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• Donald Trump Promises UK Trade Deal Because 'You Don’t Hear The Word Britain Anymore'

  01-08-2017 23:44
  
  Donald Trump has hinted at his enthusiasm for a UK-US trade deal because “you don’t hear the word Britain anymore” as suggested he was concerned about Scottish independence because of the threat to the British Open. 
  POLITICO has published a transcript of the interview the US President gave to the Wall Street Journal where Trump ranges across a series of domestic and international issues.
  In one section, Trump is asked about his tweet where he promised a “very big a
  
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• Cross-party group of MPs hope to force a vote on UK staying in EEA

  01-08-2017 21:28
  Kinnock, Umunna and Alexander look at working with Tories to try to force PM to yield on post-Brexit transitional periodA group of Labour and Conservative MPs are hoping to force a vote on whether the UK should stay in the European Economic Area for at least a few years after Brexit, in the belief that it may be possible to force Theresa May to yield on the issue.MPs campaigning for a softer Brexit are increasingly concerned that the government’s EU withdrawal bill will not allow the UK to
  
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• Donald Trump 'Weighed In' On Son's Russia Statement, Says White House

  01-08-2017 21:07
  
  Donald Trump “weighed in” on the misleading statement issued by his son about his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer, the White House has said.
  “The President weighed in as any father would, based on the limited information he had,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, adding that Trump “certainly didn’t dictate” Donald Trump Jr’s statement, but did offer suggestions.
  The White House comments follow The Washington Post
  
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• Peers censure David Davis over Lords Brexit snub

  01-08-2017 20:33 via ft.com
  Exit secretary declines to update progress on EU talks because of summer recess
  
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• 'Soft Brexit' policy won Labour votes in general election, says study

  01-08-2017 20:30
  British Election Study found Corbyn picked up support from ‘remain’ camp, as topic of EU exit deal dominated campaign this yearLabour was predominantly viewed by voters in the general election as the party of soft Brexit during a campaign dominated by the subject of how best to depart the EU, a major study of electoral opinion has concluded.The long-running British Election Study, which has followed a 30,000-strong panel of voters over the past three years, found Labour picked up sig
  
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• Prosecutors drop fraud case against former SNP MP

  01-08-2017 19:10
  Michelle Thomson says she has been exonerated by inquiry into solicitor she used and will consider her next stepsA fraud case against the former SNP MP Michelle Thomson has been dropped because of “an absence of sufficient credible and reliable evidence”.Thomson, who represented Edinburgh West, was reported to prosecutors in December following a police investigation into alleged mortgage fraud.Continue reading...
  
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• Charity Says It Can't Meet Demand From Poverty-Stricken Families During Holidays

  01-08-2017 18:13
  
  A charity supporting children from poorer families says it has been unable to meet demand from those struggling to feed themselves during the school holidays.
  Action For Children has been overwhelmed with requests for places on its Holiday Kitchen schemes in some of the most deprived areas in the north of England and Wales.
  The twice-weekly sessions offer parents the chance to learn how to cook a healthy meal with their children, from food donated by Tesco through its Fare Share scheme. 
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• Designs for Holocaust memorial go on display at the V&A

  01-08-2017 18:10 via ft.com
  Shortlist of 10 includes Norman Foster and Anish Kapoor with Zaha Hadid Architects
  
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• Theresa May sings God Save The Queen in Italian hotel bar

  01-08-2017 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May joins other hotel guests in a singalong of God Save The Queen while on walking holiday.
  
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• Donald Trump Celebrates 'A Great Day At The White House' Following Anthony Scaramucci's Swift Dismissal

  01-08-2017 17:46
  
  Despite the US administration undergoing one of its most disruptive weeks, President Donald Trump appears to be under the illusion that everything is A-okay.
  Yesterday’s dismissal of Trump’s, ahem, colourful communications director Anthony Scaramucci comes after he managed to offend several of Trump’s staff in just ten days on the job, including his since-resigned chief of staff Reince Priebus. The White House said Scaramucci is out to allow incoming chief o
  
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• Michelle Thomson: Fraud case against former SNP MP dropped

  01-08-2017 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The Crown Office says there is insufficient evidence to prosecute Michelle Thomson over mortgage fraud claims.
  
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• MP describes motorcycle brick attack

  01-08-2017 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham MP Steve McCabe says he has been left with a "beautiful black eye".
  
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• MP left with facial injuries after rock attack in Birmingham

  01-08-2017 16:42 via ft.com
  Assault by motorcyclist on Steve McCabe increases concern about safety of UK politicians
  
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• Metropolitan Police Data Shows Disparity In Use Of Force Against Black People

  01-08-2017 16:41
  
  A disparity in the number of black people in London against whom police use force suggests “systemic racial discrimination” by officers, an expert has said.
  The Metropolitan Police has published data showing its use of force for the first time.
  Between April and July, 36% of the 12,605 people subjected to police force were black. Black people are around 13% of London’s population.
  Dr Zubaida Haque, a research associate at race equality think tank The Runnymede Tr
  
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• Most Brexiters say economic damage is a ‘price worth paying’

  01-08-2017 15:46 via ft.com
  Large numbers on both sides did not prioritise impact in EU referendum, poll finds
  
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• Government's Air Quality Plan Makes Electric Car Revolution Inevitable, Experts Say

  01-08-2017 15:46
  
  The government’s plan to clean up the UK’s air means an electric car revolution is inevitable, according to experts.
  Environment secretary Michael Gove unveiled his department’s official air quality plan last week - and the jewel in the crown was the intention to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles from sale by 2040.
  Environmental campaigners branded the move “headline grabbing”, while lobbyists on behalf of motorists warned it could crash the economy.
  But James McK
  
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• Contest to take EU agencies from London draws bids from 23 nations

  01-08-2017 14:48 via ft.com
  Medicines and banking bodies offer host cities power, prestige, jobs and income
  
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• Brexit Is Worth Family Members Losing Their Jobs, Say Half Of Leave Voters Over 65

  01-08-2017 14:34
  
  Half of Leave voters over the age of 65 would be happy for their family members to lose their jobs in order to ensure Brexit goes ahead.
  A YouGov poll published today also revealed 61% of people who voted Leave at the referendum think that “significant damage” to the UK economy is a price worth paying for taking Britain out of the EU.
  But according to to research, “Brexit extremism” is not restricted to people who backed the Leave campaign.
  One in three Remain voters (34
  
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• British Gas to raise electricity prices

  01-08-2017 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Prices are to increase by 12.5% from mid-September, affecting 3.1 million customers.
  
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• Eurozone economy grows twice as fast as UK's, figures show

  01-08-2017 14:07
  Eurozone steals a march on Britain after Brexit vote, with faster GDP growth and falling unemployment rates
  The eurozone economy has grown twice as fast as the UK in recent months, according to official figures that underscore the divergence between Britain and its neighbouring currency bloc after the Brexit vote.GDP in the 19 countries that use the euro expanded 0.6% in the second quarter of 2017, building on growth of 0.5% in the first quarter, according the EU statistics body Eurostat (pdf).C
  
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• Prominent Eurosceptic urges UK ministers to end Brexit infighting

  01-08-2017 13:44 via ft.com
  Jacob Rees-Mogg calls for cabinet collective responsibility as divisions are laid bare
  
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• Grenfell prisons: A shocking report into fire safety behind bars

  01-08-2017 13:34
  
  Investigation reveals that prisoners across the country are being put at risk
  
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• William Hague Backs Philip Hammond Over Brexit Amid Cabinet Split

  01-08-2017 12:38
  
  Philip Hammond has been backed by former Tory leader Lord Hague amid ongoing Cabinet tensions about the approach to Brexit.
  The ex-foreign secretary said the Chancellor deserves credit for pushing for a transitional deal which preserves close ties to Brussels, giving time for a new trading relationship to be established and avoiding turning Brexit into a “disaster”. 
  The Chancellor has dismissed suggestions that Brexit could be “postponed or delayed” as ministers pu
  
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• Labour MP Steve McCabe smashed in face with brick by biker

  01-08-2017 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The member for Birmingham Selly Oak said he was nursing a "very sore and swollen face".
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci Sent Some Seriously Bizarre Emails To A Prankster Pretending To Be Reince Priebus

  01-08-2017 12:30
  
  Anthony ‘The Mooch’ Scarmucci sent a series of bizarre replies to a prankster pretending to be Reince Priebus over email, it has been revealed. 
  The fired White House communications director - who lasted in the job just ten days - was tricked into believing he was chatting to Trump’s former chief of staff by a British man who calls himself the ‘Email Prankster’. 
  Scaramucci and Priebus have a rocky relationship to say the least - in an astonishing intervi
  
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• No role for EU court after Brexit says Rees-Mogg

  01-08-2017 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Court of Justice's involvement should end on the day the UK leaves, the Tory MP says.
  
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• DUP accuses Dublin of 'megaphone diplomacy' over border

  01-08-2017 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A lack of Irish government cooperation in Brexit talks may result in a hard border, warns a DUP MP.
  
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• Amber Rudd Claims 'Real People' Do Not Want Secure Communications

  01-08-2017 11:29
  
  Amber Rudd has said “real people” do not want secure end-to-end encryption on messaging services.
  The Home Secretary will warn internet giants today that terrorists are misusing their platforms when she visits Silicon Valley.
  Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Rudd said: “Who uses WhatsApp because it is end-to-end encrypted, rather than because it is an incredibly user-friendly and cheap way of staying in touch with friends and family?
  “So this is not about asking the compa
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg Calls Schoolboy Who Bested His Longest Word Record A 'Hero Of Our Times'

  01-08-2017 11:28
  
  Brexiteer. 18th Century throwback. Potential Tory leadership candidate. Jacob Rees-Mogg is many things. 
  But a bad sportsman he certainly is not - and he proved it by applauding a teenager who has beaten his record for the longest word ever spoken in the House of Commons.
  The MP for North East Somerset used 29-letter floccinaucinihilipilification, defined as the action or habit of estimating something as worthless, to highlight alleged corruption among judges in the European Court of Justic
  
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• Irish bid for UK-based EU agencies post-Brexit

  01-08-2017 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Dublin offers to spend 80m euro (£70m) to help banking and medicines agencies relocate "seamlessly".
  
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• Corbyn 'disgusted' at Arsenal owner over hunting TV channel

  01-08-2017 10:48
  Gunners-supporting Labour leader says Stan Kroenke ‘should stick to football’ after launch of blood sports channelJeremy Corbyn has accused the Arsenal owner, Stan Kroenke, of glorifying blood sports by launching a subscription hunting channel.The Labour leader, who is a keen supporter of the Premier League club based in his Islington North constituency in north London, said the American billionaire should concentrate on football after the unveiling of his new My Outdoor TV channel,
  
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• The far right is re-inventing itself and we should be worried

  01-08-2017 10:29
  
  Anne Marie Waters' Ukip leadership bid shows that the threat from the far right is all too real
  
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• Labour MP Steve McCabe Attacked With A Brick By A 'Motorbike Thug' In Birmingham

  01-08-2017 10:03
  
  A MP says he has been left with facial injuries after being attacked with a brick by a man on a motorcycle. 
  Steve McCabe, who represents Birmingham Selly Oak, claimed he was assaulted by a “motorbike thug” on the city’s Greenford Road last night [Monday]. 
  “Tonight nursing a very sore and swollen face,” the Labour MP told his followers on Twitter, sharing a photo of his injuries. 
  “I was struck with a brick by a motorcycle thug in Greenfor
  
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• 10 Things That Lasted Longer Than Anthony Scaramucci In The White House

  01-08-2017 09:31
  
  The Mooch has left the building. 
  Anthony Scaramucci has ‘been removed’ from his role as White House communications director after only 10 days. He’s the third person to depart the White House since his appointment on July 21, following press secretary Sean Spicer and chief of staff Reince Priebus.
  But really, was there any coming back from telling The New Yorker that Steve Bannon ― who remains, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s chief s
  
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• Piers Morgan Gets Mocked For Calling Anthony Scaramucci A 'Great Communicator'

  01-08-2017 09:29
  
  Piers Morgan has received a sound drubbing online for comments he made less than two weeks ago about Anthony Scaramucci.
  It was revealed on Monday night that the White House’s director of communications had been ousted after just 10 days.
  Which made it slightly awkward that the outspoken broadcaster had tweeted this a few days earlier:For someone who's never worked in communications, @Scaramucci is a very impressive communicator.Great hire, @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/6Tvq5vYs84&mdas
  
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• Hard Brexit Could Mean Cheaper Food If We Abolish Tariffs, Says Policy Exchange

  01-08-2017 09:14
  
  Britain should abolish tariffs on food imports after a hard Brexit to bring down prices that the EU has forced up by “stymying” trade deals, a leading think tank has said.
  As Britain reels at the prospect of Brexit meaning an influx of chlorinated chicken from America, Policy Exchange said phasing out tariffs could cut prices and simplify trade deals after leaving the Customs Union, in its Farming Tomorrow report published on Tuesday.-- This feed and its contents
  
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• Labour's push to leave the customs union will decimate British industry

  01-08-2017 09:09
  
  The party's Brexit position will destroy the livelihoods of many of its traditional voters
  
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• Researchers say UK law should be tougher on high heels

  01-08-2017 08:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers say the UK should do more to stop women being forced to wear high heels at work.
  
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• Shape the contours of Brexit Britain’s final destination

  01-08-2017 06:02 via ft.com
  The EU Brexit negotiations are stumbling because no one knows where they are heading
  
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• Civil servants lament Theresa May’s ‘wasted year’ over Brexit

  01-08-2017 06:00 via ft.com
  Mandarins accuse No 10 of stifling policy debates and alienating EU partners
  
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• World leaders asked how UK would 'get round' Brexit, says Hague

  01-08-2017 05:18 via bbc.co.uk
  "Business leaders and politicians asked how we would get round the result," says former foreign secretary.
  
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• Yacht-owning university chief defends high salaries

  01-08-2017 05:00 via ft.com
  Pay much higher in US and Australia, argues Bolton vice-chancellor
  
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• Snap judgement

  01-08-2017 02:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The issues that dominated the general election are revealed in the biggest survey of voters.
  
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• Labour MP Steve McCabe hit in the face with a brick by attacker on a motorcycle

  01-08-2017 01:52
  MP for Birmingham Selly Oak says he is suffering from ‘sore and swollen face’ and has given statement to police after attackLabour MP Steve McCabe has been left with facial injuries after being hit with a brick by an attacker on a motorcycle. The member for Birmingham Selly Oak said he was suffering from a “very sore & swollen face” following the incident and that he had given a statement to police.On Monday evening McCabe, 61, posted photos on Twitter showing two ind
  
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• High-heel wearing should not be forced, study says

  01-08-2017 01:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers looked at the physical damage women can suffer being made to wear high heels to work.
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci sacked: 10 memorable quotes from 10 days

  01-08-2017 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci had a short tenure as White House media chief but he made his mark.
  
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• Brexit set to raise UK banks’ costs 4% and capital needs 30%

  01-08-2017 01:02 via ft.com
  Most detailed assessment yet comes amid risk of resources shift to US and Asia
  
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• Bank of England urged to share Brexit plan details

  01-08-2017 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Treasury select committee chairwoman Nicky Morgan asks for the key risks of a "no deal" scenario.
  
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• UK urges tech giants to do more to prevent spread of extremism

  01-08-2017 01:01
  Amber Rudd will tell forum including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that they share responsibility for tackling terrorismAmber Rudd will urge social media companies to do more to remove online terrorist content during a series of meetings with tech giants including Twitter and Facebook, following a sharp increase in the number of plots being foiled in the UK. The home secretary will warn that extremists have exploited web platforms as way of spreading their “hateful messages”, when sh
  
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• UK trains are more overcrowded than ever before, says Labour

  01-08-2017 01:01
  Analysis shows worst routes carry double their capacity and party says situation is ‘national disgrace’ that is set to get worseBritain’s trains are the most overcrowded since records began, with the worst routes carrying double their passenger capacity, according to analysis by the Labour party.Andy McDonald, the shadow transport secretary, said overcrowding on railways was a “national disgrace”, with the top 10 most packed train lines on average carrying 190% of t
  
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