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• Theresa May to focus on trade and Boeing in Trudeau meeting

  17-09-2017 23:31
  Leaders seek to lay ground to replicate EU-Canada trade deal after Brexit
  
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• Boris Johnson left isolated as row grows over £350m post-Brexit claim

  17-09-2017 23:30
  Statistics chief Sir David Norgrove had said the foreign secretary’s use of the figure in an article on Brexit was ‘a clear misuse of official statistics’Boris Johnson faced growing pressure over his intervention on Brexit as Cabinet colleagues lined up to question his actions and he was accused of a “clear misuse of official statistics”.Sir David Norgrove, the head of the UK Statistics Authority, said he was “surprised and disappointed” to see the forei
  
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• Universal credit a train wreck that must be stopped, Lib Dems say

  17-09-2017 23:00
  Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman to call for next month’s rollout to be cancelled until overhaul takes placeUniversal credit is a train wreck and must be halted for a major overhaul, the Liberal Democrats have said, despite having introduced the scheme as part of the coalition government.The party’s work and pensions spokesman, Stephen Lloyd, is to say in a speech on Monday that the party has lost faith in the coalition’s flagship welfare reform with its accelerated
  
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• Tim Farron Warns 'No-One In Their Right Mind' Will Move To Brexit Britain

  17-09-2017 23:00
  
  Tim Farron will tomorrow warn that “no-one in the right mind” will choose to move to the United Kingdom if Brexit goes ahead.
  The former Lib Dem leader will use his first party conference speech since stepping down to accuse Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn of “cowards” who are “leading Britain to disaster”.
  On Sunday, the Lib Dems reaffirmed their commitment to offering voters a referendum on the final Brexit deal struck by the government.
  It came as Tory divis
  
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• My tactics 'saved the Lib Dems', Farron tells party conference

  17-09-2017 23:00
  Former leader will say growth in membership and local election vote share shows success, as Vince Cable repeats prediction it is possible he could be PMFormer Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron will tell his party conference that his tactics “saved the Liberal Democrats,” saying the party’s increasing membership was a sign it was on the road to recovery.Farron’s defence of his record came after a fraught session on the conference floor on Sunday, where party members attem
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn will back change to allow tough line on antisemitism

  17-09-2017 23:00
  Backers of antisemitism motion say unified Labour position on rule change is vital to win back Jewish votersJeremy Corbyn is to back a significant rule change so Labour can take a tougher line on antisemitic abuse, which supporters hope will send a signal at the party’s conference that it is serious about tackling hate.Supporters of the motion say it is vital the party has a unified position on the new antisemitism motion when it is agreed by Labour’s ruling national executive commit
  
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• Dame Tessa Jowell has brain cancer, family says

  17-09-2017 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour peer and former MP was diagnosed in May, her daughter-in-law announces.
  
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• Tessa Jowell in battle against brain cancer, family reveals

  17-09-2017 21:27
  Former culture secretary was diagnosed four months ago and has pledged to help people with cancer live longer and betterDame Tessa Jowell has been battling brain cancer for the past four months, she and her family have said.The former Labour culture secretary’s illness was revealed in an Instagram post by Ella Mills, the food blogger and cookbook author Deliciously Ella. She posted a picture of Jowell on her 70th birthday and described the past few months as “some of the hardest of o
  
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• Dame Tessa Jowell, Former Labour Cabinet Minister, Treated For Brain Cancer, Family Reveals

  17-09-2017 21:22
  
  Dame Tessa Jowell, the former Labour Cabinet minister who played a pivotal role in securing the London Olympics, is being treated for brain cancer, it has been revealed.
  The ex-Culture Secretary pledged to help others with cancer as the news was revealed by her family on her 70th birthday. She was diagnosed with the illness in May.
  In a message on her Twitter feed, the peer wrote: “Thank you for so much love and support on my birthday.“More people living longer better lives with canc
  
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• Vince Cable: I love skiing and driving fast cars

  17-09-2017 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The Lib Dem leader and ballroom dancer reveals he is also fond of "dangerous, edgy" sports.
  
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• Johnson seeks to re-establish himself as leading Brexiter

  17-09-2017 20:57
  Foreign secretary’s Brexit intervention seen as destabilising Theresa May
  
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• Boris Johnson seeks to re-establish himself as leading Brexiter

  17-09-2017 20:57
  Foreign secretary’s intervention seen as destabilising Theresa May
  
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• Referendum returns?

  17-09-2017 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The Lib Dems are united in wanting to stop Brexit in its tracks but not necessarily on how to do it.
  
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• Boris Johnson Accuses UK Statistics Authority Of 'Misrepresentation' In Row Over £350m Claim

  17-09-2017 20:04
  
  An extraordinary war of words between Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and the UK’s statistics watchdog over how much money Britain sends to the EU escalated on Sunday night.
  In a letter to UK Statistics Authority chief executive Sir David Norgrove, Johnson claims an article he wrote for the Daily Telegraph mapping out how Brexit would succeed has been the victim of a “wilful distortion”, and chided the statistics boss for going public with his concerns.
  Sir David had accused J
  
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• PwC’s role in advising Ofwat on prices scrutinised

  17-09-2017 19:40
  Firm’s work with water groups alongside regulator raises conflict of interest fears
  
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• Britain needs politicians inspired by national interest

  17-09-2017 19:39
  At a critical time for the nation, Boris Johnson is engaged in self-advancement
  
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• US Senate investigators train sights on Facebook

  17-09-2017 19:26
  Intelligence committee seeks further information about Russia links
  
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• Public sector employment is at 70-year low, says GMB report

  17-09-2017 18:26
  GMB union criticises government policy as report says the public sector jobs share is now 16.9%, the lowest since 1947Public sector employment has fallen to a 70-year low in terms of share of the labour market, the GMB union has said, with the loss of just under a million public sector jobs since 2010. Related: Unions call for 3.9% pay rise plus £800 for a million NHS staffContinue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump Retweets Meme Of Him Hitting Golf Ball At Hillary Clinton

  17-09-2017 18:15
  
  Donald Trump has shared a tweet that included a GIF of him hitting a golf ball at Hillary Clinton and striking her on the head.
  Clinton had been back on the Republican president’s Twitter feed in recent days as she promoted “What Happened,” her new book about the 2016 presidential election, with Trump resuming his campaign attack of “Crooked Hillary”.
  The video, retweeted by several users, shows Trump on a golf course hitting a ball before segueing t
  
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• Boris Johnson Guilty of A 'Clear Misuse Of Statistics' Over £350m Claim

  17-09-2017 16:13
  
  Boris Johnson’s spokesman has accused the head of the UK Statistics Authority as suffering from “amnesia” in an increasingly bitter row over the how much money Britain sends the EU.
  The Foreign Secretary claimed in an article on Saturday that the UK would “take back control” of £350million a week in payments to the EU after Brexit – a figure used by Vote Leave during last year’s referendum campaign.
  UK Stats Authority chief Sir David Norgrove accu
  
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• Amber Rudd Dismisses Donald Trump's Parsons Green Tweet As 'Pure Speculation'

  17-09-2017 16:02
  
  Amber Rudd has dismissed Donald Trump’s tweets on Parsons Green as “pure speculation”.
  A range of UK politicians have called on the tweet-happy US president to step away from the keyboard following his claims the bomber “was in the sights of Scotland Yard”.Another attack in London by a loser terrorist.These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Must be proactive!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017Loser terror
  
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• Rudd accused of contempt of court

  17-09-2017 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Asylum seeker Samim Bigzad was flown to Kabul despite a High Court order banning his deportation.
  
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• Vince Cable: I could become prime minister

  17-09-2017 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The Lib Dem leader says British politics is in a "remarkable state of flux" and anything could happen.
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson 'back-seat driving' over Brexit, says Rudd

  17-09-2017 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May is "driving the car" on Brexit and Boris Johnson must support her, the home secretary says.
  
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• Russia And China Now More 'Reasoned' And 'Measured' Than The US, Says Jo Swinson

  17-09-2017 15:28
  
  Russia and China are now more reliable in an international crisis than the United States under President Donald Trump, Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson has said.
  In an outspoken attack on Trump, Swinson renewed calls for Theresa May to rescind the offer of a state visit to the UK.
  “Trump is a bully, a misogynist and a racist. He boasts about sexually assaulting women.  He cruelly mocked a reporter for his disability. He has rolled back trans rights. And for someone who makes muc
  
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• Four key challenges for the Wales assembly

  17-09-2017 14:03
  20 years after narrowly voting for home rule, the Welsh still appear ambivalent
  
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• Sunday Show Round Up: Tory Brexit Wars And What's The Point Of The Lib Dems?

  17-09-2017 14:01
  
  The Andrew Marr Show
  Amber Rudd was up on Marr to deal with the fallout from two incidents: the Parsons Green terror attack and Boris Johnson’s Brexit article.
  On the terror attack, Rudd echoed calls for US President Donald Trump to stop tweeting after his missive in the wake of the Parsons Green incident.
  Trump claimed the bomber “was in the sights of Scotland Yard” – something Rudd dismissed as “pure speculation”."It is pure speculation" - UK Home Secretary
  
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• Lib Dem conference: Jo Swinson hits out at Trump and 'bully politics'

  17-09-2017 13:30
  Deputy leader says Russia has been more measured than US on global crises, and expresses concern about rising intoleranceRussia has been more measured than the US in dealing with global crises like North Korea, the Liberal Democrats’ deputy leader has said, telling her party conference that the victory of liberal values over intolerance was not guaranteed. Related: Jo Swinson: ‘I find it harder now to offer simple solutions’Continue reading...
  
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• Florence split as Theresa May finds room for her view on Brexit

  17-09-2017 12:42
  Tuscan city’s commercial and cultural ties with the UK are now at risk
  
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• Amber Rudd: Theresa May is 'driving the Brexit car'

  17-09-2017 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The home secretary says Boris Johnson is being a Brexit back-seat driver - but Theresa May is driving the car.
  
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• Labour Would Not Give Public Sector Workers A Real-Terms Pay Rise, Confirms Dawn Butler

  17-09-2017 12:13
  
  Labour would not give nurses, police officers and teachers a real-term pay rise if it was in Government, Shadow Cabinet Minister Dawn Butler confirmed today.
  The Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary revealed that while the party would scrap the Tories’ 1% pay cap on public sector employees, it would not give those workers an above-inflation salary increase.
  Earlier this week, Theresa May confirmed police and prison officers would get an above 1% pay rise – but the increases would b
  
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• Number-crunchers take Boris Johnson to task over revived £350m pledge

  17-09-2017 11:53
  Amber Rudd criticism reflects some Tories’ anger at foreign secretary’s intervention
  
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• Home secretary accuses Boris Johnson of ‘back seat driving’

  17-09-2017 11:53
  Amber Rudd says UK staying in Europol not conditional on any EU trade deal
  
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• Boris Johnson rebuked over revived £350m Brexit pledge

  17-09-2017 11:53
  Rudd criticism reflects some Conservatives’ anger at foreign secretary’s intervention
  
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• Boris Johnson rebuked for reviving £350m Brexit pledge

  17-09-2017 11:53
  Rudd criticism reflects some Conservatives’ anger at foreign secretary’s intervention
  
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• Boris Johnson accused of ‘back seat driving’ over Brexit

  17-09-2017 11:53
  Amber Rudd criticism reflects some Tories’ anger at foreign secretary’s intervention
  
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• Boris Johnson Slammed For 'Backseat Driving Brexit' By Amber Rudd

  17-09-2017 11:09
  
  "You could call it backseat driving" - Amber Rudd reacts to Boris Johnson comments on #Brexit #marr https://t.co/JjlWvzSdWt pic.twitter.com/OGcsG575rh— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 17, 2017
  Boris Johnson is “backseat driving” Brexit, Amber Rudd warned today as she tore into the Foreign Secretary for his intervention on the EU negotiations.
  Johnson published a 4,000 word article setting out his vision for Brexit on Saturday, less than a week before Theresa May is due to g
  
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• Rochdale Grooming Scandal Whistleblower Defends Sarah Champion And Slams Austerity

  17-09-2017 09:07
  
  The hero whistleblower of the Rochdale abuse scandal has said Sarah Champion should not have lost her job over controversial race comments she made in The Sun. 
  Champion was sacked as Labour’s shadow women and equalities minister after saying “Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men” raping white girls in a column in the newspaper in the wake of fresh grooming prosecutions in Newcastle.
  But Sara Rowbotham, the woman lauded for exposing a criminal gang who ab
  
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• Lib Dems' hopes despite Welsh wipe-out

  17-09-2017 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The Lib Dem leader says the party will soon benefit from "having a new face" at the top in Wales.
  
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• David Davis proposes new post-Brexit security pact to fight terrorism

  17-09-2017 03:52
  Jurisdiction of European Court of Justice likely to come under spotlight as Brexit secretary flags release of paper on MondaySecurity links between Britain and the European Union should be secured with a new legal pact to make sure the fight against terrorism is not hit by Brexit, David Davis has said. With the security operation still underway following the train bombing at Parsons Green in west London, the Brexit secretary told Brussels it was in both sides’ interest to continue to coope
  
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• Revealed: universal credit sends rent arrears soaring

  17-09-2017 01:05
  Housing chiefs’ warning on effect of flagship Tory welfare reformAre you on universal credit and struggling to pay rent? Ministers are coming under intense pressure to put the brakes on the government’s flagship welfare reform programme, following damning new evidence that it is leaving thousands of low-paid workers unable to pay their rent and at risk of homelessness. Related: The Observer view on the rollout of universal credit | Observer editorialContinue reading...
  
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• ‘I could be the next PM’: Vince Cable plots path back from wilderness

  17-09-2017 01:05
  The Lib Dem leader intends to restore winning waysThis is the Indian summer of Vince Cable. He had long nurtured ambitions to lead his party, but finally gave up on them when he was one of the casualties of the 2015 election massacre of the Liberal Democrats. He took his ejection from parliament to be the death of his political career.“If you’d asked me six months ago, I assumed my exile was permanent,” he smiles. So he threw himself into a post-political life. He tried his han
  
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• Chickens coming home to roost for Theresa May – cartoon

  17-09-2017 01:05
  Chris Riddell on the squadron of woes currently afflicting the government Continue reading...
  
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