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• Six Broken Promises Made In Theresa May's First Speech As PM

  10-07-2017 23:01
  
  A lot has changed since Theresa May delivered her first speech as prime minister a year ago.
  After seeing off the prospect of a Tory contest, the newly-coronated leader pledged to put the families who were ‘just about managing’ at the centre of everything her government did. 
  But figures released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies this week showed many of these families are no better off than they were 15 years ago.
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• Theresa May accused of insulting teachers as pay rise is held at 1%

  10-07-2017 22:16
  
  Deal first to be announced since Tory MPs raised concerns over public sector pay following the poor election performanceTheresa May has been accused of insulting teachers by offering them a 1% pay rise after she refused to bow to pressure from some Tory MPs, Labour and trade unions to begin easing the public sector wage cap.The Department for Education said it would accept the recommendation of a 1% pay rise made by the independent pay review body, days after an open revolt by some senior cabine
  
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• Taylor review member was early Deliveroo backer

  10-07-2017 21:49
  Greg Marsh sold his shares four months after probe into work practices began
  
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• Ben Jennings on Theresa May's appeal for policy ideas – cartoon

  10-07-2017 21:39
  
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• Anne Marie Morris Last Made Headlines For This Extraordinary Performance

  10-07-2017 21:36
  
  Tory MP Anne Marie Morris has been suspended by Theresa May after HuffPost UK revealed her using a racist term during a meeting about Brexit.
  Morris was recorded using the offensive phrase “n***** in the woodpile” during a meeting of eurosceptics in central London at Monday lunchtime.
  For many, it was the first time the backbench MP for Devon had made headlines beyond her West country constituency.
  In fact, if the Conservative had any national profile at all it was following an
  
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• UK drugs groups seek court block on NHS price limits

  10-07-2017 21:11
  Trade body applies for judicial review after April crackdown by health service
  
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• Tory MP suspended for racist remark

  10-07-2017 20:52
  Suspension of Anne Marie Morris reduces government’s working majority to 12
  
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• Corbyn scoffs as Theresa tells tall tales of G20 glory | John Crace

  10-07-2017 20:49
  
  The Maybot’s post-summit glow didn’t last long – why did no one believe she had been the life and soul of the party?It’s debatable whether any of the other world leaders would have recognised her account of the G20, but as none of them were in the Commons the prime minister was free to make it up as she went along. “Once again we set the agenda,” she began, to loud laughs from the Labour benches. The Maybot looked hurt. The opposition could at least have given
  
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• Libyan spies intercepted MI6 chief's secret phone calls in 2003, court told

  10-07-2017 20:32
  
  Document submitted to high court as part of case over secret justice reveals depth of relationship between British and Libyan spymastersConfidential phone calls made from a post office by MI6’s counter-terrorism chief, Sir Mark Allen, to London in 2003 were intercepted by Libyan spies, according documents submitted to the high court. On another occasion claims by a well-placed informant that the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, would be assassinated on a visit to the north Africa
  
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• The Guardian view on cross-party cooperation: backbench MPs hold the cards | Editorial

  10-07-2017 20:19
  
  Political parties are too wary to cooperate in the way that voters say they like. But backbench MPs can make it work on an issue-by-issue basisPolitical leaders open up their governments to alternative ideas and different traditions for a range of reasons. In some cases, they take a cross-party approach because they truly believe it’s a good way of governing. In others it’s because circumstances dictate that they have no alternative. A third group makes the move without enthusiasm, b
  
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• Anne Marie Morris Said 'N***** In The Woodpile' - Here's Why It's Not A Generational Thing

  10-07-2017 20:18
  
  After HuffPost UK revealed a Tory MP had described Brexit’s “n***** in the woodpile”, people debated whether her age could help explain why she said it.
  Anne Marie Morris, 60, has been suspended by the Tories over what she said but some suggested it was not so bad as older people are more likely to have grown up at ease with the phrase and the N word.While I agree that it is a despicable thing to say and she really must apologise, I think there's more of a generational dif
  
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• Corbyn rebuffs May's offer to work together on post-Brexit policies

  10-07-2017 19:47
  
  Tory backbenchers were also critical of prime minister’s invitation to Labour to help form cross-party consensusJeremy Corbyn has mocked Theresa May’s invitation to the Labour party to help create policies for the UK’s future post-Brexit by offering to give her a copy of his election manifesto – and suggesting she call another general election. Corbyn was responding to May’s parliamentary statement on the G20 meeting in Hamburg, which she attended on Friday and Satu
  
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• An arbitrary benchmark for access to new drugs

  10-07-2017 19:47
  Policy is an admission the UK cannot afford to be at the cutting edge
  
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• Teachers Face Another 1% Pay Cap As Austerity Continues

  10-07-2017 19:19
  
  Teachers’ pay will remain capped at 1%, the Department for Education has announced, as the Government sticks to its public sector wage restraint.
  In a sign that austerity continues, more than 500,000 teachers in England and Wales will face a real-terms pay cut after the Government has responded to the teachers’ pay review body and has stuck to its public sector pay limits.
  A pay freeze - initially at 0% and later 1% - has been in place since 2010 when introduced by the Tory-Lib
  
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• Theresa May orders Tory MP to be suspended after using N-word

  10-07-2017 19:17
  
  Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot, recorded casually using term at East India Club in LondonTheresa May has ordered the Conservative party’s chief whip to suspend an MP who used the N-word at an event during a discussion about Brexit.Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot in Devon, said sorry for causing offence with her use of the word, after a string of opposition politicians accused her of racism. Continue reading...
  
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• Primary school children lose marks in Sats tests for misshapen commas

  10-07-2017 19:11
  
  Ten and 11-year-olds who answered questions correctly did not get mark, in line with guidance described as ‘beyond parody’ A row has broken out over the marking of this year’s primary school tests after teachers complained that their pupils had been unfairly marked down for the shape and size of their semi-colons and commas.Children were asked to insert punctuation in a pre-written sentence and, despite getting the answer correct, failed to get a mark because their commas were
  
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• Tory MP Anne Marie Morris Suspended After Saying Brexit No Deal Is A ‘N***** In A Woodpile’

  10-07-2017 18:59
  
  A Tory MP who used a racist term has had the whip withdrawn by party chiefs, HuffPost UK has learned.
  Anne Marie Morris was recorded by HuffPost UK using the offensive phrase “n***** in the woodpile” during a meeting of eurosceptics in central London at Monday lunchtime.
  Within hours of HuffPost UK publishing the recording, the Prime Minister was being grilled on Morris’s comments in Parliament, but only commented that people should use “appropriate language at all times&
  
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• Eastern European migration to the UK in 5 charts

  10-07-2017 18:41
  New ONS analysis on migrants from EU 8 countries including Poland and Hungary
  
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• Turnbull and May confident of free trade deal – video

  10-07-2017 18:37
  
  Theresa May says a bilateral trade deal with Australia is a priority for the UK, with Malcolm Turnbull saying they will be ready to put such a deal in place soon after Brexit. Turnbull also says Australia wants a free trade agreement with the EUAustralia ready to do post-Brexit trade deal – but EU comes first
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• Anger is simmering worldwide – and Trump and Putin just fan the flames | Paul Mason

  10-07-2017 18:32
  
  Hamburg’s riots showed that discontent is widespread. For the G20’s trouble-stirrers, the answer is to direct it towards international institutions, rival nations and minoritiesThe G20 riots were a reminder to us that Germany does the whole police state thing very well: military vehicles, water cannon, pepper spray and a baton in the face of anybody standing in their way. To a British political class nervy about both mobs and Marxism since the Grenfell disaster, the sight of Hamburg
  
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• Corbyn tells May she should read Labour manifesto if her government running out of ideas - Politics live

  10-07-2017 18:29
  
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s press conference with the Australian prime ministerDamian Green’s morning interviews - SummaryNo 10 lobby briefing - SummaryMay/Turnbull press conference - Summary and analysisAfternoon summary 5.24pm BSTAbout this new love-fest with the benches opposite - given the record of [Corbyn] on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, do you possess a very long spoon?Yes, I can say to you that
  
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• Corbyn to May: read Labour manifesto for ideas – video

  10-07-2017 18:19
  
  After Theresa May invited Labour to help her create policy, Jeremy Corbyn tells the prime minister he would be happy to give her a copy of his party’s manifesto if the Tories are short of ideas. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Corbyn says he would also be happy to provide May with another electionCorbyn tells May she should read Labour manifesto if her government running out of ideas – Politics live
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• Jeremy Corbyn urges Theresa May: Give us early election

  10-07-2017 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is unimpressed by Theresa May's offer to have more cross-party working.
  
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• Theresa May Defends Ivanka Trump Taking Her Father's Seat At G20 Summit

  10-07-2017 18:06
  
  Theresa May has said it was “entirely reasonable” for President Trump’s daughter Ivanka to step in and take her father’s seat for a short time during the G20 summit.
  Ivanka Trump drew criticism over the weekend after she sat between Theresa May and Chinese President xi Jinping during her father’s absence.
  Asked about the move in the Commons today, May defended the president and his daughter.
  “In relation to the fact Ivanka Trump took President Trump’s s
  
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• Fix Britain’s broken social contract or face the consequences

  10-07-2017 18:00
  The final Brexit deal needs to put the economy and jobs first
  
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• Police estimate ‘around 80’ died in London’s Grenfell Tower blaze

  10-07-2017 17:56
  Of the 350 people in residence on the night, 255 managed to escape
  
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• James O'Brien Calmly Demolishes Leave Voter During Hilariously Mind-Blowing Call-In

  10-07-2017 17:51
  
  James O’Brien today broadcast possibly the most entertaining yet frustrating six minutes of his radio career as he took on a caller named Wayne.
  The LBC host was discussing Vince Cable’s comments over the weekend in which said he was beginning to think Brexit might never happen.
  The Lib Dem MP argued that if the British public saw a drop in living standards and a rise in unemployment then they would think again about leaving the EU.
  Wayne however, seemed determined to prove Cable wro
  
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• Donald Trump Defends Ivanka Sitting In For Him At G20 But Twitter Isn't Having It

  10-07-2017 17:32
  
  Donald Trump has defended his decision to have his daughter Ivanka temporarily sit in for him at the G20 summit.
  The US President caused controversy at the weekend when his daughter was spotted sitting alongside Prime Minister Theresa May, Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the meeting of 20 world leaders in Hamburg.
  On Monday Trump took to Twitter to describe the situation of Ivanka sitting in his seat while he had meetings with other leaders as “
  
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• The seeds of terrorism are often sown in the home – with domestic violence | Joan Smith

  10-07-2017 17:30
  
  A strain of toxic masculinity learned in childhood is at the heart of Islamic State’s offer to angry young men in London, Manchester, Paris and Brussels• Joan Smith is a human rights activistA few days before they murdered eight people and injured many others, the three men who were planning to carry out the London Bridge terrorist attack met late at night outside a gym in Barking, east London. Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba were captured on CCTV just after midnight.
  
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• Australia ready to do post-Brexit trade deal – but EU comes first

  10-07-2017 17:17
  
  Australia’s PM Malcolm Turnbull says his country won’t ‘muck around’ but first wants free trade agreement with blocAustralia will be ready for a trade deal with the UK soon after Brexit, but will try to do one with the EU first, said Malcolm Turnbull, the country’s prime minister, after talks with Theresa May in Downing Street.In a joint press conference, the UK and Australian leaders expressed enthusiasm for an ambitious deal as soon as possible after the UK leaves
  
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• Uber And Deliveroo Will Be 'Let Off The Hook' By Theresa May, Say Unions

  10-07-2017 16:57
  
  Gig economy firms like Uber and Deliveroo will be “let off the hook” if Theresa May backs measures in a leaked review of employment practices, unions said.  
  The Matthew Taylor report, led by Tony Blair’s former policy chief and due to be unveiled this week, will make a series of recommendations to Downing Street on rights in the modern workplace. 
  But a leaked draft suggests Taylor will stop short of recommending all gig economy workers should be entitled to the mini
  
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• Ministers act to head off revolt over membership of European nuclear regulator

  10-07-2017 16:56
  
  Government considering ‘associate membership’ of group that governs movement of radioactive material across EuropeThe government is drawing up plans to replicate the benefits of remaining a member of the Euratom treaty, which governs the movement of nuclear materials across Europe, in the face of a growing rebellion of Conservative MPs.The Guardian understands that one option being considered is an “associate membership”, similar to that held by Switzerland, or paying mon
  
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• Turnbull: Australia 'very keen' for trade deal with UK

  10-07-2017 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia will secure a trade deal with the UK post Brexit "as quickly as possible", its PM says.
  
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• Theresa May reaching out to Labour is an act of pure desperation | Ellie Mae O’Hagan

  10-07-2017 16:34
  
  There are several theories as to why the prime minister is suddenly interested in cross-party ‘ideas’. None of them reflect well on her or her party• Ellie Mae O’Hagan is a freelance journalistAs a superficial and relentlessly idiotic 21-year-old, I decided to sunbathe at peak sunshine hours at the height of summer during a trip to Malawi. “I have such pale legs and they never burn!” I insouciantly declared to onlookers, a mere 12 hours before I began convulsin
  
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• Labour cold on Tory calls for cross-party co-operation

  10-07-2017 16:15
  Relations between the two sides remain frosty after election campaign
  
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• Tory MP Anne Marie Morris Recorded Saying Brexit No Deal Is A ‘N***** In A Woodpile'

  10-07-2017 15:56
  
  A Tory Brexiteer has described the UK leaving the EU without a deal as a “real n*****r in the woodpile” at a meeting of eurosceptics in Central London.
  Anne Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbott since 2010, made the astonishing remark while discussing what financial services deal the UK could struck with Brussels after 2019.
  Despite using the racist term, none of her fellow panelists, including Tory MPs Bill Cash and John Redwood, reacted. 
  After saying just 7% of financial service
  
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• Theresa May’s relaunch should be driven by moderation and consensus

  10-07-2017 15:51
  The UK prime minister can still revitalise her government, writes Sebastian Payne
  
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• Australian PM wants UK trade deal 'as soon as possible'

  10-07-2017 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia's prime minister says he wants a UK trade deal "as soon as possible".
  
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• Why is drowning in vitriol the price women pay for being in politics? | Suzanne Moore

  10-07-2017 15:26
  
  This isn’t just banter. Extreme online misogyny has become routine for women with a voice – and questioning it leads to more abuse, as Yvette Cooper has found• Suzanne Moore is a Guardian columnistLabour MP Yvette Cooper gives a speech about online abuse. The result is that she receives more online abuse. Someone called WesleyBrownLab tweets: “We need a final solution on the Blairite question.” A photo that she clearly does not know is being taken of her on a train i
  
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• The making of the Maybot: a year of mindless slogans, U-turns and denials

  10-07-2017 15:22
  
  How did Theresa May go from Supreme Leader to malfunctioning automaton? To mark her first anniversary as PM on Thursday, the Guardian’s sketch writer John Crace, who coined the term Maybot, charts her robotic rise and fallI christened Theresa May “the Maybot” after an interview she gave on a trade mission to India in November last year. Even by her own low standards, this was a car crash.“Have you made any plans for a Brexit transitional deal?” inquired a Sky News r
  
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• What is Euratom and why does it matter? | Dan Roberts

  10-07-2017 14:45
  
  Tory rebels are fighting over the UK’s participation in the European atomic energy community. What happens if Britain does quit?Of all the many European collaborations threatened by Brexit, the UK’s participation in the European atomic energy community, Euratom, might seem an odd subject for Tory rebels to pick for their first fight. But the government’s policy on leaving this nuclear safety and research watchdog provides an unusually clear-cut example of the economic pain of t
  
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• MP Tracy Brabin on de-selections talk in Labour

  10-07-2017 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Calls for Labour deselections 'unnecessary' and 'a distraction'
  
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• The Brexit budget showdown approaches

  10-07-2017 14:32
  Lack of official UK response on financial payments is causing irritation in Brussels
  
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• Grenfell Tower Fire Death Toll Will Remain At Around 80, Police Say

  10-07-2017 14:28
  
  The death toll of the Grenfell Tower fire will likely remain at around 80, police have said, in contrast to expectations it would continue to rise.
  The number of people suspected to have died has steadily risen since the blaze gutted the 24-storey tower on June 14. People feared as many as 150 were dead.
  But the Metropolitan Police have said they believe around 80 is the figure.
  A total of 350 people lived in the tower and 255 survived while 14 were not there at the time, police believe.Earlier,
  
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• UK government concedes transitional role for ECJ after Brexit

  10-07-2017 14:22
  Shift opens the door to softening of position with May’s other ‘red lines’
  
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• UK concedes EU judicial oversight may continue after Brexit

  10-07-2017 14:22
  Government says transitional deal could involve the ECJ ‘for a limited time’
  
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• Theresa May to miss PMQs the day after leadership 'relaunch'

  10-07-2017 14:18
  
  PM will not face Jeremy Corbyn despite calling for cross-party approach, as she will attend state visit by King Felipe of SpainTheresa May is missing her first opportunity to engage with Jeremy Corbyn at prime minister’s questions after saying she would welcome more cross-party working, because she will be attending a state visit by the king of Spain.The prime minister will be in London on Wednesday lunchtime but it is understood she will be busy with events surrounding the arrival of King
  
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• Labour’s bid for the feminist high ground shuts other parties out | Hannah Peaker

  10-07-2017 13:58
  
  Jess Phillips’s idea holds great promise, but we in the Women’s Equality party know it will be more effective with support from across the spectrumBritish democracy is designed to protect the status quo. Never has this been more clear. Just a month ago, the public expressed utter contempt for old politics by retreating to older politics in the general election. In England, we were told the only viable choices were blue or red. In Northern Ireland, frustration over the suspension of S
  
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• Vote Leave Campaign Chief Dominic Cummings Says Theresa May's Brexit Plan Is 'Unacceptable B*******'

  10-07-2017 13:17
  
  Dominic Cummings, the man behind the EU referendum ‘Leave’ campaign, has slammed Theresa May’s approach to Brexit as “unacceptable bullshit”.
  In a series of tweets posted on Monday, Cummings criticised the prime minister’s decision to withdraw the UK from the Euratom agency that overseas the safe movement of nuclear materials in Europe.
  He added that if May did not change strategy then the likes of Boris Johnson should tell her to resign. 1/ Govt MO
  
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• Daily briefing: Trump Jr’s Russia revelation, Qatar’s $340bn sanction cushion, the art of being fired

  10-07-2017 13:16
  US president’s eldest son admits he met last year with a Kremlin-linked lawyer in a previously-unreported meeting
  
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