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• Barack Obama Condemns Donald Trump Over Ending Protection For Young Immigrants

  05-09-2017 23:03
  
  Barack Obama has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to scrap the programme protecting young undocumented immigrants in the US as “contrary to our spirit, and to common sense”. 
  In a rare attack by a former President on their successor, Obama said the decision to dismantle his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals scheme, or DACA, was “cruel” and lacked “basic decency”. 
  On Tuesday, Trump announced he would get rid the the programme i
  
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• North Korea: Theresa May And Donald Trump Agree Kim Jong-Un Is 'Threat To Global Peace'

  05-09-2017 22:18
  
  Donald Trump and Theresa May have agreed North Korea is “a threat to global peace” in a phone call on the ongoing nuclear crisis.
  Downing Street said the pair agreed on the need for more sanctions and more pressure from China.
  A Number 10 spokesman said: “Theresa May today spoke with President Trump to discuss North Korea’s most recent missile tests, which have been conducted against all standards of international behaviour.
  “The Prime Minister stressed that the re
  
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• London mayor blocks move to cut affordable housing

  05-09-2017 21:54
  MidEast group sought to reduce proportion of lower-priced homes on prime site
  
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• Grenfell Tower: Labour MP David Lammy Fears Mental Health Crisis for Survivors

  05-09-2017 21:29
  
  Grenfell survivors face a mental health crisis as they struggle to cope with the enormity of the tragedy, MPs heard. 
  Labour MP David Lammy said now the “initial shock” of the blaze was subsiding, the grief had begun to “really kick in” and survivors were talking of “self-medicating”.
  It comes amid reports there have been 20 suicide attempts among survivors and news that 220 people have been referred for treatment for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
  
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• UK proposal threatens tough post-Brexit rules for EU migrants

  05-09-2017 21:28
  Leaked Home Office paper says immigration should make ‘existing residents better off’
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg Refuses To Rule Out Running To Be Tory Leader

  05-09-2017 21:27
  
  Jacob Rees-Mogg has refused to rule out one day running to become leader of the Conservative Party.
  Speaking to Tory activists in Westminster on Tuesday evening, the backbench MP also sharply, if politely, criticised Theresa May’s election manifesto for not being “proud enough of being Conservative”.
  Earlier today, a Conservative Home survey of the party grassroots revealed Rees-Mogg was the firm favourite to succeed May as Tory leader.
  Asked if he would “categorically r
  
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• Leaked Home Office Immigration Report Will Delight Brexit Hardliners

  05-09-2017 20:50
  
  Doctors, scientists and engineers from the EU could be booted out of the UK after three years after Brexit, according to leaked immigration plans from the Home Office.
  The document – obtained by The Guardian – reveals the Government is considering issuing visas that could last as little as three years to “highly-skilled” migrants who come to the UK after March 2019.
  Other workers – such as care workers and fruit pickers – could be told to leave after just two
  
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• EU Doctors Could Be Kicked Out Of The UK After Three Years Post-Brexit, Leaked Home Office Report Reveals

  05-09-2017 20:50
  
  Doctors, scientists and engineers from the EU could be booted out of the UK after three years after Brexit, according to leaked immigration plans from the Home Office.
  The document – obtained by The Guardian – reveals the Government is considering issuing visas that could last as little as three years to “highly-skilled” migrants who come to the UK after March 2019.
  Other workers – such as care workers and fruit pickers – could be told to leave after just two
  
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• Tory MP Says Sex Abuse Victims 'Incentivised' To Make Allegations To Get Compensation

  05-09-2017 19:09
  
  A Tory MP says victims of sexual abuse are being “incentivised” to make an allegation in order to get compensation money. 
  James Gray left fellow MPs in shock when he claimed payouts should be refused to victims until a perpetrator was officially named. 
  He said there “may be occasions” when the “informer” was “incentivised in one way or another” to get cash from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). 
  Gray said those w
  
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• David Davis: 'Significant Differences' Between EU And UK Over Brexit Divorce Bill

  05-09-2017 19:01
  
  “We have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate that position rigorously,” says @DavidDavisMP on the Brexit bill pic.twitter.com/XxutIQC1gf— BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) September 5, 2017
  Arguments over the Brexit divorce bill will go on for the rest of the EU negotiations, David Davis warned today - potentially scuppering a trade deal.
  Speaking in the Commons after the latest round of talks with his EU counterpart, the Brexit Secretary said the two sides had “very dif
  
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• Labour Elections Chief Patrick Heneghan Quits As Jeremy Corbyn Tightens Control Of Party HQ

  05-09-2017 18:57
  
  Labour’s veteran elections chief has quit his party post after a 19-year career, HuffPost UK can reveal.
  Patrick Heneghan, one of Labour’s most senior officials, has tendered his resignation “by mutual consent”, according to a well-placed source.
  Heneghan, who worked on five general elections for Blair, Brown, Miliband and Corbyn, has decided to move on to new projects and to spend more time with his young family.
  A close colleague of general secretary Iain McNicol, his
  
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• Far-right group continues to operate despite UK ban

  05-09-2017 18:57
  National Action was outlawed last year, but campaigners say it is still active
  
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• SNP eyes higher income taxes for Scotland

  05-09-2017 18:50
  Sturgeon keen to build cross-party alliances to win passage of budget
  
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• Jokes, quotes, controversy

  05-09-2017 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Some MPs stick to the rules for their first Commons speech - others throw the rule-book away.
  
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• Britain’s economic model is ‘broken’ says Justin Welby

  05-09-2017 18:17
  Archbishop of Canterbury calls for fundamental reform
  
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• Tory MPs sceptical as May moves to relaunch premiership

  05-09-2017 18:07
  Parliament resumes with weakened prime minister still facing uncertain future
  
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• Theresa May hopes for calm as UK parliament restarts

  05-09-2017 18:07
  Prime minister to deliver key Brexit speech this month
  
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• British society deserves an economy rooted in the common good

  05-09-2017 18:02
  The UK has to make generation-defining choices about its path beyond Brexit
  
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• The Government Has Quietly Shelved NHS 18-Week Waiting Time Target

  05-09-2017 17:55
  
  The government has quietly shelved 18-week NHS waiting times for elective surgery, according to a Labour peer.
  Lord Philip Hunt of Kings Heath said he believes ministers may have acted unlawfully by removing the target from the NHS Regulations for 2017, without making a public statement or informing Parliament. 
  One of three key targets, along with A&E waiting times and cancer treatment referrals, the NHS was previously required to ensure 92% of patients waiting for non-urgent surgery
  
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• UK soldiers arrested on suspicion of neo-Nazi links

  05-09-2017 17:31
  Four men held in UK under Terrorism Act for association with banned far right group
  
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• 26 Politicians Whose Names Can Be Sung To Pop Songs

  05-09-2017 17:26
  
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• Vegetarian politicians

  05-09-2017 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Which other politicians have, like Jeremy Corbyn, followed a vegetarian diet?
  
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• Labour to vote against Brexit repeal bill

  05-09-2017 16:42
  Significant decision sends a clear message on opposition’s approach to leaving the EU
  
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• MPs Say Awarding Big Ben Contract To Firm That Blacklisted Workers Is 'A Scandal'

  05-09-2017 16:41
  
  The government’s decision to award the contract to refurbish Big Ben to a company forced to pay out for blacklisting workers is “a scandal”, MPs say.
  Sir Robert McAlpine won the lucrative pre-construction contract, worth £29 million, despite the fact it was one of seven major firms who settled out-of-court after targeting hundreds of construction workers who took part in trade union activities.
  The project saw scaffolding put in place around the Elizabeth Tower to prepar
  
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• Labour Party Will Vote Against Tory 'Power-Grab' EU Withdrawal Bill

  05-09-2017 15:23
  
  Labour has confirmed it will vote against the government’s EU withdrawal Bill when it has its second reading in the Commons.
  A Labour spokesman said this afternoon that while the party “fully respects” the referendum result its MPs would be asked to oppose the legislation which unamended would “let government ministers grab powers from parliament to slash people’s rights”.
  The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill transposes existing EU laws into British law as pa
  
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• Oxford and Cambridge top university league table

  05-09-2017 15:20
  Oxbridge take top 2 slots as other UK unis fall behind European counterparts
  
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• Oxbridge success masks British slip in global university table

  05-09-2017 15:20
  European counterparts gain on leading UK institutions in rankings
  
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• Diane Abbott Receives Almost Half Of All Abusive Tweets Sent To Female MPs, Amnesty Finds

  05-09-2017 14:53
  
  Labour’s Diane Abbott received almost half of all abusive tweets sent to female MPs in the run up to the General Election, a new report from Amnesty International has found.
  Excluding the shadow home secretary, black and Asian women MPs received 35% more abusive tweets than their white counterparts.
  There are now 208 women in the House of Commons, up from 191 in 2015.Abbott received 10 times more abuse than any other woman MP in the run-up to the General Election and eight times more
  
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• The long road to Brexit

  05-09-2017 14:46
  Political and social causes of UK’s vote to leave EU were key to referendum result
  
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• Caroline Lucas: Let MPs Job-Share And Work Part-Time

  05-09-2017 14:38
  
  MPs should be allowed to job-share to open the role up to people from more diverse backgrounds, according to Greens co-leader Caroline Lucas.
  Her party’s only representative in the Commons, Lucas has shared her leadership role with Jonathan Bartley since last year. 
  At the launch of a pamphlet on job-sharing by the Fawcett Society in Westminster on Tuesday, the Brighton MP will use a speech to celebrate its benefits, claiming it would allow politicians to “keep a foot in their
  
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• Activate Continues To Suffer Embarrassing Twitter Hack After A Bumpy First Week

  05-09-2017 14:33
  
  Things got off to a shaky start for the group dubbed “Tory Momentum” - but the group has suffered yet another PR disaster after their Twitter account was hacked.
  Things began badly when Activate, described as an independent, grassroots campaign to “engage young people with conservatism”, was mocked for its very first tweet (which has now been deleted).The problems seemed to escalate from there when screenshots of messages discussing “gassing chavs” emerge
  
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• Wheelchair User Baroness Sal Brinton Refused Entry On London Bus After Driver Fails To Help

  05-09-2017 13:46
  
  A disabled rights charity has hit out after a politician who uses a wheelchair couldn’t board a London bus because the driver would not ask a parent with a buggy to move.
  Baroness Sal Brinton, Lib Dem party president, tweeted her anger after she was left to wait for the next bus, whose driver wouldn’t ask the parent to move from the space for wheelchair users.Just been refused entry to this bus as driver won't ask parent 2 move buggy 2 side for me to get on. @TfLAccess pic.twitter.co
  
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• While we celebrate a new royal baby, poor families are being punished for having a third child

  05-09-2017 13:25
  
  If you're poor, a decision to have a third child will be met with increased poverty and a side dose of judgement
  
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• Northern Ireland Brexit Border Agreement Needed To Avoid Return To Violence, Warns Former Foreign Office Chief

  05-09-2017 12:55
  
  The Northern Ireland peace process could be put at risk if the government fails to reach a “sensible agreement” with the EU over the border, a former head of the diplomatic service has warned.
  Lord Jay of Ewelme, told HuffPost UK ministers needed to explain “pretty quickly” the details of how a soft border with the EU could be maintained if the UK leaves the customs union and single market.
  The UK government has said it does not want to see a return to border p
  
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• Religious Groups Defend Sarah Champion For Claim UK Has A ‘Problem’ With Pakistani Rapists

  05-09-2017 12:23
  
  A number of Sikh, Hindu and British Parkistani groups have come to the defence of a Labour MP who claimed “Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls.”
  In a letter to The Times today, representatives of the groups – including Lord Singh of Wimbledon – praised Sarah Champion for taking a “courageous stand” in highlighting “a clear trend in criminality.”
  The letter also accused the Labour leadership of having
  
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• I'm Broken, Britain: This is a battle for survival

  05-09-2017 11:46
  
  An anonymous writer on his battle with the DWP
  
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• Labour poised to vote against Brexit repeal bill

  05-09-2017 10:38
  Significant decision would send a clear message on opposition’s approach to leaving the EU
  
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• Government EU Withdrawal Bill Will 'Usurp' Parliament, Warns Vince Cable

  05-09-2017 10:20
  
  Theresa May’s EU withdrawal Bill will allow the government to remove powers from parliament, Sir Vince Cable has warned.
  MPs will vote on the legislation this Thursday which transposes existing EU laws into British law as part of the Brexit process.
  But opponents of the Bill warn it also gives the government excessive so-called Henry VIII powers to change laws without parliamentary scrutiny. 
  Sir Vince said the Lib Dems have “allies in other parties” in opposing the Bill.
  
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• The Waugh Zone Tuesday September 5, 2017

  05-09-2017 09:36
  
  1. HENRY VIII, I AM
  The PM chairs Cabinet this morning, but it is David Davis who is in the driving seat today as he delivers his Commons statement on the Brexit talks around 3.30pm.  In the long years when he was in and out of the Shadow Cabinet (and Cabinet), DD used to spend every summer yomping across northern England. He’s replaced that with the hard slog of a July and August negotiating with Brussels, and now wants to up the pace further with ‘rolling’ talks, not jus
  
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• North Korea Nuclear Latest Sees South Warships Conduct Live-Fire Exercises And Threaten To 'Bury Them At Sea'

  05-09-2017 09:21
  
  South Korean warships have conducted live-fire exercises at sea and warned its Northern neighbour that if provoked “we will immediately hit back and bury them at sea”.
  The drills on Tuesday marked the second-straight day of military swagger from a nation still rattled by North Korea’s biggest-ever nuclear test, reports the Associated Press.
  Pyongyang said it conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb on Sunday. It puts the North a huge step forward in its push for viable nuclear missi
  
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• North Korea Latest Sees South Warships Conduct Live-Fire Exercises And Threaten To 'Bury Them At Sea'

  05-09-2017 09:21
  
  South Korean warships have conducted live-fire exercises at sea and warned its Northern neighbour that if provoked “we will immediately hit back and bury them at sea”.
  The drills on Tuesday marked the second-straight day of military swagger from a nation still rattled by North Korea’s biggest-ever nuclear test, reports the Associated Press.
  Pyongyang said it conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb on Sunday. It puts the North a huge step forward in its push for viable nuclear missi
  
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• Sick of rewriting history? So is Ian the Climate Denialist Potato! | First Dog on the Moon

  05-09-2017 08:35 via theguardian.com
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• Brussels has no clear vision for Brexit, says City envoy

  05-09-2017 06:22
  European leaders just as divided as UK over how departure should look
  
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• Brussels has no clear vision for Brexit, City envoy says

  05-09-2017 06:22
  European leaders just as divided as UK over how departure should look
  
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• Theresa May faces backlash within party over repeal bill

  05-09-2017 05:04
  Labour hopes to exploit dissent in Conservative ranks over ‘Henry VIII’ powers
  
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• Power to the people

  05-09-2017 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Working with organisations to create positive change in Liverpool.
  
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• Scotland plans deposit return scheme for bottles and cans

  05-09-2017 01:03 via theguardian.com
  Under the programme, based on schemes in Scandinavia, customers would pay a surcharge that would be reimbursed when they return to the shopThe Scottish government is planning to introduce a deposit return scheme for bottles and cans.Customers would pay a surcharge when purchasing bottles or cans under the programme, which will be refunded when they return them to a shop.Continue reading...
  
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• Factory and retail sales climb despite fears of Brexit slump

  05-09-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Weakness in sterling having positive effect on manufacturers as goods made in Britain become cheaper for buyers overseasBritish manufacturers and retailers are reporting an upswing in sales, despite fears Brexit could hamper future growth, as the weak pound bolsters exports abroad and consumer spending at home. Retail sales increased by 1.3% on a like-for-like basis last month from August 2016, when they fell 0.9%, according to the British Retail Consortium. Meanwhile the EEF manufacturers&rsquo
  
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• Lord Bell On Newsnight: Bell Pottinger Co-Founder's Extraordinary Interview Amid Firm's South Africa Racism Row

  05-09-2017 00:56
  
  Lord Bell, the co-founder of controversial PR firm Bell Pottinger, has admitted the company will “almost certainly” fail to recover from being mired in a South African racism row but it is “nothing to do with me” - as his phone went off twice during an extraordinary Newsnight interview.
  His comments come after the PR firm’s work on a campaign for Oakbay Capital, a South African company owned by the wealthy Gupta family, has been accused of stoking racial hatre
  
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• Lord Bell On Newsnight: Bell Pottinger Co-Founder's Extraordinary Interview After Firm's South Africa Racism Row

  05-09-2017 00:56
  
  Lord Bell, the co-founder of controversial PR firm Bell Pottinger, has admitted the company will “almost certainly” fail to recover from being mired in a South African racism row but it is “nothing to do with me” - as his phone went off twice during an extraordinary Newsnight interview.
  His comments come after the PR firm’s work on a campaign for Oakbay Capital, a South African company owned by the wealthy Gupta family, has been accused of stoking racial hatre
  
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