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• Theresa May Asks For Jeremy Corbyn's Help To Deliver Brexit And More

  09-07-2017 23:35
  
  A wounded Theresa May will appeal for cross-party unity to help deliver Brexit in a speech to mark her first anniversary of becoming Prime Minister.
  In what is being dubbed a fightback, the Tory leader will on Tuesday call for compromise with Jeremy Corbyn and other political leaders after the snap general election that saw her majority slashed.
  May will urge parties to “come forward with your own views and ideas” after acknowledging the “reality” of being Prime Minister
  
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• May braced for backlash over historic repeal bill

  09-07-2017 23:30 via ft.com
  Mutinous Tories poised to hit out as PM makes overtures to rival parties
  
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• Yvette Cooper Receives Online Abuse After Railling Against 'Vitriol And Misogyny'

  09-07-2017 22:21
  
  Yvette Cooper has received “predictable” attacks online after giving a speech where she condemned the “vitriolic abuse” dished out online and coming to the defence of the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.   
  In a speech to the Fabian Society on Saturday, the former Labour minister said she was “sick to death of the vitriol poured out from all sides towards” at the corporation’s Political Editor, arguing it was “straight out of the Trump play
  
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• Tesco chairman favourite to be next CBI president

  09-07-2017 21:08 via ft.com
  John Allan supported Britain remaining in the EU during referendum
  
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• Theresa May's Deal With The DUP Faces Legal Challenge From CrowdJustice Campaign

  09-07-2017 20:30
  
  A crowdfunding campaign has been launched in a bid to legally challenge Theresa May’s pact with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
  The crowdfunding page has been live since 7am on Sunday, yet more than £20,000 has already been raised. 
  The challenge is being brought by Ciaran McClean on the grounds that the political pact is in breach of the Good Friday Agreement and Bribery Act.McClean, who is a Green Party member in Northern Ireland, said that the Tories are jeopardising the
  
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• Leaders Demand Theresa May Calls Public Inquiry Into Contaminated Blood Scandal And Suspected Cover-up

  09-07-2017 19:58
  
  Theresa May faces calls from six opposition leaders to back a Hillsborough-style inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.
  The joint cross-party letter says the probe should look into allegations of a cover-up and claims that patients were not told of the risks, even after the dangers became clear.
  The letter is signed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and, significantly, the DUP’s leader at Westminster Nigel Dodds - whose MPs the Prime Minister relies on to prop up her minority
  
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• Leaders Demand Theresa May Calls Public Inquiry Into Contaminated Blood Scandal

  09-07-2017 19:58
  
  Theresa May faces calls from six opposition leaders to back a Hillsborough-style inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.
  The joint cross-party letter says the probe should look into allegations of a cover-up and claims that patients were not told of the risks, even after the dangers became clear.
  The letter is signed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and, significantly, the DUP’s leader at Westminster Nigel Dodds - whose MPs the Prime Minister relies on to prop up her minority
  
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• Prisons face a bigger rethink to tackle threat of radicalisation

  09-07-2017 19:33 via ft.com
  Critics say policies risk creating a Muslim Alcatraz and stronger extremist networks
  
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• Grenfell Tower Is 'A Symbol For Tory Britain', Says Len McCluskey

  09-07-2017 19:27
  
  Len McCluskey has called Grenfell Tower a “symbol of Tory Britain” as he launched an excoriating attack on Kensington and Chelsea council. 
  The Unite boss said victims of the blaze had been “murdered” by “local authority cuts, by corporate greed and by uncaring capitalism” as he laid blame for the disaster at the door of politicians.
  Speaking at Durham Miners’ Gala, he branded the burnt out tower, where emergency services continue to look for b
  
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• Best Memes From The G-20 As Donald Trump Posts Bombastic Review

  09-07-2017 19:05
  
  Donald Trump has returned from his trip to Europe for the G-20 summit in Hamburg, and swiftly tweeted a soft focus video featuring a series of his ‘grip and grin’ pictures with fellow world leaders during his three-day jaunt.
  The clip, a kind of visual essay of his overseas adventure, is set to the strains of a chorus singing ‘Make America Great Again’ in the bombastic fashion imaginable. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/NVDVRrWLs4— Donald J. Trump (@r
  
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• 'Let's not fight each other', Angela Rayner tells Labour MPs

  09-07-2017 18:08
  
  Senior Labour frontbenchers tell party it must ‘think about Tory enemies’, not infighting, as debate about mandatory reselection resurfacesLabour figures who want to give party members the chance to oust MPs disloyal to Jeremy Corbyn should concentrate on fighting their real political enemies in the Conservatives, two senior frontbenchers have said.Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, said there must be an end to “fighting each other”, after some in Labour retur
  
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• Taylor review set to back extra gig worker rights

  09-07-2017 17:54 via ft.com
  Proposal for greater clarity in law when person is classed as ‘dependent contractor’
  
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• Sunday Shows Round Up: Grenfell Tower, Brexit And Labour Deselections Row

  09-07-2017 14:09
  
  The Andrew Marr Show 
  Lib Dem leader-in-waiting Sir Vince Cable was first up this morning and Andrew Marr couldn’t resist having a dig that “nobody else wants the job” after Tim Farron stepped down. 
  Sir Vince said he was “happy to take the job if that’s what comes along”. "I'm happy to take the job if that's what comes along" - @vincecable on being the next leader of the Liberal Democrats #marr pic.twitter.com/qoiT2ADR30— The Andrew Marr
  
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• Sir Vince Cable: The Sex Scenes In My New Book Are 'Very Discreet'

  09-07-2017 14:05
  
  Lib Dem Sir Vince Cable has revealed his new novel contains “very discreet” sex scenes.
  But the party’s new leader-in-waiting insisted his first book - political thriller ‘Open Arms’ - “is not going to win the Bad Sex Award”. 
  Speaking to the BBC’s John Pienaar, Sir Vince was asked if the “racy” book was about “sex and political intrigue”, and he replied: “It is not actually about sex – the sex is very discr
  
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• May attempts to reassert grip over Tory party amid talk of challenge

  09-07-2017 13:18
  
  Andrew Mitchell, an ally of Brexit minister David Davis, reportedly told dinner party that prime minister could not carry onTheresa May will this week attempt to quash speculation about a potential bid to topple her by relaunching her leadership of the Conservative party and pledging to fight on as prime minister.May will try to reassert her grip over her party before Thursday’s publication of the EU repeal bill, which is likely to face difficulty passing through parliament in the autumn.
  
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• I'm beginning to think Brexit may never happen, says Vince Cable

  09-07-2017 12:56
  
  Incoming Liberal Democrat leader invites political ‘refugees’ to jump ship from pro-Brexit Labour partyBrexit may never happen because of the difficulties it will cause, according to Sir Vince Cable, the next Lib Dem leader.The former business secretary, who is the only candidate to replace Tim Farron as head of the pro-EU party, said he was beginning to think Britain would never leave the EU – especially if the economy crashes. Continue reading...
  
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• Tuition Fees Have Not Put Working Class Kids Off University, Says Angela Rayner

  09-07-2017 12:17
  
  Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner has admitted huge tuition fee bills do not deter working class youngsters from going to university. 
  On The Andrew Marr Show, the Labour MP was asked if it was true fewer young people from poorer backgrounds were enrolling because of hikes in fees. 
  She replied: “I don’t believe that’s the case actually but I do believe that many working class and part-time and older mature students are actually leaving university.” 
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg denies potential conflict of interest over fund links

  09-07-2017 11:25
  
  Conservative MP says role at Somerset Capital Management should not affect bid for chairmanship of Treasury select committeeJacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative MP vying to lead parliament’s powerful Treasury watchdog, has denied claims that his involvement with an investment fund poses a conflict of interest.The prominent Brexiter, a founding partner at Somerset Capital Management, is slugging it out with five other MPs to replace the respected Andrew Tyrie as chair of the Treasury select co
  
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• Vince Cable says complexities and divisions threaten Brexit

  09-07-2017 11:20 via ft.com
  Former business secretary warns Britain could stay in the EU indefinitely
  
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• Vince Cable Tells Andrew Marr He Is 'Beginning To Think Brexit May Never Happen'

  09-07-2017 11:12
  
  Sir Vince Cable has said he is “beginning to think Brexit may never happen”. 
  The Twickenham MP, who is widely expected to become Lib Dem leader in the coming weeks, told the Andrew Marr Show: “The problems are so enormous, the divisions within the two major parties are enormous.
  “I can see a scenario in which this doesn’t happen.”"I'm beginning to think Brexit may never happen" - Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat tells @MarrShow #marr https://t.co/1N368Y5
  
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• Brexit may never happen - Sir Vince Cable

  09-07-2017 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour and Tory divisions are "enormous" and the economy is "deteriorating", says Sir Vince Cable.
  
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• German industry warns UK not to expect help in Brexit negotiations

  09-07-2017 10:51
  
  Bosses say the priority is to protect the single market, dashing hopes that exporters will put pressure on Merkel for a favourable trade dealGerman industry has warned Britain not to rely on its help in securing a good Brexit deal, in a stark intervention that strikes a blow at the government’s EU departure plans.Senior ministers have repeatedly claimed since the election that Germany’s powerful exporters will exert pressure for a deal handing Britain substantial access to the EU&rsq
  
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• May's deal with DUP faces legal challenge from crowdfunding campaign

  09-07-2017 10:25
  
  Green party politician Ciaran McClean says pact breaches impartiality obligation in Good Friday agreement, and the Bribery Act A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise funds for a potential legal challenge to Theresa May’s parliamentary deal with the Democratic Unionist party, on the grounds that it breaches the Good Friday agreement.
  Ciaran McClean, the son of one of the founders of Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement, Paddy Joe McClean, is spearheading the challenge
  
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• Ex-diplomat Carne Ross: the case for anarchism

  09-07-2017 09:30
  
  How a high-flying diplomat and Middle East adviser lost his faith in western democracy – but put his trust in people powerIf you were to play a game of word association with the term “anarchism” what would be the likely responses? Perhaps the anarchy sign, with the capital A over a circle. Black flags. The turn-of-the-century bombers immortalised by Joseph Conrad in The Secret Agent. Or maybe Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in the UK.What it would be unlikely to evoke is the imag
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: I Would Take On Donald Trump On The Environment If I Was PM At G20

  09-07-2017 09:23
  
  Jeremy Corbyn would take Donald Trump to task on the environment if he was the Prime Minister at the G20 summit, he said.
  The Labour leader said he would also challenge the US President on the “economic orthodoxy” of austerity, which he said was creating inequality around the world, if he were in Theresa May’s place in Hamburg.
  Corbyn was speaking in the North East of England where he addressed a large crowd at the Durham Miners’ Gala, which he said was “Europe&rsqu
  
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• News Of The World Closed Six Years Ago Amid Phone Hacking Scandal - But Where Are The Key Figures Now?

  09-07-2017 09:14
  
  Six years ago, the phone hacking scandal engulfed Britain’s most notorious newspaper.
  The final edition of the News Of The World was published on July 10, 2011, amid public revulsion at reports in The Guardian that the tabloid hacked the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
  Thousands of potential phone hacking victims were later identified by police - from Prince Charles to politicians, celebrities, journalists and victims of crime.The scandal led to the one of the most complex c
  
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• Theresa May prepares to publish flagship Brexit legislation

  09-07-2017 07:34 via ft.com
  Repeal bill to transpose EU law on to the UK statute book faces tough ride
  
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• Investors warn tidal power project risks stalling

  09-07-2017 05:00 via ft.com
  Backers led by Prudential say the government must give scheme a green light soon
  
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• May prepares to publish flagship Brexit legislation

  09-07-2017 04:59 via ft.com
  Repeal bill to transpose EU law on to the UK statute book faces tough ride
  
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• Risky game

  09-07-2017 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Chris Mason says trying to make political predictions in uncertain times is a risky game.
  
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• The real special relationship - cartoon

  09-07-2017 01:05
  
  Chris Riddell on Trump, Putin and May at the G20 summit Continue reading...
  
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