cameron, who also refused to endorse his successor’s plans for new grammar schools, made plain that he was determined to do anything he could to stop a ‘hard’ exit of the UK from the EU.
  Still blamed by many pro-Europeans for calling the E
  
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• Corbyn: Labour manifesto agreed

  11-05-2017 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn says a revised version of Labour's leaked draft manifesto will be published in days.
  
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• Manifestos: 2017 v 1983

  11-05-2017 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How does Labour's draft general election manifesto compare with the plans it set out in 1983?
  
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• Labour's leaked manifesto – Politics Weekly podcast

  11-05-2017 16:44
  
  Heather Stewart is joined by Polly Billington, Rafael Behr and Alex Hern to discuss the leaked Labour manifesto. Plus Jessica Elgot on board the Lib Dem battle bus and Damian Tambini on election law and social mediaLeaked drafts of Labour’s manifesto reveals the party’s most radical policy platform in a generation. Buses, rail and mail all renationalised, tuition fees scrapped and taxes on business and the well-off raised to pay for it all.Joining Heather Stewart to discuss it all ar
  
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• How To Vote In General Election 2017 Without Getting Arrested

  11-05-2017 16:44
  
  Election day is almost upon us and we’re sure everyone is positively champing at the bit to get to the polling station on 8 June.
  Most people know there are certain things you’re not allowed to do:
  No trying to intimidate anyone or influence how they vote.No marking your paper anywhere except in the box or your vote will be counted as spoilt.
  And so on.
  But for those who have more questions about what they can and can’t do in a polling booth, we’ve put together this handy
  
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• Gordon Brown tells Labour members: Don't lose courage

  11-05-2017 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former PM rallies Labour members with a speech in Coventry - but doesn't mention Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• General election 2017: Pirate Party plans for web surveillance

  11-05-2017 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pirate Party is standing 10 candidates in the 2017 general election.
  
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• General election 2017: Brake on Lib Dem refugee plan

  11-05-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lib Dems say their policy to allow 50,000 Syrian refugees into the UK over five years will be "properly funded"
  
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• Bank of England warns of consumer spending squeeze

  11-05-2017 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney says households face a tougher time as inflation outpaces wages.
  
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• Who Leaked Labour's Draft Election Manifesto?

  11-05-2017 16:09
  
  Speculation is mounting in Westminster over who leaked Labour’s draft election manifesto. 
  A host of sources from different factions of the party have been suggested as the culprits, while journalists scramble to uncover how the top secret document was released a day before its contents were due to be confirmed at a meeting of Labour big wigs.
  HuffPost UK looks at the claims levelled at three groups in Labour and what’s been said about their involvement in the leak:
  1. The lead
  
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• Where Do Labour, The Conservatives And The Liberal Democrats Stand On Tuition Fees?

  11-05-2017 16:02
  
  Labour will abolish tuition fees if it is elected on June 8, a leaked draft of the party’s manifesto has revealed. 
  The news could further boost the party’s popularity among students - a poll released last week found that 55% of undergraduates will vote for Labour, while the Lib Dems have slipped behind the Tories in popularity thanks to their 2010 U-turn on fees. 
  With tuition fees set to be a major factor for young voters, we take a look at each of the main poli
  
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• Liz Kendall holding on in Leicester West despite Tory surge

  11-05-2017 15:58
  
  The Tories may have bitten off more than they can chew in Leicester West
  
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• 'Prime The Pump' Invented By Donald Trump Says Donald Trump

  11-05-2017 15:42
  
  Donald Trump has claimed he invented a term that has been around since the 19th century.
  In an interview with The Economist the President laid claim to the phrase “prime the pump”.
  What’s more, Trump also claimed to have come up with the term “a couple of days ago” despite being on record saying it at least three times over the last six months.Trump says he came up with "Prime the Pump" a few days ago. https://t.co/1FG2JyFrGp
  From his TIME in December https://t.co/l
  
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• Policy highlights from Labour’s leaked manifesto

  11-05-2017 15:23 via ft.com
  The FT summarises a document that focuses on the economy, Brexit, education and work
  
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• Labour's draft manifesto

  11-05-2017 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Railways, education, social care and defence - BBC correspondents unpick Labour's pledges.
  
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• Michel Barnier confronts Ireland’s border problem

  11-05-2017 15:05 via ft.com
  It is unclear how flow of goods and services between north and south will be managed
  
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• Russian Photographer At White House Trump/Lavrov Meeting Was Working For Tass

  11-05-2017 15:02
  
  A Russian photographer is reported to have misled the White House over photos taken between a meeting of President Trump and the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.
  The incident is especially sensitive given that Lavrov has been described by US intelligence as “Russia’s top spy recruiter”.
  White House officials had barred news media from the event so they were rather surprised when pictures emerged credited to Tass, a state-run news agency.Photos of Trump's meeting with La
  
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• Labour is down but not out in Scotland

  11-05-2017 14:47
  
  The local election results have given Scottish Labour some hope
  
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• Who is in the lead?

  11-05-2017 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who is on course to win the 2017 General Election? Use our poll tracker to see the latest polls and analysis.
  
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• Simon Danczuk to stand as independent in Rochdale

  11-05-2017 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former Labour MP has said he will stand against the party's official candidate in Rochdale.
  
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• Lib Dem-Green soap opera in Lewes shows dangers of a progressive alliance

  11-05-2017 13:27
  
  The difficulties reaching a deal to help oust the Tory MP in marginal Lewes show the numerous ways a progressive alliance can come unstuck
  
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• General Election 2017: Vote For The Most Weird, Wonderful And Downright Awkward Moment So Far

  11-05-2017 13:02
  
  It’s now less than a month until the UK goes to the polls - and the General Election campaign has already provided a plethora of weird, wonderful and downright awkward moments.
  So far we’ve had crushingly awkward attempts at door knocking, car crash interviews and invitations to “smell my spaniel” - and who knows what else awaits us as the campaign unfolds?We’ve rounded up some of the best moments so far - but which of them do you think of as the most bizarre?
  Have
  
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• Greens face more questions over £250k offer not to stand in byelection

  11-05-2017 12:56
  
  Chronology of events described by co-leader Caroline Lucas has been challenged by leaked textsCaroline Lucas, the co-leader of the Green party, is facing new questions about a £250,000 offer from a donor not to stand in a key byelection after a leak of texts to the Guardian. On Wednesday, Lucas, who is standing for re-election as MP for Brighton Pavilion, claimed the offer could not have affected the decision to drop the Greens’ candidate in Richmond-upon-Thames, south-west London, b
  
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• Theresa May’s challenge — to reward effort more than inheritance

  11-05-2017 12:30 via ft.com
  Tory policy will only help ordinary families by distributing more property wealth
  
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