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• The way forward on Brexit is a new poll on whatever EU deal is reached | Andrew Adonis

  09-09-2017 23:30
  This state of affairs can be overcome with a referendum in 2019 on the terms of the EU withdrawal billWhere there is no vision, the people perish, says the Book of Proverbs. As the slow-motion car crash of Brexit advances, we need a plan for stopping it.
  Here goes. Brexit is a revolution which devours its children. Most of those who spawned or supped with it have already vanished (Cameron, Hague, Osborne) or are disappearing beneath the waves (May and the three Brexiteers: Fox, Davis and Johnson
  
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• MPs need to take a new approach over Brexit | Stephen Gethins

  09-09-2017 23:30
  The Scottish National Party foreign affairs spokesman argues for consensus politicsMonday marks the 20th anniversary of the referendum that led to the reestablishment of the Scottish parliament, two decades since I cast my vote in favour hoping for a new outward looking Scotland as a student newly returned from my Erasmus year – a beneficiary of the opportunities for young people provided by our EU membership.That referendum promised a new kind of politics in Scotland. The leaders of the t
  
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• Is a divided Brexit parliament up to the biggest task for generations?

  09-09-2017 23:30
  The European Union (withdrawal) bill will expose faultlines that run from top to bottom in both main partiesAlmost 46 years ago, on 21 October 1971, the Conservative foreign secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home rose in the House of Commons to open what had become known in the country as “the great debate”. The matter MPs were about to discuss was, Douglas-Home told them, “momentous”. The motion to be voted upon stated that “this house approves Her Majesty’s governm
  
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• EU immigration offer could lead to Brexit reversal, claims Adonis

  09-09-2017 23:30
  Labour ex-minister says border control offer could open way to staying in the single marketThe decision of the British people to leave the European Union could be reversed next year if France and Germany agree that the UK can take control over immigration while staying in the EU single market, the former Labour cabinet minister Lord Adonis said on Sunday.With concern over the government’s handling of Brexit growing ahead of a key parliamentary vote on Monday, the peer said Angela Merkel, w
  
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• Two million UK families face £50-a-week cut in income

  09-09-2017 22:30
  Households with children make up more than 80% of those set to lose out as pressure grows for end to austerityMore than 2 million poor families will be more than £50 a week worse off by the end of the decade, according to an alarming analysis of welfare cuts, crippling rent rises and looming inflation.In a bleak assessment of the plight of the poorest families in Britain, the study commissioned by the Local Government Association found that more than 84% of those set to lose £50 a we
  
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• Anti-Brexit marchers rally in Parliament Square

  09-09-2017 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands of Remainers join a rally in central London to protest at the impact of the UK leaving the EU.
  
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• How the Tory party was caught out by its own snap election

  09-09-2017 19:12 via ft.com
  Warning signs of a hollowed-out Conservative machine were ignored, inviting disaster
  
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• People's March For Europe: Hundreds Attend Anti-Brexit Protest In London

  09-09-2017 17:51
  
  Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday for a protest advocating an “exit from Brexit”.
  The People’s March for Europe passed Downing Street, through Whitehall and onto Parliament Square for a series of speeches by commentators and politicians.
  Pictures on social media showed attendees draped in EU flags.Parliament Square and Whitehall this lunchtime. Square full but Whitehall v quiet pic.twitter.com/U5KZLluYRd— Chris Mason (@ChrisMasonBBC) September 9, 2017
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• Tory EU migration crackdown plans: the key questions answered

  09-09-2017 17:00
  Farmers, hoteliers and caterers say leaked proposals to limit free movement would spell catastrophe – but what would they really mean?A previously muted British business establishment is now in full cry over Brexit. The leak last week of proposals to restrict the ability of European Union nationals to live and work in the UK were described as “catastrophic” by one employers’ group. Voices from housebuilding to aerospace, farming and hotels raised concerns over the plans,
  
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• Thousands march through London against Brexit – video

  09-09-2017 16:49
  Vince Cable speaks at the People’s March for Europe before demonstrators make their way from Hyde Park to Parliament Square, denouncing the UK’s departure from the European Union. They demand a second referendum and call for ‘a return of common sense in Britain’s political leadership’‘Exit from Brexit’: thousands attend pro-EU demonstration in London
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• Calls for unity as thousands attend anti-Brexit rally in London

  09-09-2017 15:02
  Lib Dem Ed Davey says remainers should listen to other side and be a unifying force, as estimated 50,000 turn out in capitalOpponents of Brexit who turned out in their tens of thousands for one of the largest marches yet against Britain’s withdrawal from the EU have been told they need to “listen and understand” leave voters and bide their time for a referendum on any deal that may emerge.
  The plea, met with polite applause from many in the crowd in Parliament Square, came from
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg Defends ‘Extreme’ Anti-Abortion Views

  09-09-2017 14:26
  
  Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he is entitled to his views after he was branded “extreme” after expressing opposition to abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest.
  Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset, has found himself in the limelight after being mentioned as a future successor to Prime Minister Theresa May.
  The Catholic father-of-six dismissed the chatter as “very flattering” and “good fun” and said he was not vain enough
  
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• Harriet Harman: Give MPs six months' paid maternity leave

  09-09-2017 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  MP Harriet Harman, who has three children, said MPs nursing a baby should be able to vote by proxy.
  
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• Rise of Jeremy Corbyn puts UK trade unions back in limelight

  09-09-2017 13:09 via ft.com
  Labour leader to address upbeat TUC next week after basing manifesto around its demands
  
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• A hotel with a view: 'Brexit could tip us over the edge'

  09-09-2017 09:00
  From a porter, to a chef and the owner, staff at a Bath hotel talk about how they see the future for their industry and themselves
  The Queensberry, a boutique hotel in Bath, has 38 full-time employees, about half of whom are foreign nationals. French, Germans, Lithuanians and Spaniards work in harmony together. Related: Leaked immigration plans ‘catastrophic’ for industry, say employersContinue reading...
  
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• Cuba lashed by category five winds as storm heads to US – as it happened

  09-09-2017 08:59
  This live blog is closed. Follow live updates here 7.59am BSTThis live blog is closing. Follow the latest developments on our new live blog: Related: Hurricane Irma live updates: Florida evacuates millions as superstorm makes landfall in Cuba7.49am BSTIf you are planning to leave and do not leave tonight, you will have to ride out this extremely dangerous storm at your own risk. Related: Irma's destruction: island by islandContinue reading...
  
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• Theresa May is 'hopeless and weak', says leading Tory party donor

  09-09-2017 07:07
  Lord Harris of Peckham says the PM is making a ‘big mistake’ by targeting high pay, and says Britain would be better off with early Blair-style governmentTheresa May is a “hopeless” leader of a “weak” government and Britain would be better off with an early Tony Blair-style administration, a leading Tory donor has said.Related: May hails leadership of Geoffrey Boycott, who was axed over team revoltContinue reading...
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg is a 'deadbeat dad', says Harriet Harman

  09-09-2017 07:00
  Labour MP turns fire on Tory who claims never to have changed a nappy as she launches campaign to establish formal parental leave for MPsHarriet Harman has accused Jacob Rees-Mogg of being a “deadbeat dad” and demanded that parliament change its rules to allow MPs six months of paid leave after having a child.Labour’s former deputy leader criticised the Tory MP after he said he was no “modern man” and had never changed a nappy following the birth of his sixth child,
  
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• Hurricane Irma: UK response found wanting, MPs say

  09-09-2017 06:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Politicians say there was a "lack of forward thinking" when preparing for Hurricane Irma.
  
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• How to navigate the free-for-all on London’s streets

  09-09-2017 06:00 via ft.com
  Apps will not help you pick your way through the chaos
  
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• The repeal bill, and Labour's Brexit repositioning

  09-09-2017 02:50 via ft.com
  As parliament debates the legislation for Britain's EU exit, we discuss the dangers of the Henry VIII powers and Keir Starmer's new line on customs union
  
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