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• Tory pledge on more free childcare in disarray

  26-08-2017 23:00
  Parents and providers are left in confusion by the troubled introduction of 30 hours of free nursery to three and four-year-oldsTens of thousands of parents are still waiting to find out if they can take up a government offer of 30 hours’ free childcare days before the scheme is due to be launched.According to the latest figures, revealed in a letter sent by the Department for Education to local authorities and seen by the Observer, 82,000 parents entitled to the extra childcare have not y
  
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• No ‘constructive ambiguity’. Labour will avoid Brexit cliff edge for UK economy | Keir Starmer

  26-08-2017 22:00
  Labour will seek a transitional deal and seek to remain in a customs union with the EU and within the single marketWe need a transitional Brexit deal that provides maximum certainty and stability. Labour will deliver it. If we are to deliver a deal that protects jobs and the economy, we must be clear about the hard choices that need to be made. Related: As Labour becomes party of soft Brexit, hard battles lie aheadContinue reading...
  
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• Labour makes dramatic Brexit shift and backs single market membership

  26-08-2017 22:00
  Party opens clear divide with Tories, with support for free movement and paying into EU budgets for up to four yearsLabour is to announce a dramatic policy shift by backing continued membership of the EU single market beyond March 2019, when Britain leaves the EU, establishing a clear dividing line with the Tories on Brexit for the first time.In a move that positions it decisively as the party of “soft Brexit”, Labour will support full participation in the single market and customs u
  
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• Japan to seek Brexit reassurances from Theresa May

  26-08-2017 22:00
  As the PM visits Tokyo, Japanese companies invested in the UK have voiced fears over single market accessTheresa May is under pressure to reassure Japanese companies over the likely impact of Britain’s exit from the European Union on their UK investments when she visits Tokyo this week.The prime minister will arrive on Wednesday on a three-day trip that is expected to include a meeting with Emperor Akihito and free-trade talks with her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe. Under EU rules, offi
  
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• British tourists tell of misery abroad with pound at eight-year low

  26-08-2017 22:00
  With a euro now worth 92p compared with 70p before the Brexit vote, holidaymakers are feeling the pinchBritish tourists returning from continental holidays last week arrived at airports in various states of shock. The pound’s slump in value against the euro reached an eight-year low during their trips and many holidaymakers bore tales of the woes they had endured at foreign cash machines.“You do become more aware of it each time you take money out,” said Tom Wake as he and his
  
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• As Labour becomes party of soft Brexit, hard battles lie ahead

  26-08-2017 22:00
  After a year of ambiguity on Europe, Jeremy Corbyn now has a clear platform from which to take on Theresa MayAfter a summer during which arguments over Brexit have raged inside both the Tory and Labour parties, and Brussels and London have conspicuously failed to find any substantial common ground, formal talks on Britain’s departure from the EU in March 2019 resume in the Belgian capital on Monday. Related: No ‘constructive ambiguity’. Labour will avoid Brexit cliff edge for U
  
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• Brexit’s transition deal sits top of the agenda for business

  26-08-2017 19:06
  Government white papers are welcome, but companies need clarity on the short term
  
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• 19 Batsh*t Things You Need To Know About Joe Arpaio

  26-08-2017 13:14
  
  President Trump has issued his first pardon and, as is now apparently customary for his administration, it’s proving highly controversial. I am pleased to inform you that I have just granted a full Pardon to 85 year old American patriot Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He kept Arizona safe!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2017
  For your first insight into the decision see this tweet from 2012...Congratulations to @RealSheriffJoe on his successful Cold Case Posse investigation w
  
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• 'Patriotism Is Caring For The People That Elected You' - Jeremy Corbyn Talks About Winning Back Scotland

  26-08-2017 07:01
  
  It’s mid-August and Jeremy Corbyn should be relaxing with a book somewhere warm.
  Instead, he is brandishing a strip of Harris Tweed inside a dimly-lit sports hall in Stornoway as he delivers yet another stump speech.  
  “The whole history of the highlands and islands has been one of the most brutal theft of land from people – the highland clearances,” he tells residents of this remote Scottish isle, as he warms up to his trademark theme of “tackling injustice&r
  
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• Summer special: immigration

  26-08-2017 02:33
  Will the UK ever manage to reduce migration levels to the "tens of thousands?" Should it? And how will immigration change after the UK has left the EU?
  
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• Round three

  26-08-2017 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Officials in Brussels are not optimistic about the next round of Brexit talks, Adam Fleming reports.
  
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