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• Theresa May Mocked For Dodging Radio 4's Women’s Hour

  01-06-2017 23:33
  
  Theresa May has earned more scorn for dodging further high-profile media scrutiny.
  The Tory leader has reportedly side-stepped an interview with BBC Radio 4” Women’s Hour, with Education Secretary Justine Greening poised to appear instead, the Daily Telegraph’s Christopher Hope said.BREAKING Theresa May has refused to appear on @BBCRadio4's Woman's Hour tomorrow morning. She is sending Justine Greening.— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) June 1, 2017
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• No better EU deal than being a full member - Tim Farron

  01-06-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lib Dem leader "respects" the Brexit vote but wants to give people a say on the final deal.
  
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• Theresa May aims to hit Tory migration target by end of next parliament

  01-06-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister campaigns in Labour-held constituencies, hoping that tough talk on immigration will play wellTheresa May has signalled that she hopes to meet her manifesto target of reducing net migration to Britain to the tens of thousands by the end of the next parliament.With just a week to go before polling day, the prime minister repeatedly returned to the issue of immigration on Thursday as she toured Labour-held constituencies in northern England and Midlands and sought to inject fresh vig
  
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• Reluctant young voters pose test for campaigns

  01-06-2017 21:06 via ft.com
  Labour is getting youth backing, but they have always been less likely to vote than their elders
  
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• Donald Trump Paris Climate Agreement Announcement Confirms US Will Withdraw From Climate Change Pact

  01-06-2017 21:03
  
  Donald Trump has confirmed the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change in a speech in which he claimed he “cares deeply about the environment”.
  A White House memo explaining the President’s decision said: “The Paris Accord is a BAD deal for Americans, and the President’s action today is keeping his campaign promise to put American workers first.
  “The Accord was negotiated poorly by the Obama Administration and signed out of despe
  
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• Donald Trump Paris Accord Announcement Confirms US Will Withdraw From Climate Change Pact

  01-06-2017 21:03
  
  Donald Trump has confirmed the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change in a speech in which he claimed he “cares deeply about the environment”.
  A White House memo explaining the President’s decision said: “The Paris Accord is a BAD deal for Americans, and the President’s action today is keeping his campaign promise to put American workers first.
  “The Accord was negotiated poorly by the Obama Administration and signed out of despe
  
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• Up against the Maybot, Corbyn struggles not to be a personality | John Crace

  01-06-2017 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  The Labour leader has always claimed his political career is not about him, but as the Maybot crashes, it’s time for the Jeremy showCall it the quantity theory of personality. The less warmth and spontaneity the Supreme Leader reveals she has, the more engaging Jeremy Corbyn becomes.There was a time at the beginning of the election when the Labour leader looked a little lost; candidates deliberately kept his face off their campaign literature and all but the most devoted of his shadow cabi
  
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• Who is promising what in the UK election campaign?

  01-06-2017 19:38 via ft.com
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• How well do you know UK election policies?

  01-06-2017 19:38 via ft.com
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• General election 2017: Lib Dem leader pushed on Brexit

  01-06-2017 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Andrew Neil pushes Lib Dem leader Tim Farron on whether he would campaign to stay in the EU.
  
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• May pledges to embrace ‘promise of Brexit’

  01-06-2017 19:25 via ft.com
  PM attempts to dent Corbyn advance with shift to core theme
  
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• Brexit Briefing: By Her Own Logic, Theresa May Caused The Biggest Risk To Brexit

  01-06-2017 19:24
  
  All you need to know from the world of Brexit this week.You can sign up for this briefing by clicking here, and you’ll receive it straight to your inbox every Thursday afternoon.
  If you like what you read, make sure you subscribe to our Commons People podcast here for even more analysis about what goes on in Westminster.1) The Best Theresa May Attack Is When She Has A Go At Herself For Putting Brexit At RiskAfter a tough week on the campaign trail, Theresa May is determined for the r
  
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• Tory Cuts To Women's Refuges Leads Activists To Occupy Holloway Prison

  01-06-2017 19:17
  
  Activists are occupying the abandoned Holloway Prison to stop it being turned into luxury flats and in protest at Tory cuts to domestic violence services.
  Sisters Uncut say the ‘reclamation’ of the former women’s jail is to show the government it should make the space a refuge for survivors.
  “The site has been empty now for a year and totally unused. And there are plans to redevelop the space into luxury flats,” a protestor, who didn’t want to disclose her nam
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May clash over post-Brexit Britain

  01-06-2017 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour and Tory leaders say what they want for post-Brexit Britain - with a week to go to polling day.
  
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• The ‘I’m Labour, but . . .’ voters will decide the UK election

  01-06-2017 18:47 via ft.com
  Polls show the party gaining ground but Corbyn is a divisive figure for many
  
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• Trade realities expose the absurdity of a Brexit ‘no deal’

  01-06-2017 18:09 via ft.com
  The UK has imposed a diversion of effort upon its partners at a testing time
  
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• General Election 2017: The Weirdest Moments So Far As Voted For By You

  01-06-2017 17:35
  
  It’s now just a week until Britain heads to the polls - and a number of television interviews and debates has given us plenty more to add to our list of the General Election campaign’s weirdest, wackiest and downright most awkward moments.We’ve rounded up some of the best moments so far - but which of them do you think of as the most bizarre?
  Have your say below and watch the most awkward rise to the top... 
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• General election: Leaving EU with no deal would be economic disaster, says Corbyn - live

  01-06-2017 17:24 via theguardian.com
  
  All the day’s campaign news, as prime minister and Labour leader both make Brexit speeches with a week to go until polling dayThe Snap: sign up for our daily election email – and read today’s
  May tells voters to use election to ‘affirm’ EU referendum resultMay’s Q&A - SummaryCorbyn’s Q&A - Summary 4.19pm BSTTheresa May is doing a Q&A with workers in West Yorkshire now.Q: Given that the polls show your lead narrowing, and your personal ratings
  
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• General election 2017: Where UK's parties stand on Brexit

  01-06-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The issue of Brexit looms large over the general election - here's where the parties stand.
  
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• BBC election audience 'rigorously' selected - ComRes

  01-06-2017 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ComRes defends the audience selection for the BBC debate amid claims of "left-wing bias".
  
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• Theresa May sets out upbeat picture of post-Brexit Britain

  01-06-2017 16:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister ditches ‘strong and stable’ message, saying she will ‘fight to earn every vote in this election’ General election 2017 – live updatesTheresa May has promised to “reach out to everyone, in every community” in the final week before the general election, as she set out an upbeat picture of post-Brexit Britain in an attempt to inject fresh vigour into the Conservatives’ campaign.The prime minister was upstaged by Jeremy Corbyn, the Labou
  
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• Just when you thought the neat left-right divide was over, two-party politics is back | Deborah Mattinson

  01-06-2017 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  After the referendum, it looked like the old certainties of British politics had crumbled. Now Labour and the Conservatives dominate, as they did in the 1980sThe referendum somehow seems a lot more than a year ago, and some of the debates that erupted back then seem a little tired too. As the dust settled, analysis focused on the irrelevance of left-right polarisation to the emerging new politics. Dividing lines had arisen based on geography, education and attitudes that often paid little heed t
  
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• Reality Check: May and Corbyn's record on anti-terror legislation

  01-06-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Has May voted against such measures? Has Corbyn consistently blocked them? Reality Check looks at key votes.
  
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• 25 most-shared articles about UK election are almost all pro-Labour

  01-06-2017 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Highly partisan, semi-professional political blogs are being shared more widely than mainstream media – and leftwing posts seem to be hitting the spotAlmost all the top 25 most-shared web articles about the UK election are in support of Labour and Jeremy Corbyn, research conducted for the Guardian by the web analytics company Kaleida has revealed.Since Theresa May called the general election on 18 April, alternative news sites run from bedrooms miles from the much-derided “Westminste
  
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• Nigel Farage 'doubts' FBI Trump probe claim

  01-06-2017 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage "doubts" he is a "person of interest" in the probe into alleged links between Russia and Donald Trump.
  
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• Tories Rake In £3.8 Million In Donations In Third Week Of Election Campaign

  01-06-2017 15:56
  
  The Tories have piled up £3.8 million in donations in the third week of the election campaign - ten times as much as Labour.
  The Electoral Commission’s latest figures - which refer to the seven-day period between May 17 and 23 - show the Conservatives took a cash donation of just over £1 million from a single donor - listed as John E Gore.
  Labour’s £330,000 came largely from unions - mostly Unite - while the Lib Dems raised £265,000.
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• Theresa May seeks to stem Corbyn surge with declaration on Brexit

  01-06-2017 15:47 via ft.com
  Prime minister puts focus back on EU divorce after opinion poll jitters
  
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• Domestic violence services are in crisis. That's why we're reclaiming Holloway prison | Nandini Archer

  01-06-2017 15:45 via theguardian.com
  
  We at Sisters Uncut want to highlight the danger of austerity to vulnerable women. This former female-only prison can be part of the solutionTwo women a week die at the hands of a partner or ex-partner. Since 2010, the Conservatives’ ideological austerity has made it even more difficult for women to leave dangerous relationships. Thirty four specialist services have been closed since 2010, with four in five BME women now being turned away from refuges because of lack of space when they see
  
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• Beckham-backed film funding firm loses fight against £700m tax bill

  01-06-2017 15:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Ingenious, whose investors also include Gary Lineker and which has backed films such as Avatar, says it will contest ruling A controversial film-funding scheme whose celebrity investors included David Beckham, Gary Lineker and Ant and Dec has lost its latest court battle against a £700m tax bill.The financing firm behind the scheme, Ingenious, immediately said it would appeal against the ruling. Continue reading...
  
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• Keir Starmer tells Owen Jones: 'Brexit is an opportunity for sensible immigration rules' – video

  01-06-2017 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Keir Starmer tells Owen Jones that a Labour government would honour the result of the referendum on leaving the European Union and that it provides a blank piece of paper on which to write ‘fair, effective and humane’ immigration policies. The shadow Brexit secretary adds that Theresa May’s threat to walk away with no deal would be a ‘disaster’.An extended version of this interview is available on Owen Jones’s YouTube channel Continue reading...
  
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• We couldn’t trust the Lib Dems before. Tim Farron has shown we still can’t | Marienna Pope-Weidemann

  01-06-2017 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The party’s leader performed well in the BBC debate. But we don’t need another performer: we need a leader with real values and the courage to stick to them“Hair-shirt, muesli-eating Guardian readers”. That’s what Tim Farron called us. Big words from a man whose party languishes at 8% in the polls. He accused Theresa May of taking her supporters for granted – well sure, but what do you call this? I’m not one to judge a political figure on a one-off telev
  
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• Conservatives' donors give 10 times as much as Labour's in one week

  01-06-2017 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Week’s total of £3.77m includes £1m from Book Of Mormon producer while Labour received £331,499 in same periodGeneral election 2017 – live updatesThe Conservatives raised more than 10 times as much as Labour last week, partly thanks to a donation of over £1m from the theatre producer behind The Book of Mormon and The Phantom of the Opera.John Gore, whose company has produced a string of hit musicals, gave £1.05m as part of the £3.77m received by th
  
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• Turnout of younger voters holds key to election outcome | Alan Travis

  01-06-2017 14:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Divergence in polls – giving Theresa May everything from a 3-point to a 12-point lead – is down to how pollsters treat 18-34s
  The key issue of whether the sudden surge in younger voters to Labour, fuelled by Jeremy Corbyn’s populist politics, will actually make it to the polling station next Thursday lies behind this week’s clear divergence in the opinion polls.The latest YouGov/Times poll published on Thursday puts the gap at only 3% as Theresa May’s lacklustre cam
  
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• The Brexit risks for the NHS

  01-06-2017 14:56 via ft.com
  Guidance is needed from government on funding and staffing
  
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• May too busy with Brexit for TV debate – Election Daily podcast

  01-06-2017 14:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Owen Jones and Rafael Behr are joined by Jessica Elgot to discuss the seven-way BBC leaders’ debate which Theresa May decided to skip, reportedly to focus on her 12-point Brexit plan Jeremy Corbyn’s late decision to show up for the BBC leaders’ debate left Conservative stand-in Amber Rudd having to account for the prime minister’s absence. Theresa May was in Downing Street concentrating on Brexit, says the official line from Tory HQ. Joining Owen Jones and Rafael Behr to
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn And Theresa May Described By Voters In One Word

  01-06-2017 14:50
  
  There’s been a lot of polls out recently, but what do Londoners really think of Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May?We hit the streets and asked members of the public to condense their thoughts of the two leaders in a single word.
  The people decided Corbyn and May were “weird”, “scared”, “yaaay”, “strong” and “cute” - among other things.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=592fdab4e4b09ec37c31d741,592f0b88e4b09e
  
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• Nigel Farage Says It's 'Doubtful' He's Person Of Interest In FBI Russia Probe

  01-06-2017 14:37
  
  Nigel Farage says it is “extremely doubtful” he could be a “person of interest” to the FBI’s investigation into Donald Trump and Russia because he has “no connections” to the country.
  The former Ukip leader said he was “laughing” about the allegation reported in the Guardian and insisted the “completely baloney” story was written because the paper “they cannot accept Brexit, they cannot accept Trump”. In response
  
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• Readers on why they've decided to vote Labour for the first time

  01-06-2017 14:33 via theguardian.com
  
  In the second of a three-part series of panels, readers describe why, in the 2017 general election, they are supporting a particular party for the first timeReaders on voting Tory for the first timeThis is the second of a three-part series of panels in which readers describe why they’re voting for a specific political party for the first time in their lives – in this case, Labour. The next panel will be about those who have decided to vote for the Liberal Democrats. Continue reading.
  
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• Donald Trump Toilet Paper Boasts 'Softness Without Borders'

  01-06-2017 14:02
  
  A Mexican businessman offended by President Donald Trump’s insults to his countrymen is seizing on a possible oversight in the magnate’s branding plans.
  Corporate lawyer Antonio Battaglia is introducing “Trump” brand toilet paper, marketed under the slogans “Softness without borders” and “This is the wall that, yes, we will pay for.”
  Mexico’s Institute of Industrial Property has granted Trump’s company trademarks on his name in sectors
  
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• Treasury urged to clarify inheritance tax rules on non-doms

  01-06-2017 13:53 via ft.com
  Delay to finance bill leaves question over whether reforms will be backdated to April
  
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• Nigel Farage is 'person of interest' in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia

  01-06-2017 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: FBI interested in former Ukip leader’s ties with people connected to US president and WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
  Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the US counter-intelligence investigation that is looking into possible collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Guardian has been told.
  Sources with knowledge of the investigation said the former Ukip leader had raised the interest of FBI investigators because of his r
  
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• What use is a group of cultish, Corbynista clicktivists? Quite a lot, actually | Rachel Shabi

  01-06-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This election has seen a new style of activism – carpools of Labour supporters targeting marginal areas, using US-inspired canvassing methodsIn Derby North earlier this month, Labour organisers were describing a welcome situation the like of which they hadn’t seen in years. That was days before the nightmare of the Manchester terror attack, which shocked the country and put the election campaign on pause.Back then, before the horror struck, Labour campaigners were enthusiastic over t
  
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• Theresa May needs Brexit to get her elected – it’s all she has left | Anne Perkins

  01-06-2017 12:51 via theguardian.com
  
  The Tories are still favourites to win, but calling a snap election is starting to look foolish, with May’s weaknesses stripping their campaign bareSo it’s back to Brexit today for the floundering Tory campaign. The firm hand of Sir Lynton is back on the tiller. The barnacles have been chiselled off the hull of HMS Theresa, the bilges pumped clear of the dementia tax. One week out from polling day, dawn has broken on an election campaign that has turned into the greatest act of polit
  
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• Trade union membership has plunged to all-time low, says ONS

  01-06-2017 12:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Trade union leaders say loss of good-quality jobs in the public sector and rise of the gig economy to blame for 4.2% dropTrade unions have experienced the biggest membership drop since records began, losing 275,000 members last year to slip to 6.2 million. Union leaders blamed the loss of “good-quality jobs”, cuts to the public sector workforce and the rise of the gig economy for the 4.2% drop, the biggest annual cut since records began in 1995, the Office for National Statistics (ON
  
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• Somerset: 'We liked May at first. But is she out of touch?'

  01-06-2017 12:41 via theguardian.com
  
  In the run-up to the general election, six Guardian reporters are writing from constituencies across the country to find out what matters to you and your area. In their fourth dispatch, Steven Morris and photographer Sam Frost meet undecided voters as they discuss who to supportThe discussion was calm, measured, sober. Until, that is, the subject of whether Theresa May should have taken part in the televised leaders’ debate cropped up.Naomi, a 38-year-old carer and cleaner, pictured above,
  
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• 'They all just screw you over': Views on the election from a Nottingham council estate

  01-06-2017 12:29
  
  People on this estate have lots to say about politics but very few will be voting
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn confronts Rudd over spending cuts in fractious TV debate

  01-06-2017 12:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May criticised for not taking part in seven-way election debate as Labour leader makes last-minute decision to attendGeneral election 2017 – live updatesJeremy Corbyn challenged Amber Rudd over the impact of the government’s spending cuts as he sought to exploit the cracks in the Conservatives’ general election campaign with his last-minute decision to take part in a live leaders’ debate on BBC1 on Wednesday night. Related: General election 2017: May's absence dom
  
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• BBC Election Debate Questions Leave Theresa May Awkwardly Stumbling Over Words

  01-06-2017 12:12
  
  The prime minister may have had her most awkward moment of the election campaign so far, as she stumbled over questions about her BBC debate no-show.
  Theresa May was repeatedly burned for ‘not bothering’ to turn up to the seven-way face off last night, which sparked the Twitter trend #WhereIsTheresa.
  So as people continue their search for Mrs May, we’ve dug out this cringeworthy clip.
  As May dodged last minute contender Jeremy Corbyn and the big debate in Cambrid
  
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• The polls may be all over the place, but expect a week of Brexit followed by a Tory win

  01-06-2017 12:02
  
  It won't be the landslide they were hoping for but the Conservatives will get the majority they need
  
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• Theresa May Didn't Answer A Single One Of This Reporter's Questions

  01-06-2017 11:58
  
  She’s been accused of simply parroting stock phrases such as “strong and stable” during this election campaign - and Theresa May’s latest brush with a local news reporter has done nothing to help her.
  The prime minister spoke to Sam Blackledge, the Plymouth Herald’s chief reporter, while on the campaign trail in the Devon port city.
  But the exchange has been branded “three minutes of nothing”.The local reporter was left scratching his head following the
  
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