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• Vince Cable: Lib Dem leader to warn of looming Brexit 'disaster'

  18-09-2017 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The Lib Dem leader's conference speech will urge "political adults" in other parties to put aside tribalism.
  
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• Canada and UK warn Boeing over Bombardier suit

  18-09-2017 22:44
  May and Trudeau hint at procurement curbs if US group pursues state aid claims
  
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• Theresa May 'driving from front' on Brexit after Boris Johnson row

  18-09-2017 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister responds to questions about Boris Johnson's recent newspaper article.
  
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• May's government is driven from the front. We just don't know the direction | John Crace

  18-09-2017 22:29
  So Brexit means Brexit and Boris is Boris. Maybot tried to talk about trade deals at a press conference with Justin Trudeau, but there was only one story in townTheresa May kept her gaze lowered. Fixed mainly on Justin Trudeau’s shoes. It’s not often the prime minister comes up against another world leader with better footwear. Besides, she didn’t particularly want to catch anyone’s eye as she didn’t have much to say. Or rather she did, but not in front of the media
  
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• Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson – cartoon

  18-09-2017 21:46
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• Theresa May attempts to reassert authority after Johnson's Brexit claim

  18-09-2017 21:44
  Prime minister distances herself from foreign secretary’s renewed £350m a week Brexit claim, saying only ‘Boris is Boris’Theresa May’s rift with Boris Johnson over Brexit has appeared to deepen, as she dismissed his claim that up to £350m a week could be freed up to spend on the NHS after Brexit; while the foreign secretary began musing openly about life outside government.
  Speaking to journalists on Monday on a flight to Canada, the prime minister sought to r
  
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• Nick Clegg Accuses Labour Of 'Demonising Austerity'

  18-09-2017 21:38
  
  Nick Clegg has said Labour’s decision to “demonise austerity” as “evil” is what led to Jeremy Corbyn being elected its party leader.
  The former Lib Dem deputy prime minister also told his party conference in Bournemouth on Monday evening that David Cameron ended up behaving like a “demented gorilla”.
  And defending his decision to take the Lib Dems into a full coalition with the Tories in 2010,  Clegg said he would never have backed the sort of &ldq
  
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• Theresa May in Canada for post-Brexit trade talks

  18-09-2017 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  She says the Canada-EU trade deal can form the basis of post-Brexit relations with the country.
  
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• UK Brexit team shuffle confirms Theresa May’s command

  18-09-2017 20:24
  Olly Robbins to be top civil servant at Brussels negotiations
  
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• UK Growth Will Be Hit By Brexit As Trade Costs Rise, Top German Economist Predicts

  18-09-2017 20:19
  
  One of Germany’s leading economists has urged Britain and the EU to agree a “permanent transition” to Brexit amid fresh figures showing UK growth would take a direct hit from quitting the bloc.
  In an interview with HuffPost European editors, Clemens Fuest said that British GDP would be up to 4% lower in 2027 than it would have been if the UK had stayed in the European Union.
  Fuest, president of the highly-respected Ifo Institute for Economic Research, stressed that Brexit &ldq
  
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• Fall in migration after Brexit could push up inflation, says Carney

  18-09-2017 20:10
  Bank of England governor says labour shortages could also raise wages in short term, but Brexit would have only modest impact on pricesA sharp fall in migrant workers coming to Britain as a consequence of Brexit could push up wages and cause a spike in inflation in the short term, according to the governor of the Bank of England.Mark Carney was setting out his view on inflation days after the Bank’s rate-setting panel indicated it could raise interest rates for the first time in a decade.
  
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• The nation is tiring of Boris’s vainglorious act | Letters

  18-09-2017 19:51
  Readers respond to the foreign secretary’s latest poorly though-out Brexit interventionBoris Johnson certainly is yesterday’s novelty (Opinion, 18 September). When the practice of politics is now so similar to advertising, where style and appearance often matter more than substance, if the Johnson brand is not refreshed it will fall out of favour. It is inevitable that he will be replaced by a newer and more exciting brand, which is that of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Not only will going back t
  
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• Theresa May holds press conference with Justin Trudeau – as it happened

  18-09-2017 19:47
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including Theresa May’s press conference with Justin TrudeauLunchtime summaryMay’s press conference with Trudeau - Summary 6.42pm BSTHere are the main points from the press conference.The UK government is driven from the front, and we all have the same destination in our sights. And that is getting a good deal for Brexit with the European Union. That’s a good trade deal, but also a good ongoing relationship in relation
  
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• Labour conundrum on rules to combat antisemitism | Letters

  18-09-2017 19:47
  The proposed change would enshrine in party statutes the idea that harbouring critical thoughts about Israel is equivalent to hating Jews, says Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi; and Lynette Gribble on the rights of non-Jewish communities in PalestineAs an active member of the Labour party who happens to be Jewish, I found your piece about the party rules and antisemitism laughable and alarming in equal measure (Report, 18 September). You quote Mike Katz saying it “could be a big, healing moment for
  
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• Jeremy Hunt Looking At 'Irresponsible' Plan To Cut Supervision Of Qualified Pharmacists

  18-09-2017 19:15
  
  Jeremy Hunt is weighing up “dubious” and “irresponsible” proposals to cut out licensed pharmacists and instead allow technicians to hand over prescribed drugs. 
  The plans, which the Health Secretary could roll out to all community pharmacies, risk causing “serious harm” to patients as they slash the clinical expertise at hand, it is claimed. 
  But Hunt’s rebalancing board argues technicians should be allowed to conduct clinical assessments with
  
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• Labour conference: most grassroots delegates support Corbyn, poll finds

  18-09-2017 19:07
  Research finds 844 of 1,155 delegates planning to attend Brighton conference back Momentum reformsThe overwhelming majority of grassroots delegates attending next week’s Labour conference in Brighton are Jeremy Corbyn supporters who support reforms to democratise the party, according to data compiled by Momentum.The Corbyn-supporting group believes that of the 1,155 delegates chosen by constituency parties to attend the conference, 844 back reforms proposed by Momentum while 236 are oppose
  
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• Boris Johnson Would Be 'Happy, Happy, Happy' To Quit Over Soft Brexit, Father Stanley Claims

  18-09-2017 19:02
  
  Boris Johnson will be “happy, happy, happy” to quit the Government if Theresa May opts for a soft Brexit, his father Stanley has claimed.
  Johnson senior, who also let slip that he had discussed with the Foreign Secretary his ambition to be Prime Minister, spoke out as his son repeated that he didn’t want the UK to keep paying money to Brussels after it has quit the EU.
  As the furious Cabinet row continued, Stanley, a former Remain campaigner and environmentalist, declared that
  
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• Ban social media trolls from voting, election watchdog suggests

  18-09-2017 18:53
  Electoral Commission says bans could be considered in attempt to reduce amount of abuse faced by politiciansBanning social media trolls from voting could help reduce the amount of abuse faced by politicians, the election watchdog has said.The Electoral Commission says legislation around elections should be reviewed and new offences could be introduced. Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit: UK reveals details of proposed new EU security deal

  18-09-2017 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Whitehall officials say they will "find other ways to keep us safe" if the plans are not agreed.
  
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• Vince Cable: People crave 'sensible' policies

  18-09-2017 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Vince Cable says people want the "moderate, sensible, middle-of-the-road" policies his party offers.
  
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• Boris Johnson Gets A Slapdown From Theresa May And Pat On The Back From Donald Trump

  18-09-2017 18:00
  
  Boris Johnson has been publicly reprimanded by Theresa May for his controversial Brexit intervention - as the Foreign Secretary received a pat on the back from US President Donald Trump.
  The Prime Minister told reporters as she arrived in Canada that “Boris is Boris” when referring to Johnson mapping out his vision for life outside the European Union in an article for the Daily Telegraph, and made clear her government was “driven from the front” and “all g
  
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• Boosting the power of workers should be Corbyn’s priority – any MP not up for the challenge must go | Paul Mason

  18-09-2017 17:55
  Ahead of its annual conference, the party must focus on what is urgent and important: securing rights for low-paid workers and banning zero-hours contractsThe building site where you have to slip the foreman £50 out of your wages; the warehouse where they send you home early, without pay, when they run out of books to pack; the container port where zero-hours contracts are driving security guards to mental stress and family breakdown. This is the reality of the British workplace, as told b
  
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• UK calls for treaty on post-Brexit security cooperation with EU

  18-09-2017 17:31
  Piecemeal approach could lead to operational gaps and increase risk for citizens across Europe, UK arguesBritish-European cooperation on tackling terrorism and crime will “fall well short of current capabilities”, increasing the risk for citizens across Europe, without a new security treaty post-Brexit, the UK government has said.The government’s “future partnership paper” on security, law enforcement and criminal justice, published on Monday, outlines an “amb
  
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• Theresa May moves to tighten grip on Brexit process

  18-09-2017 17:19
  Prime minister shakes up negotiating team and rejects Boris Johnson initiative
  
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• ‘Boris is Boris’ says Theresa May over Johnson’s Brexit challenge

  18-09-2017 17:19
  Prime minister rejects foreign secretary’s vision of hard departure from EU
  
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• UK calls for new security treaty with EU after Brexit

  18-09-2017 17:06
  ‘Bespoke relationship’ with Europol required to fight cross-border terrorism and crime
  
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• Dad Invents Brizi, A 'Clean Air Barrier' To Protect Babies And Young Children From Air Pollution

  18-09-2017 16:44
  
  A dad has created a “clean air barrier” that protects babies and young children from air pollution while they’re in their prams.
  Yosi Romano, a former BBC cameraman from London, was inspired to create ‘Brizi’ after his first daughter was born, three years ago.
  “I first became concerned about air quality when I was pushing my daughter along Finchley Road in her pram,” he told HuffPost UK. 
  “I noticed she was basically level with vehic
  
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• Top Brexit official Oliver Robbins moves to No 10

  18-09-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's top Brexit official, Oliver Robbins, will now work more directly for the prime minister.
  
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• Boris' attack on young people is part of Brexit's 'traitor' narrative

  18-09-2017 16:27
  
  At the heart of the Brexit project is a demand that we give up multiple identities
  
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• Don’t laugh at liars like Boris Johnson and Sean Spicer. Call them out | Suzanne Moore

  18-09-2017 16:25
  The foreign secretary is rewarded for his untruths, Spicer’s rehabilitation might have begun at the Emmys. It’s a disgusting spectacle to witnessLiars lie. The more they get away with it, the more they do it. Trump lies as he breathes, bombarding us with untruth upon untruth until we stumble in disbelief. This is all part of what we call fake news, but fake news is enabled by two things: individuals who lie and an equivocating media culture that is cautious about calling certain peop
  
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• Stronger Laws Needed To Protect MPs From Abuse - Electoral Commission

  18-09-2017 16:12
  
  The law should be strengthened to protect MPs from abuse, threats and intimidation, the Electoral Commission has said. 
  Candidates in the 2017 General Election suffered a litany of abuse, including threats at their own home and bullying both online and in person, the body found after a nationwide appeal for information. 
  The data has been handed to the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which is investigating the intimidation of parliamentary candidates. 
  Their probe was launc
  
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• What will cost more than lifting the public sector pay cap? Not lifting it | Faiza Shaheen

  18-09-2017 16:00
  The status quo is maintained at a big cost to wider society and the economy. Yet still the Tories’ dodgy maths hoodwinks far too many peopleThe Conservatives are finally backing down on the public sector pay cap – but not without a fight, and not without confusing the maths. I’m guessing the government thought our fear of numbers wouldn’t allow us to work out that inflation of 2.9% means their announcement of 1.7% and 2% respectively for prison staff and police wasn&rsquo
  
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• Yorkshire devolution deal scuppered by local rivalries

  18-09-2017 15:59
  Doncaster and Barnsley pull out of Sheffield City Region’s £900m agreement
  
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• Green Leaders Caroline Lucas And Jonathan Bartley Join Protesters Who Are Climbing On Cars And Chaining Themselves To Bollards

  18-09-2017 15:54
  
  Green Party chiefs Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley spent an afternoon with fracking protesters who have previously climbed on vehicles and chained themselves to concrete bollards.
  The co-leaders visited a shale gas “exploration” site near Preston New Road, Lancashire, which environmental campaigners have been blockading for months on end after accusing the government of “failing to listen to residents”, leading to a number of arrests.
  Fracking firm Cuadrilla moved sp
  
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• Lib Dem conference: Delegates on so-called 'snooping powers'

  18-09-2017 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Lib Dem delegates asked how they feel about surveillance powers in the wake of recent terrorist attacks.
  
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• Sorry, Vince, the centre needs big, radical ideas before it can rise again | David Boyle

  18-09-2017 15:39
  Cable is as likely to be the next PM as I am. On the eve of his speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, here are five realistic strategies to re-energise radical centrismSo Vince Cable says he could be the next prime minister. The truth is, politics is in such flux that I sometimes think the same about myself. Or anyone really – though Cable has more than an edge in the improbability overdrive stakes. Related: ‘I could be the next PM’: Vince Cable plots path back from wilder
  
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• Clearly, Jacob Rees-Mogg hasn’t quite got the hang of Christianity

  18-09-2017 15:39
  His appearance on Question Time was met with weedy praise for his honesty, but the politician’s sickening views are based on a very selective reading of the religionI turned on the telly last week and caught the last few minutes of Question Time, but foolishly didn’t turn it straight off away. Why not? I know it always annoys me, and this time it was more annoying than ever, because up reared the dreaded subject of Jacob Rees-Mogg and whether religion has a place in politics. And the
  
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• Boris Johnson reinforces EU view of Britain’s Brexit divide

  18-09-2017 15:29
  Foreign secretary’s article underlines dangers lurking in UK’s argument with itself
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson and stats chief in row over £350m figure

  18-09-2017 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson hits back after the statistics watchdog criticises his comments on post-Brexit NHS funding.
  
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• Theresa May brings Brexit official Olly Robbins under her control

  18-09-2017 15:03
  Department chief moves to Downing Street, raising questions about David Davis
  
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• Top Brexit official moves to role with Theresa May

  18-09-2017 14:46
  PM appoints Oliver Robbins as her EU adviser in Cabinet Office after reported tensions with Brexit secretary David DavisThe UK’s most senior official leading EU talks has been moved into a new role advising Theresa May, after reported tensions with the Brexit secretary, David Davis. Related: No 10 refuses to take sides in row between Johnson and statistics chief over £350m claim - Politics liveContinue reading...
  
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• Who will be the UK’s next prime minister: Vince, Boris or none of the above?

  18-09-2017 14:35
  David Cameron has predicted a showdown between the Lib Dem leader, Jeremy Corbyn and David Davis at the next general election – just as Boris Johnson seems to be positioning himself for the top jobName: The next prime minister.Age: Unknown. Continue reading...
  
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• Boris Johnson’s £350m claim is devious and bogus. Here’s why | John Lichfield

  18-09-2017 14:27
  The foreign secretary must find it necessary to distort statistics because the truth does not serve his caseThere are lies, damned lies and Boris Johnson’s weasel sums.By no honest calculation can Britain’s net payment to the European Union be estimated as £350m a week. Nigel Farage admits it. So does the Daily Mail. Continue reading...
  
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• Boris Johnson's dodgy use of statistics is a constitutional crisis for Whitehall | David Walker

  18-09-2017 14:16
  What’s the point in trying to make the civil service more professional if ministers scorn accuracy and mock the official arbiter of good governance?The Boris Johnson affair – especially his dismissive rejection of the UK Statistics Authority – provokes a constitutional crisis. Not constitutional in the formal sense of the workings of parliament and the Crown, but in the spirit and procedures of Whitehall.Related: Boris Johnson left isolated as row grows over £350m post-Br
  
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• Why has Boris Johnson revived the £350m-a-week Brexit claim?

  18-09-2017 14:02
  We look at why the foreign secretary has restated the discredited claim used by the leave campaign during the referendum
  In his 4,200-word essay on the “glorious” future awaiting Britain after Brexit “succeeds mightily”, the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, wrote:Continue reading...
  
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• Six Times The Tories Got In Trouble With The UK Stats Authority

  18-09-2017 13:31
  
  Boris Johnson is under fire from the UK Statistics Authority for repeating the claim the Government would have an extra £350million a week to spend after Brexit.
  The watchdog accused the Foreign Secretary of a “clear misuse of official statistics”, prompting Johnson to hit back that authority chief Sir David Norgrove was guilty of a “wilful distortion” of his comments.
  It is not the first time the Tories have incurred the wrath of the UK Stats Authority since coming
  
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• Tim Farron: Tories 'breaking Britain over immigration'

  18-09-2017 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The former Liberal Democrat leader accuses the PM and Jeremy Corbyn of being "cowards" over Brexit.
  
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• Yes, I’m the child of an MP. That’s no reason to give me abuse | Hanna Flint

  18-09-2017 13:05
  The Tory MP Bob Stewart says his son has been singled out by a teacher because of his father’s views. No child should be judged in this wayWhen I was 14, one of my teachers held me back after class to ask me something. It wasn’t about my contribution to the lesson or my work: it was to ask how my mother was going to vote on Britain’s participation in the Iraq war.If you didn’t guess from my surname, I’m the daughter of Caroline Flint, the Labour MP for Don Valley, w
  
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• Gove tweets support for Boris Johnson in £350m-a-week row

  18-09-2017 12:47
  ‘Look at what Boris actually wrote,’ says Gove, in sign that former Vote Leave leaders may have partially reconciledMichael Gove has become the first cabinet minister to lend Boris Johnson some support in the row over his insistence that the UK would take back control of £350m a week from Brussels to spend more on the NHS.Gove, who led the Vote Leave campaign with Johnson, broke cover on Monday with two tweets tentatively supporting the foreign secretary’s case. Continue
  
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• How Brexit turned Boris Johnson from political honey to Marmite

  18-09-2017 12:40
  Foreign secretary’s decision to revisit the £350m a week for the NHS claim will only reinforce his love-hate personaBefore the EU referendum, Boris Johnson was the bombastic, outspoken, charismatic Tory who had governed a Labour-leaning capital city for eight years. Like political honey he had a unique ability to entice non-Conservative voters to jump ship.Then on 21 February 2016 the former London mayor came out in favour of Britain leaving the EU – and almost overnight he was
  
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