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• Channel 4 News' Krishnan Guru-Murthy Berates Brandon Lewis For Not Saying Grenfell Tower Fire Exposed Failure

  26-06-2017 21:38
  
  Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy has berated the ex-fire minister, live on air, after he refused to agree that the Grenfell Tower fire exposed a “catastrophic failure in the system to protect people”.
  Immigration minister Brandon Lewis, who was fire minister until three days before the devastating blaze killed at least 79 people, said it would “prejudge the investigation” to say that, despite the news anchor telling him it was “screamingly obvious&rdq
  
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• EU nationals respond with dismay to UK proposal on citizens’ rights

  26-06-2017 21:36
  FT speaks to five expatriates whose reaction is unanimous — andnegative
  
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• May gives ground on citizens’ rights but EU demands more guarantees

  26-06-2017 21:06
  Government’s opening offer includes concessions over EU nationals claiming benefits
  
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• Theresa May sets out post-Brexit offer on EU citizens

  26-06-2017 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM outlines plans designed to address the "anxiety" of EU citizens about their status after Brexit.
  
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• Labour says test results refute government fire safety claims

  26-06-2017 20:43
  Javid ‘frankly wrong’ to say system worked well until Grenfell disaster, says Healey
  
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• Theresa May faces backlash from Scotland and Wales over £1bn Tory-DUP deal

  26-06-2017 20:38
  
  Political figures line up to demand more money for their regions after DUP agrees confidence and supply arrangementTheresa May has faced a backlash from politicians in Scotland, Wales and parts of England after completing a £1bn deal with the Democratic Unionist party to prop up her Conservative minority government.Political figures lined up on Monday to demand more money for their regions after Arlene Foster’s DUP agreed to a confidence and supply arrangement in return for the addit
  
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• Flammable Grenfell panels withdrawn from sale for high-rises

  26-06-2017 20:11
  Shares in US cladding tile maker Arconic fall sharply in New York trading
  
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• Royal Navy’s new £3bn aircraft carrier sets sail for first time

  26-06-2017 20:03
  At 65,000 tons, HMS Queen Elizabeth is biggest warship to be built in Britain
  
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• How the Tory election machine fell apart

  26-06-2017 19:29
  
  The conventional wisdom is that the Conservatives are good at elections. Last month they failed spectacularly. But do recriminations about negative tactics mask deeper problems for a party that hasn’t won convincingly since the Thatcher era?In September 2015, a few months after the Conservatives had won that year’s general election, more comfortably than even their most optimistic supporters had hoped, a veteran Tory politician and journalist was waiting to appear on a BBC radio show
  
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• Grenfell Tower Fire: All 75 High Rises Tested So Far Fail Safety Checks, Sajid Javid Says

  26-06-2017 18:53
  
  All 75 high-rises to undergo fire safety tests in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze have failed so far, Sajid Javid announced as he urged councils to send samples for testing quicker.
  The Communities and Local Government Secretary said cladding on the buildings, which are across 26 council areas, was deemed to be flammable, similar to the cladding that helped the Grenfell fire spread and gut the tower, killing at least 79 people.Javid told MPs he was concerned that landlords were not submitti
  
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• Harriet Harman Demands Change In Law To Protect Alleged Rape Victims After Ched Evans Case

  26-06-2017 18:45
  
  Veteran Labour MP Harriet Harman is demanding a change in the law to protect alleged rape victims from having their past sexual history pored over in court.
  Harman, the longest serving female MP in the Commons, is planning to table an amendment to the forthcoming Courts Bill to prevent defence teams from using an alleged victim’s past sexual encounters against them during rape trials.
  It follows the aquittal of footballer Ched Evans, who was jailed for raping a 19-year-old woman at a hote
  
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• Business groups say UK’s plans for EU nationals lack clarity

  26-06-2017 18:41
  Employers say proposals would lead to a new administrative burden
  
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• Tory self-interest will keep Theresa May in office

  26-06-2017 18:05
  With no good alternative leaders, constancy in government has become a virtue
  
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• Tory party interests will keep Theresa May in office

  26-06-2017 18:05
  With no good alternative leaders, constancy in government has become a virtue
  
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• DUP-Tory Deal Puts Tories Under Pressure Over 'Unjust' Northern Ireland Abortion Rules

  26-06-2017 18:03
  
  Theresa May has come under pressure over abortion rights after striking a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to prop up her minority government.
  Abortion rights in Northern Ireland are severely restricted. As a result many Northern Irish women travel to England to have abortions on the NHS but have to pay.
  Yvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the Commons home affairs committee, said this situation was “unjust”.
  “Will the government use this to deal with the huge anomal
  
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• Theresa May’s £1bn deal with Northern Ireland

  26-06-2017 17:55
  Critics can point to the fact that the province is already the best-funded UK region
  
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• May finds £1bn first instalment to stay in Number 10

  26-06-2017 17:55
  Pact helps already well-funded region but ‘DUP will be back for more’
  
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• What the DUP have negotiated is much smarter than many predicted

  26-06-2017 17:29
  
  This is an incredibly shrewd piece of deal making by the DUP
  
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• Someone Put Theresa May In The Lead Role In The Holy Grail And The Internet Has Gone Mad

  26-06-2017 16:53
  
  After a tough couple of weeks for the British PM - what’s next? Here’s @rabbitandcoffee with ‘Theresa May and the Holy Grail’. #auspol pic.twitter.com/P7Pnb0vwMo— Insiders ABC (@InsidersABC) June 25, 2017
  Theresa May has put in a stellar lead role performance - in a new version of Monty Python’s The Holy Grail.
  The internet has been enjoying the spoof - put together by Australia’s national broadcaster ABC - which depicts the PM as King Arthur in the cul
  
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• What is the cost of Theresa May’s deal with the DUP?

  26-06-2017 16:44
  The £1bn promised to Northern Ireland will cost about £15 a person across the UK
  
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• Theresa May outlines plans for EU citizens living in Britain

  26-06-2017 16:37
  ‘Fair and serious’ proposals to impose restrictions on some nationals already in UK
  
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• What is on offer for EU nationals after Brexit: the key points

  26-06-2017 16:27
  The government has laid out what EU citizens living in Britain can expect after the UK leaves the European UnionIn its offer to EU nationals living in the UK, the British government says it recognises the need to “honour the expectation” that they moved on the basis that they would be able to settle permanently before the Brexit process was triggered.The Home Office also says that more than 1 million UK nationals live in other EU countries and their ability to stay and live life much
  
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• Brexit: EU citizens living in UK will have to join special ID register

  26-06-2017 16:25
  
  Theresa May sets out policy paper that says 3m EU citizens resident in Britain must reapply for ‘settled status’ under new regimeAll 3 million EU citizens resident in Britain will have to apply for inclusion on a “settled status” register if they want to stay in the country after Brexit under Home Office proposals.A 15-page policy paper proposes a “light touch” online system to process applications that will give applicants the same “indefinite leave to
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Isn't The Only Labour MP Whose Name Fits To 'Seven Nation Army'

  26-06-2017 16:23
  
  Unless you’ve been deliberately cutting yourself off from all forms of news/television/internet over the past few weeks, you’ll no doubt have heard the ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ song.
  It began at an event held at the Tranmere Rovers stadium and took off from there.
  Perhaps the largest rendition to date has been at Glastonbury, where the Labour leader appeared on the iconic Pyramid Stage to give a speech.For the uninitiated, the ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ song involves singin
  
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• Theresa May Accused Of Shaking The 'Magic Money Tree' Over £1 Billion DUP Deal

  26-06-2017 16:19
  
  Theresa May’s £1 billion deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has prompted incredulity that the prime minister has conveniently found a “magic money tree” to prop up her minority government. 
  May met with DUP leader Arlene Foster this morning to finalise the pact, agreeing to spend an extra £1 billion on Northern Ireland over the next two years while also offering “new flexibilities” for £500 million of previously committed fundi
  
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• The DUP will be back for more

  26-06-2017 16:15
  
  This is a two-year deal dressed up as a five-year deal
  
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• EU Citizens: Theresa May Refusing To Give In To Brussels Demands On Family Rights

  26-06-2017 15:53
  
  Theresa May is refusing to back down over two key EU demands on citizens rights as she announced the full details of her post-Brexit offer.
  Plans revealed today shows The European Court of Justice will have no role in policing any citizens rights deal, and it will be tougher for EU nationals to bring family members to the UK after-Brexit.
  EU citizens will have two years after Brexit to apply for a new immigration status within the UK - potentially sparking administrative carnage as civil servan
  
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• EU Citizens' Rights: Here's Everything Theresa May Is Offering After Brexit

  26-06-2017 15:50
  
  Theresa May has set out her plans for EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit.
  The proposals are key part of the Brexit talks between the UK and Brussels, and will try to reassure the estimated 3.2million EU nationals in Britain their rights will be protected.  
  Here are the key points from the plan:
  I’m an EU citizen who has lived here for more than 5 years.You will be allowed to stay in the UK permanently, providing you can prove you have lived here for a least 5 years. Once the U
  
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• The DUP's £1 Billion Confidence And Supply Deal Could Buy These 9 Things

  26-06-2017 15:19
  
  The DUP has signed a deal to prop up the Tory minority Government and earned itself £1 billion in the process.
  In exchange for the cash, the DUP’s 10 MPs will vote with the Government to support the Queen’s Speech and any budget, as well as against any no confidence motion Labour might try and use to bring the Government down. 
  The £1 billion will go on infrastructure in Northern Ireland including health and education.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... +
  
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• Scotland and Wales Are Furious About Theresa May Giving Northern Ireland £1bn

  26-06-2017 15:06
  
  The Tories’ deal with the DUP was branded a “straight bung” as anger flared across Great Britain over the extra £1bn for Northern Ireland.
  The Conservatives have struck deal with the DUP in exchange for a chunk of money for schools, hospitals, roads and economic development in Northern Ireland.
  But politicians from other UK nations have slammed Theresa May for giving Northern Ireland special treatment.
  First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones said the deal “all bu
  
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• The UK Conservative party’s deal with DUP is the easy part

  26-06-2017 14:49
  Theresa May still faces threats on 3 fronts that could derail her government
  
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• DUP-Tory deal

  26-06-2017 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The heart of this financial package is infrastructure spending - £400m over two years - says BBC News NI's John Campbell.
  
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• Theresa May gambles on the DUP to make Brexit work

  26-06-2017 14:17
  The British prime minister has a slim majority, but it comes at a cost, writes Sebastian Payne
  
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• Nigel Farage Slapped Down Aftrer Whining About BBC's Licence Fee, Jeremy Corbyn And Glastonbury

  26-06-2017 14:11
  
  Nigel Farage has been slapped down after implying the BBC had given Jeremy Corbyn too much air time while speaking at Glastonbury.
  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have been hard-pushed to miss the fact that the Labour leader appeared at the festival.The Islington North MP appeared on Glasto’s iconic Pyramid Stage ahead of hip hop act Run The Jewels on Saturday night, where he spoke about Grenfell Tower, climate change and the General Election.
  Unsurprisingly, Nig
  
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• Nigel Farage Slapped Down After Whining About BBC's Licence Fee, Jeremy Corbyn And Glastonbury

  26-06-2017 14:11
  
  Nigel Farage has been slapped down after implying the BBC had given Jeremy Corbyn too much air time while speaking at Glastonbury.
  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have been hard-pushed to miss the fact that the Labour leader appeared at the festival.The Islington North MP appeared on Glasto’s iconic Pyramid Stage ahead of hip hop act Run The Jewels on Saturday night, where he spoke about Grenfell Tower, climate change and the General Election.
  Unsurprisingly, Nig
  
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• Theresa May strikes ‘confidence and supply’ deal with DUP

  26-06-2017 13:47
  Extra £1bn funding for Northern Ireland secures working majority for Conservatives
  
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• Schools And Hospitals Worried About Safety In Wake Of Grenfell Fire Urged To Carry Out Checks

  26-06-2017 13:30
  
  Schools and hospitals worried about fire risk in the wake of the Grenfell disaster are being urged to make use of the Government’s building material testing facility.
  A Number 10 spokesman today said the Department for Communities and Local Government, which is co-ordinating checks on potentially flammable materials on buildings across the country, has the capacity to test 100 samples every day.
  Sixty high-rise buildings in 25 local authority areas have so far failed fire cladding safety
  
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• Dispossession: A vital new film on the social housing crisis

  26-06-2017 13:21
  
  In the wake of Grenfell this film is needed more than ever
  
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• If it means what it says, the UK cannot avoid the ECJ

  26-06-2017 13:06
  Contradictions cloud future of EU citizens’ rights
  
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• Donald Trump Breaks White House Tradition By Not Hosting Iftar Meal During Ramadan

  26-06-2017 12:19
  
  Donald Trump caused outrage at the weekend by becoming the first president in more than 20 years to not hold a Ramadan event at the White House.
  The billionaire businessman-turned-politician issued a brief statement at the weekend which offered “warm greetings” to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the close of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting.But there was no mention of the decision not to hold an iftar event (marking the breaking of the fast) at any point duri
  
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• DUP Given £1bn To Sign Deal With Conservative Party Keeping Theresa May In Power

  26-06-2017 12:15
  
  Theresa May has secured a deal with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) that will see the Northern Ireland party prop up her minority Conservative government.
  As part of the deal, the prime minister has agreed to spend an extra £1bn on Northern Ireland over the next two years for infrastructure including health and education. 
  There will also be “new flexibilities” for £500m of previously committed funding.
  May met with DUP leader Arlene Foster this morning in Downing St
  
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• DUP Agree Confidence And Supply Deal With Tories To Keep Theresa May In Power

  26-06-2017 12:15
  
  Theresa May has secured a deal with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) that will see the Northern Ireland party prop up her minority Conservative government.
  The prime minister met with DUP leader Arlene Foster this morning in Downing Street.
  May’s disastrous general election campaign lost the Conservative Party its overall Commons majority.
  The votes of the 10 DUP MPs gives May a guaranteed majority on crucial votes including the Queen’s Speech and the Budget.
  In exchange for supporti
  
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• Too Soon To Call Grenfell Tower Deaths 'Murder', Says Labour's John Healey

  26-06-2017 12:01
  
  Labour’s shadow housing secretary John Healey has said he does not agree with John McDonnell that the deaths in Grenfell Tower were “murder”.
  McDonnell told an audience at the Glastonbury festival yesterday that the victims of the fire were “murdered by political decisions” made by politicians over decades.
  But speaking to BBC Radio 4′s Today programme this morning, Healey distanced himself from the shadow chancellor.
  “I wouldn’t use the word &lsq
  
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• DUP-Tory deal announcement 'in hours'

  26-06-2017 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster is in London as talks over a DUP-Tory parliamentary pact continue.
  
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• DUP is ‘close’ to a deal with Conservatives, says Arlene Foster

  26-06-2017 11:32
  Party’s leader back in London for crunch talks with Theresa May’s government
  
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• John McDonnell: Grenfell victims 'murdered by political decisions'

  26-06-2017 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell says the Grenfell Tower victims were "murdered" by "political decisions taken over decades".
  
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• Brexit: Details of offer to EU citizens to be published

  26-06-2017 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Details of plans for EU nationals' rights to stay in the UK will be outlined by Theresa May later.
  
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• Theresa May's proposals must give EU citizens more certainty

  26-06-2017 10:56
  
  EU citizens awaiting a decision on their fate will be hoping for answers today
  
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• DUP-Tory Deal To Prop Up Theresa May Could Be Signed 'This Week'

  26-06-2017 10:23
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said she hopes to strike a deal with Theresa May “this week” to prop up the prime minister’s minority government.
  Over two weeks since the general election May has still not been able to reach an agreement with the Northern Ireland party.
  Having lost its overall Commons majority, the Conservatives are hoping the DUP’s 10 MPs will agree to a confidence and supply deal which would guarantee passage of the Queen’s Speech legislative p
  
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• Glastonbury founder says Jeremy Corbyn plans to scrap Trident

  26-06-2017 10:22
  Labour leader reportedly said he wants to end nuclear deterrent ‘as soon’ as he can
  
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