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• Hammond and Fox are not on the same Brexit page

  30-07-2017 21:54
  Semantics come to mind as officials deny any division in government ranks – despite the very different opinions being voiced by senior Tories Senior government sources have argued that the chancellor, Philip Hammond, and international trade secretary, Liam Fox, are on the same page when it comes to Brexit.“The chancellor is absolutely right to say freedom of movement will end in March 2019 and a new immigration system will be implemented,” went the logic.Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Theresa May’s holiday – who’s in charge? | Editorial

  30-07-2017 20:45
  No one is deputising as the prime minister starts her second week away. So ministers fight openly over Brexit policyIt is impossible to escape reminders of the consequences of a divided Europe at the moment. Christopher Nolan’s epic account of the Dunkirk retreat has become this summer’s box office blockbuster. On Sunday European dignitaries and members of the Belgian and British royal families gathered in the Belgian frontline town of Ypres to commemorate the 100th anniversary of th
  
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• Wikileaks Says Robert Mueller Gave Russia Nuclear Material - But That's Not The Whole Story

  30-07-2017 18:16
  
  Wikileaks has released a classified US State Department from 2009 that appears to prove Special Counsel Robert Mueller, head of the Trump/Russia probe, once supplied the Russians with nuclear material.Special Prosecutor Robert Muelller flew to Moscow and gave the FSB 10 grams of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) in 2009 https://t.co/mNdcTa7boQ pic.twitter.com/nPjFSKPHWQ— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 29, 2017
  The claim, if true, would be a hugely damaging revelation that would throw the whole in
  
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• Tory MP and former minister speaks out against tax increases

  30-07-2017 18:11
  Robert Halfon warns of impact to working families as chancellor Philip Hammond reportedly considers more levies on fuel, food and pensionsA Tory MP and former minister who has been a cheerleader for so-called “blue-collar Conservatism” has warned against any tax rises that would hit working families.Robert Halfon spoke out after it emerged that the chancellor, Philip Hammond, was considering additional levies on fuel, homes and pension relief as a way of plugging the hole in public f
  
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• Thousands sign petition for more transport cash for north of England

  30-07-2017 15:38
  More than 29,000 people back petition that comes after transport secretary Chris Grayling ditched rail electrification plansMore than 29,000 people have signed a petition calling for more investment in transport in the north of England, after rail electrification plans across the country were scrapped.Chris Grayling gave his backing last week to Crossrail 2, a £30bn railway that will tunnel under London, days after ditching a scheme to electrify some train lines in Wales, the Midlands and
  
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• Liam Fox says free movement post-Brexit defies referendum result

  30-07-2017 13:15 via ft.com
  International trade secretary says cabinet is not agreed on nature of transition deal
  
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• Liam Fox denies cabinet deal on transitional EU free movement

  30-07-2017 12:08
  International trade secretary casts doubt on chancellor’s suggestion that three-year post-Brexit arrangement was acceptedLiam Fox has said there is no cabinet-wide agreement for the suggestion by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, that free movement could continue for up to three years after Brexit.Exposing a divide across Theresa May’s top table, the international trade secretary warned that “control of our own borders” was one of the key elements behind the leave vote and
  
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• Liam Fox Denies There Has Been A Cabinet Deal On Freedom Of Movement After Brexit

  30-07-2017 11:04
  
  International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has insisted the Cabinet has not agreed a deal to allow free movement of labour for three years after Brexit.
  Fox said that any such move would “not keep faith” with the referendum result, the Press Association reports.
  He told The Sunday Times: “If there have been discussions on that I have not been party to them. I have not been involved in any discussions on that.”
  The intervention comes after Chancellor Philip Hammond said there
  
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• UK insurers await verdict on payouts to accident victims

  30-07-2017 10:47 via ft.com
  Government poised to announce review of compensation calculations
  
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• Brexit border chaos will cause huge delays and cost £1bn a year, says report

  30-07-2017 10:39
  Analysis from economic consultancy Oxera says cost to UK of new customs checks and ensuing delays could amount to more than £1bn a yearBritain will be hit by huge border delays, require vast lorry parks in the south-east, and suffer more than £1bn a year in economic damage, according to a stark economic analysis of the likely impact of customs checks after Brexit.Additional costs associated with potential motorway queues, extra customs staff and jobs lost as a result of companies rel
  
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• Brexit Is Already Hurting The German Economy, Warns Country's Top Business Group

  30-07-2017 10:09
  
  Brexit is already damaging Germany’s trade with the UK and it is set to get worse, the European power-house’s leading business group has warned.
  Speaking to HuffPost UK, the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) - which represents more than three million business and entrepreneurs - cautioned that even if the UK strikes a free trade deal with the EU, the impact of trade barriers would only be “reduced” - not completely neutralised.
  The warning co
  
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• Dennis Skinner: ‘I’ve never done any cross-party stuff. I can’t even contemplate it’

  30-07-2017 09:00
  Firebrand MP Dennis Skinner has held Bolsover for Labour for 47 years. Now the subject of an revealing documentary, he talks Corbyn, coalmining and an unlikely Billy Elliot momentI tried to interview Dennis Skinner once before. Twenty-odd years ago, when he was near retirement age and I was starting out at the Observer, I phoned his office at the House of Commons to see if we could arrange something. I was expecting a switchboard or a secretary but the man himself answered the phone. I explained
  
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• Can you name the shadowy politicians?

  30-07-2017 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Big-name politicians are photographed on the set of the Andrew Marr Show. But can you name them?
  
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• Brexit: Fox holds firm on opposing free movement

  30-07-2017 06:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Liam Fox says he has "not been party" to any cabinet talks on a "transitional" Brexit arrangement.
  
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• Brexit latest: it's going down the toilet – cartoon

  30-07-2017 01:05
  Chris Riddell on the Britain’s progress in EU negotations Continue reading...
  
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