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• UK soldiers charged with membership of banned far-right group

  11-09-2017 23:58
  Three men to face allegations of belonging to neo-Nazi National Action
  
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• Ruth Davidson 'not flying the flag for Brexit'

  11-09-2017 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Ruth Davidson says she would campaign to remain in the EU if another referendum were to be held.
  
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• Labour centrists urge members to oppose leftwing rule changes

  11-09-2017 22:35
  Progress and Labour First host pre-conference rally where one MP talks of the fight to ‘save social democracy’Labour members have been urged by centrist groups to block leftwing rule changes at the party’s conference backed by grassroots movement Momentum, including any potential moves towards deselection of moderate candidates.On Monday night, Progress and Labour First – some of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s most strident critics within the party, hosted a rally at
  
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• EU withdrawal bill enters parliament – one great illusion of power | John Crace

  11-09-2017 22:06
  A few amendments will be nothing more than token gestures in these days of Henry VIII clauses and enemies of the stateMPs vote on EU withdrawal bill – live updatesAs the second reading of the EU withdrawal bill neared its close, Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin tried to introduce a note of calm. Everyone on the Labour benches was getting much too worked up. The bill wasn’t some sort of crazed power grab by an insecure and incompetent government, it was just a dreary piece of necessary
  
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• Europeans need not apply: evidence mounts of discrimination in UK

  11-09-2017 21:20
  Exclusive: Government investigates evidence EU nationals are blocked from jobs and from renting or buying homesAre you an EU national who has been discriminated against in the UK? MPs vote on EU withdrawal bill – live updatesThe government equalities office is to examine growing evidence that EU nationals in the UK are being illegally prevented from renting or buying properties, getting jobs and booking holidays.
  Nick Gibb, the equalities minister, said he was responding after Labour and t
  
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• Alex Jones Says Donald Trump's Iced Teas Are Being Covertly Drugged

  11-09-2017 21:00
  
  Donald Trump’s iced tea is being covertly drugged and the President can barely string a sentence together by the evening.
  The man behind this shocking revelation has said he is in fear of his life as “this is the kind of thing that gets you killed”.
  That man is Alex Jones.
  Which means it almost certainly isn’t true.
  The Infowars host who has never heard a conspiracy theory he didn’t like the sound of graced the airwaves with his gravelly baritone to speak of what h
  
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• MPs clash as debate gets under way in Brexit repeal bill

  11-09-2017 20:52
  Edward Leigh urges Brexiters to show ‘magnanimity’ as rivals brand demands ‘autocratic’
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Single market membership 'open for discussion'

  11-09-2017 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Following the Labour leader's comments, a party spokesman says its policy has not changed.
  
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• Offshore wind’s victory tests Britain’s energy policy

  11-09-2017 20:23
  Left to its own devices, the market will not deliver on clean power beyond 2021
  
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• Birmingham bin strike: John Clancy resigns as city council leader

  11-09-2017 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  John Clancy has faced criticism of his handling of a strike by refuse workers in Birmingham.
  
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• British MPs face hard slog and late nights to pass Brexit laws

  11-09-2017 19:08
  Labour suspends informal ‘pairing’ arrangement to grind down Conservative government
  
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• Ari Fleischer Tweets His Gripping Eyewitness Account Of 9/11 Attacks

  11-09-2017 18:56
  
  George Bush’s Press Secretary has spent the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks once again gracing Twitter with his incredible first-hand experience of that day.Good morning.As I do every year on this day, I will do my best to recall what I saw on September 11, 2001.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2017There was no Twitter then. But I will try to re-live history on twitter so others can know details of what happened behind the scenes.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer
  
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• Anna Soubry Told She Is 'All Bark, No Action' By David Lammy In Commons Clash On EU Withdrawal Bill

  11-09-2017 18:53
  
  David Lammy vs Anna Soubry pic.twitter.com/8cZ6ank3sJ— Esther Webber (@estwebber) September 11, 2017
  Anti-Brexit Tory MP Anna Soubry was told she was ‘all bark’ in the Commons today as she prepared to vote in favour of the Government’s EU Withdrawal Bill.
  The former minister, who has been one of the most highly-critical Tory voices of the Brexit process, was rebuked by Labour’s David Lammy after she claimed to share his views over the UK leaving the EU.
  Lammy hit b
  
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• Authenticity is the political snake oil of our age

  11-09-2017 18:39
  The Brexit victory lap is as good as things will get for traditional conservatives
  
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• Labour activists demand freedom of movement after Brexit

  11-09-2017 18:36
  Grassroots members mount challenge to UK opposition’s official position
  
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• Government Response On Failing Wakefield Academy Trust 'Not Good Enough', MPs Say

  11-09-2017 18:10
  
  The government’s response to an academy trust pulling out of the sponsorship of more than 20 schools in Yorkshire is ’not good enough’, MPs say.
  Wakefield Academy Trust announced it was stepping away from the 14 primaries and seven high schools in Yorkshire last week, because it was unable to “facilitate the rapid improvement our academies need”.
  Constituency MPs, including Labour’s Yvette Cooper and Mary Creagh, said the announcement had been “a bolt f
  
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• Steve Bannon's 60 Minutes Interview And 11 Things We Learned

  11-09-2017 17:14
  
  Steve Bannon has given his first TV interview since leaving the White House and used the opportunity to fire salvos at just about everybody.
  Donald Trump’s former-chief strategist took aim at the usual suspects, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the like but also attacked George Bush, the Catholic Church and the established history of the United States.
  Aside from the fact he looks like he could do with a good night’s sleep, here are 11 things we learned from the 60 Minutes segment..
  
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• Dennis Skinner film director on Nature of the Beast

  11-09-2017 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  A film director is given rare access to follow Dennis Skinner for two years to make a documentary.
  
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• Profiting from Brexit

  11-09-2017 15:39
  The FT focuses on companies that are optimistic about the challenges ahead
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon pushes for Scottish immigration policy

  11-09-2017 15:33
  First minister uses devolution anniversary to call for more flexibility
  
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• Bring Back National Service For Unemployed Youngsters, Says Former Tory Chairman Norman Tebbit

  11-09-2017 15:18
  
  National service should be brought back for out-of-work youngsters, a former Tory party chairman has claimed as he attacked “lives dominated by fecklessness”.
  Norman Tebbit, one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal Cabinet Ministers during the 1980s, believes those aged between 18 and 21 and not in education, employment or training (Neets) should be forced to join a “disaster relief force” run with “military discipline”.
  Lord Tebbit, who famously claimed t
  
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• The looming cost of customs checks for UK exporters

  11-09-2017 15:03
  Traders operating tight supply chains fear impact of declarations
  
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• Labour Clarifies Position On Brexit After Jeremy Corbyn Suggests Permanent Single Market Membership

  11-09-2017 14:52
  
  Labour has clarified its position on Brexit after Jeremy Corbyn appeared to suggest he was “open” to the United Kingdom remaining in the single market permanently after Brexit.
  The Labour leader told BBC Radio 4′s World at One programme on Monday afternoon the UK needed a trading relationship with the EU “whether that is formally within the single market or that is an agreement to trade within the single market”.
  He added: “We want a relationship which a
  
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• DUP-Tory £1bn deal 'needs Parliament's approval'

  11-09-2017 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The two parties made an agreement in June, but no extra money has been made available so far.
  
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• Hard-Hitting Campaign Helps Parents Discover If Their Child Is In A 'Poisoned Playground'

  11-09-2017 14:44
  
  Three quarters of parents in Britain wants to see extra measures put in place to protect children from air pollution.
  A poll conducted by YouGov for environmental lawyers ClientEarth, based on latest government figures, has revealed nearly 1,000 schools are next to or near roads with harmful levels of noxious traffic fumes. 
  The organisation has launched its own postcode tool through which parents can find out if their child’s school is one of those on the list.
  ClientEarth air quali
  
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• Sturgeon seeks 'new spirit of consensus' on Holyrood powers

  11-09-2017 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The first minister urges political parties to put aside "sound and fury" and back the Scottish Parliament.
  
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• Corbyn Boost As Momentum-Backed Candidates Elected To Conference Arrangements Committee

  11-09-2017 13:43
  
  Jeremy Corbyn supporters are set to control the agenda of Labour’s annual conference after a comprehensive victory for Left candidates in a key party election.
  London activist Seema Chandwani and former postal workers union chief Billy Hayes beat their ‘moderate’ rivals, MP Gloria de Piero and peer Lord Cashman, for posts on the Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC).
  In the election, which was open to the party’s mass membership, Chandwani and Hayes won by a margin of
  
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• TUC warns against 'cherry-picking' some workers for pay rises

  11-09-2017 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Unions says all workers need above 1% rises, amid reports the cap is to be lifted for police and prison staff.
  
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• Hurricane Irma: Mum Trapped Amid Violence And Destruction Accuses Boris Johnson Of 'Abandoning' Brits

  11-09-2017 13:32
  
  A British mother-of-two trapped in the Caribbean after hurricane Irma has hit out at Boris Johnson, saying he has “abandoned” British citizens while trying to insist the rescue effort has been effective.
  For several days Amy Brown, along with other Brits and EU nationals, has hoped for evacuation from St Martin, having become stuck as the hurricane tore through the region, killing four people on the French/Dutch island and destroying buildings and infrastructure.
  Most of Br
  
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• Hurricane Irma: British Mother Trapped Amid Violence And Destruction Accuses Boris Johnson Of 'Abandoning' Brits

  11-09-2017 13:32
  
  A British mother-of-two trapped in the Caribbean after hurricane Irma has hit out at Boris Johnson, saying he has “abandoned” British citizens while trying to insist the rescue effort has been effective.
  For several days Amy Brown, along with other Brits and EU nationals, has hoped for evacuation from St Martin, having become stuck as the hurricane tore through the region, killing four people on the French/Dutch island and destroying buildings and infrastructure.
  Most of Br
  
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• Five Ways To Help With Postnatal Depression

  11-09-2017 13:21
  It's something that not many people give that much thought to, but postnatal depression affects somewhere between 13-19% of mothers, and around 10% of fathers (numbers vary depending on the studies). That's quite a lot of people. So what I aim to do here is give a few ways that I feel, either from my own experiences or through research, may alleviate, or in some cases help prevent, postnatal depression. Due to the fact that I am a father, some of what I'll say here is aimed more at other fathers
  
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• A universal basic income would transform society for the better

  11-09-2017 13:09
  
  Former Green leader Natalie Bennett on why it's time to take a proper look at universal basic income
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May accused by TUC of 'Santa wish list'

  11-09-2017 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Keeping all the benefits of EU membership without playing by the rules isn't realistic, the TUC says.
  
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• Caroline Lucas: Drop In Cost Of Wind Energy Should Sound Death Knell For Hinkley Point Nuclear Project

  11-09-2017 12:29
  
  A sharp fall in the cost of wind energy should mark the end of plans to build a major nuclear power plant, according to Green Party leader Caroline Lucas.
  Experts say windfarm developers may secure guaranteed payments from a government subsidy pot for power as low as £70-80 per megawatt hour - a drop of up to £50 per hour compared to two years ago and lower in cost than the planned Hinkley Point C station in Somerset.
  Successful bids for the Contracts for Difference Allocation
  
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• Lib Dems must 'think big' or struggle warns Ashdown

  11-09-2017 12:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A lack of new ideas has hampered the party and made it seem part of the establishment, says the ex-leader.
  
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• It's right to end the nurses pay cap but how will it be funded?

  11-09-2017 12:02
  
  Announcing an end to the pay cap without a commitment to fund it is not credible
  
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• No Brexit time scale from Boris Johnson

  11-09-2017 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The foreign secretary will not be drawn on length of Brexit transition period.
  
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• Big Brother state: How May's obsession with immigration turned Britain into a surveillance state

  11-09-2017 11:16
  
  May's 'hostile environment' is seeping into all areas of life
  
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• Offshore wind power cheaper than new nuclear

  11-09-2017 11:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Figures from the government are seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable energy.
  
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• Labour MP Caroline Flint rebels on Brexit bill whip

  11-09-2017 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Caroline Flint says Labour should improve the Withdrawal Bill, 'not kill it'
  
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• Caroline Flint To Defy Jeremy Corbyn And Vote In Favour Of EU Withdrawal Bill

  11-09-2017 10:15
  
  Caroline Flint, a former Labour Europe minister, has confirmed she will defy Jeremy Corbyn and vote with the government in favour of its EU withdrawal Bill this evening.
  The Don Valley MP said she was breaking a three-line whip for the first time as part of “respecting the outcome of the referendum” and “respecting what I said to my electors in a general election just a few months ago”.
  “I believe Labour’s job is to improve this Bill, not kill it as it begins
  
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• The Waugh Zone Monday September 11, 2017

  11-09-2017 10:09
  
  1. CHAOS THEORY
  In yet another indication of the Brexit department’s smoother PR machine, David Davis has led the news overnight with his simple line on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill: “A vote against this Bill is a vote for a chaotic exit”. As MPs gear up for the second reading vote, DD’s talk of the dangers of a ‘cliff-edge’ Brexit has prompted hollow laughs from Labour and other critics, but the Government is quietly confident it has the numbers.
  Ken Clarke
  
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• Will Trump’s Climate Change Denial Be Tested?

  11-09-2017 09:09
  
  Extreme weather-related disasters aren’t new but they are on the increase. Globally, the number of climate-related disasters has more than tripled since 1980. This year we’ve seen Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Jose wreak a path of destruction in the US, we’ve seen thousands die and millions displaced in South Asian floods. Australia’s summer broke 205 records, while Europe experienced a deadly heat wave amid warnings of worsening weather disasters on the continent.97% of cl
  
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• Tory-DUP £1bn payment needs parliament's approval after Gina Miller challenge

  11-09-2017 07:00
  Release of cash promised by Theresa May in deal to prop up her minority government will have ‘appropriate parliamentary authorisation’Parliament will need to approve the release of £1bn in funding for Northern Ireland promised to the Democratic Unionist party by Theresa May to secure its support after the general election, the government has conceded.
  Challenged by the campaigner Gina Miller about the legal basis for releasing the funds, which have not yet been made available,
  
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• Senior Tories play blame game over general election disaster

  11-09-2017 06:02
  Argument rages over whether it was poor organisation or botched message that lost votes
  
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• Repeal Bill ‘power-grab’ causes concern as MPs prepare to vote

  11-09-2017 06:02
  ‘Henry VIII powers’ will allow government to change law without consulting parliament
  
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• Concerns over Repeal Bill ‘power-grab’ as MPs prepare to vote

  11-09-2017 06:02
  ‘Henry VIII powers’ will allow government to change law without consulting parliament
  
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• Five challenges facing the Scottish parliament

  11-09-2017 05:02
  Twenty years after Scots voted for home rule, the settlement looks far from stable
  
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• Grenfell Inquiry: Experts Fear 'Broken' Fire Safety Laws Put Millions At Risk

  11-09-2017 01:45
  
  Crucial fire safety tests are carried out on less than one-in-twenty at-risk buildings each year, HuffPost UK has learned as experts warn of a “broken” system of fire safety that should be overhauled in the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster.
  Eleven years ago, new legislation was introduced that meant owners of commercial and common parts of residential buildings were responsible for assessing fire risk, shifting the burden away from the state and the fire service, which had issued
  
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• UK trade unions call for ‘long-term’ single market membership

  11-09-2017 01:01
  Head of trade union pushes for jobs to be put first after Brexit
  
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