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• Brexit: UK and EU negotiators call for more progress

  28-08-2017 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU's chief negotiator expresses concern about progress as the third round of talks gets under way.
  
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• Order restored as MPs return from break – but how long will it last?

  28-08-2017 21:13
  Tories appear content to let Theresa May carry on for now, and Jeremy Corbyn has been buoyed by his summer tourWhile mums and dads are panic-buying pencil cases and ironing name labels on school jumpers this week, Britain’s politicians will be swotting up for their own new term at Westminster. Parliament doesn’t start sitting for another week, but with the Brexit talks kicking off again in Brussels on Monday and Theresa May relaunching her domestic policy agenda with a package of cor
  
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• UK-US trade could be derailed by 19 lost deals after Brexit, say MPs

  28-08-2017 20:46
  Open Britain campaign says UK will need to replace or retain EU-US agreements covering trade from aviation to bananasCloser trade links between the UK and the US after Brexit could be derailed by the loss of a series of complex US-EU commercial agreements covering aviation, food and duties on whisky among other things, a campaign group has said. Related: Michel Barnier 'concerned' about Brexit talks progressContinue reading...
  
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• MPs should have no say over who leads Labour, argues shadow minister

  28-08-2017 20:02
  Chris Williamson backs proposal to allow fewer MPs to endorse candidate but says it would be better to remove threshold Labour members should be free to choose their next leader without needing the permission of MPs, the shadow fire minister Chris Williamson has said, arguing that those who oppose changing the rules are frightened of democracy.
  Williamson, a strong supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, said it was looking “very, very positive” for changes to be passed at the party’s autu
  
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• Cheating scandals hit two of England’s top public schools

  28-08-2017 19:12 via ft.com
  Senior teachers leave Winchester and Eton after allegations over exam practices
  
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• EU's Michel Barnier Signals Slow Progress Over Brexit Talks

  28-08-2017 19:00
  
  The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has signalled the UK needs to take talks over exiting the bloc more “seriously” in a sign discussions may hit a wall.
  Michel Barnier said on Monday he was worried that time was passing without progress on the terms for Britain’s departure, a sign the UK’s recent position papers on its preferred terms of separation have not passed muster in Brussels.
  His comments to the media came as Barnier and Brexit Secretary David Dav
  
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• EU demands that Britain ‘start negotiating seriously’ over Brexit

  28-08-2017 18:29 via ft.com
  Barnier and Davis exchange barbs at opening of third round of talks
  
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• Labour MPs fear heartlands backlash over Brexit U-turn

  28-08-2017 18:20 via ft.com
  Concern mounts that shift in single market stance may spell ‘disaster’ in Leave seats
  
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• Theresa May has become a human shield for compromise

  28-08-2017 18:18 via ft.com
  Her premiership is the political equivalent of a zombie company or a ghost ship
  
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• Barnier warns UK to start negotiating ‘seriously’

  28-08-2017 18:07 via ft.com
  EU lead in talks ‘concerned’ over lack progress between the two sides
  
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• UK hopes dashed for swift Japan trade talks

  28-08-2017 17:47 via ft.com
  Theresa May is keen to tout the benefits of a possible deal during Tokyo visit
  
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• Donald Trump's Twitter Retweets Three Pretty Strong Statements

  28-08-2017 16:50
  
  They say “retweets aren’t endorsements” but in this case it’s fair to say that doesn’t apply.
  President Trump, normally so vocal on Twitter, appears to let others do the talking for him by sharing three rather strong statements on Monday afternoon.
  First up was this:Finally, as if by accident, the @washingtonpost breaks down & admits the truth about where the violence is coming from https://t.co/n9L1XclpDg— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 28, 2017
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• Tory election campaign lacked clear policy message, MPs tell review

  28-08-2017 16:09
  Theresa May under pressure to shake up party election machine, and advisers are seeking ideas to appeal to younger votersTheresa May is being urged by Conservative MPs and defeated candidates to offer voters clear messages on policy and to shake up the party machine after June’s catastrophic election performance. An internal review being carried out by the former minister Eric Pickles and set to be discussed at the party’s October conference will contain painful home truths about the
  
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• Critics see hole in Royal Navy’s new shipbuilding strategy

  28-08-2017 14:33 via ft.com
  Government wants more competition to build new frigates, but some predict higher costs
  
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• Brexit Talks Resume After Labour's Promise To Keep UK In Single Market And Customs Union

  28-08-2017 13:34
  
  Formal Brexit talks are resuming in Brussels with the Government under additional pressure from Labour’s dramatic promise to keep the UK in the single market and customs union after March 2019.
  Under the new policy unveiled by shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday, the UK would continue to observe EU rules on migration and trade during a transition period expected to last up to four years, in order to avoid a “cliff-edge” shock to business.
  The move was welcomed by
  
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• Vince Cable: Executive pay is 'totally dysfunctional'

  28-08-2017 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May calls out excessive salaries for 'damaging the social fabric of our country'
  
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• Donald Trump's Twitter Boasts And Brags During Hurricane Harvey

  28-08-2017 10:40
  
  Donald Trump’s response to the devastating Category 4 hurricane currently battering Texas has been described as “weird”, “boastful” and even “cheering”.
  As flooding that has killed at least five people in Houston continues with warnings of worse to come, the President has tweeted numerous times including once about his 2016 election victory.I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and sa
  
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• Why Even Ukip-ers Want Rid Of Their Anti-Islam Leadership Candidate

  28-08-2017 09:01
  
  Leadership battles in political parties are notoriously bad-tempered affairs, but Ukip seem determined to take it to a whole new level.
  This week, one of the ten candidates in the race to succeed Paul Nuttall started legal proceedings to get a rival – the controversial Anne Marie Waters – thrown off the ballot.
  Former solider and police officer Henry Bolton claimed allowing Waters to stand was in “violation of the party’s Rules of Procedures”, but he later withdrew
  
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• Politics and parenting: AMs and MPs canvassing with kids

  28-08-2017 08:24 via bbc.co.uk
  How do politicians balance work with family life?
  
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• Divorce bill remains sticking point as Brexit negotiations resume

  28-08-2017 07:00
  Senior EU diplomats warn progress in this week’s negotiations will be difficult unless UK agrees how to calculate final Brexit billBritain’s talks on leaving the European Union will resume on Monday amid a deepening standoff over the UK’s financial obligations. As the Brexit secretary, David Davis, calls for “flexibility and imagination” to break the deadlock, senior EU diplomats say their chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, will find it difficult to make progress unt
  
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• Economic issues are a priority, say UK and German firms

  28-08-2017 06:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Uncertainty over "business critical" issues must be tackled in Brexit talks, say UK and German firms.
  
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• UK positions itself for next round of Brexit talks

  28-08-2017 01:01 via ft.com
  Davis urges flexibility to avert talks logjam in head to head with Barnier
  
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