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• Bank calls for Brexit transition deal by Christmas

  04-10-2017 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The Bank of England says lenders may trigger contingency plans unless there is a deal by Christmas.
  
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• Eddie Mair Likens Boris Johnson To Bernard Manning During Brutal Interview With Amber Rudd

  04-10-2017 21:32
  
  The BBC’s Eddie Mair has suggested Boris Johnson is politics’s answer to comedian Bernard Manning during a merciless interview with one of the Foreign Secretary’s Cabinet colleagues.
  Mair was interviewing Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Radio 4′s PM show following Theresa May’s disastrous party conference speech, when the Prime Minister was the victim of a prankster who handed her a P45 and she broke down in a coughing fit.
  The broadcaster sounded incredulous when Rud
  
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• BBC's Eddie Mair Blasts Boris Johnson During Brutal Interview With Amber Rudd

  04-10-2017 21:32
  
  The BBC’s Eddie Mair has had another jab at Boris Johnson during a merciless interview with one of the Foreign Secretary’s Cabinet colleagues, suggesting the Tory MP is politics’s answer to Bernard Manning.
  Mair was interviewing Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Radio 4′s PM show following Theresa May’s disastrous party conference speech, when the Prime Minister was the victim of a prankster who handed her a P45 and she broke down in a coughing fit.
  The broadcaster soun
  
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• Theresa May’s message lost as speech woes highlight party problems

  04-10-2017 21:28
  Coughing fit, falling sign and prankster’s stunt cloud attempt to articulate ‘British dream’
  
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• May’s message lost as speech woes highlight party problems

  04-10-2017 21:28
  Stunt, coughing fit and falling sign cloud PM’s attempt to articulate ‘British dream’
  
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• Waugh Zone Special: Theresa May's 2017 Conference Speech

  04-10-2017 21:02
  
  1. COUGHING UP BLOOD
  “The test of a leader is how you respond when tough times come upon you.”  When Theresa May wrote that line in her conference speech, she can never have imagined just how apt it would become. Delivered after a coughing fit that ravaged her voice, it sparked a heartfelt standing ovation from a Tory faithful that was desperate for her to just get to the end of her keynote address.
  Her husband rushed on and gave her a long hug. As one former party insider put
  
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• BoE supervisor urges EU regulators to work together on Brexit

  04-10-2017 20:43
  PRA chief says British banks will become more complex and risky
  
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• Conservative conference 2017: May interrupted by man trying to give her P45 - as it happened

  04-10-2017 20:25
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen10 things we learned from the Conservative party conferenceMay’s speech - Snap verdictMay’s speech - Verdict from the Twitter commentariat 7.25pm BST Related: Theresa May offers voter ‘British dream’ in bid to relaunch premiershipRelated: Security inquiry after prankster Simon Brodkin disrupts May speechRelated: Theresa May's speech to Conservative party conference: key points For small number of MPs
  
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• Universal Credit Explained By The People On The Frontline Of It

  04-10-2017 20:03
  
  The Conservatives are this month set to push ahead with the rollout of a controversial benefits shakeup that critics - including at least a dozen Tory MPs - say is pushing some of the country’s most vulnerable people to the brink. 
  Recipients of Universal Credit (UC), which combines six of the main welfare benefits into a single payment with the ultimate aim of getting of getting people into work, have warned a six-week wait for payments is leaving people unable to eat or pa
  
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• Theresa May warned she must do more to fix housing crisis

  04-10-2017 19:36
  £2bn boost for affordable homes criticised as falling short of full solution
  
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• 'Pretty excruciating': Tory conference reacts to May's speech ordeal

  04-10-2017 19:30
  A No 10 source protested after the speech that the PM was ‘very happy with it’ but advisers could not suppress their dismayTheresa May’s speech was meant to be the moment she was relaunched as prime minister, shaking off her ice maiden image and showing she had the grit to carry on after the disastrous election in June.Aides wanted the speech to show the prime minister’s personal sense of duty and her determination to move beyond Brexit to focus on her domestic agenda. Bu
  
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• Theresa May speech prank prompts security review

  04-10-2017 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Simon Brodkin had "legitimate accreditation" for the event where he handed Theresa May a P45.
  
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• Theresa May revives plan to cap energy prices

  04-10-2017 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The Prime Minister says a cap is needed to fix a broken system, sparking criticism from energy firms.
  
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• Theresa May dares to dream and shows she is only human

  04-10-2017 18:56
  Coughing fit and prankster add a dash of slapstick to Tory leader’s vision of British aspiration
  
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• Chinese navy visits London in show of power and persuasion

  04-10-2017 18:43
  Beijing keen to boost co-operation as its ships expand strategic reach
  
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• Amber Rudd says it would be mistake to cut immigration too fast

  04-10-2017 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The home secretary is "very comfortable" with targets to cut immigration but does not a deadline.
  
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• Rex Tillerson Ducks Whether He Called Donald Trump A 'Moron' As He Says He's Not Quitting

  04-10-2017 17:51
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said had never considered resigning from the Trump administration as he dodged a question on whether he described the President as a “moron”. 
  In an extraordinary press conference called seemingly to underline his faith in Donald Trump, Tillerson was pressed on an NBC report claiming he used the derogatory word as he apparently openly criticised the President at a Pentagon meeting.
  When asked about the incident, Tillerson did not di
  
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• Theresa May announces £2bn for council homes expansion

  04-10-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Councils welcome the PM's pledge to get state "back in the business" of building homes.
  
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• Talks are the only way to solve the crisis in Catalonia

  04-10-2017 17:10
  Experience shows both sides are more likely to agree if a third party is involved
  
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• Talks are only way to solve the crisis in Catalonia

  04-10-2017 17:10
  Experience shows both sides are more likely to agree if a third party is involved
  
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• Theresa May’s speech: well written and spun out of control

  04-10-2017 17:06
  Runaway metaphors mar the prime minister’s big moment in Manchester
  
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• The cough, the P45, the falling F: Theresa May's speech calamity

  04-10-2017 17:06
  Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong in a speech designed to unite the Tories behind their leader. Here’s how the disaster unfoldedBilled as a speech where Theresa May was fighting for her political life after weeks of leadership manoeuvres by senior figures in her cabinet, almost everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the prime minister at the Conservative party conference.The combination of a prank, a hacking cough and the words on the set collapsing behind her mea
  
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• 'The British. Dream. Is what I am. In politics. For,' the Maybot whirred | John Crace

  04-10-2017 17:00
  In the battle between Theresa and the frog in her throat, the frog won hands downIt’s hard to imagine a more excruciating hour. One that was meant to re-establish the prime minister’s authority over her party ended in pity from an audience who could scarcely bring themselves to look her in the eye. Open ridicule would almost have been a kinder reaction.Theresa May had always intended her speech to be personal; she just had no idea it was going to get this personal. She began by tryin
  
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• Sideshows and psychodramas: Conservative party conference – Politics Weekly podcast

  04-10-2017 16:43
  Anushka Asthana is joined in Manchester by Rowena Mason, Matthew d’Ancona, John Crace and Kate McCann at the Conservative party conference. Plus we hear from MPs, ministers and members as Theresa May makes her keynote speechTheresa May called for party unity at the end of a Conservative party conference filled with leadership intrigue. As she spluttered and coughed through her keynote speech and was interrupted by a prankster with a mock P45, she faced new calls to sack her foreign secreta
  
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• Theresa May’s conference speech turns her into tragic figure 

  04-10-2017 16:30
  The British prime minister has lost all authority, writes Sebastian Payne
  
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• From Boris the Lion King to Theresa May’s P45 – my malarial week at the Tory conference

  04-10-2017 15:52
  A bogglingly unsuccessful few days in Manchester showed that the Conservatives are less the natural party of government than cowboy builders who really ought to stop trying to ‘fix’ thingsBy the end of the Conservative party conference, Theresa May had suffered so many painful betrayals and humiliations that she should have ditched her speech and dropped a 60-minute visual album on Tidal instead. A lot of people wouldn’t have begrudged her the chance to stalk along the street i
  
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• What Is Universal Credit? Everything You Need To Know About The UK's Biggest Ever Shake Up Of Benefits

  04-10-2017 15:37
  
  This month will see the widespread rollout of the controversial universal credit benefits scheme. 
  While the government claims it will leave three million families better off each month, critics - including some Tory MPs - say the move is pushing some of the country’s most vulnerable people to the brink. 
  Either way, the change represents the largest shake up of benefits in the UK in decades. 
  Here’s everything you need to know about universal credit. What is univ
  
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• Theresa May Speech Snap Verdict: May Finds Her Voice While Losing It

  04-10-2017 15:18
  
  Theresa May walked on stage to the tune of Rhianna’s ‘This Is What You Came For’.  The soundtrack bounced - “Lightning strikes every time she moves/And everybody’s watching her” - and a newly confident Tory leader strode forward. She certainly was what they had come for, but little did the audience realise that lightning would strike so constantly, thanks to the P45 protestor and the PM’s racked and ruined voice. 
  She started so well. Her &lsq
  
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• Letter F falls off slogan behind Theresa May at Tory conference – video

  04-10-2017 15:12
  Watch the moment the letter F falls off the slogan behind the prime minister as she gives her closing speech at the Conservative party conference• Does Amber Rudd tell Boris Johnson to stand up for the PM? – video• Prankster interrupts May’s conference speech to hand her fake P45 – video Continue reading...
  
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• The looming UK-EU clash over Brexit

  04-10-2017 14:52
  Outlook for negotiations is clouding over again
  
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• The day Theresa May choked on her own words

  04-10-2017 14:51
  
  It was a speech which won't be forgotten - but for all the wrong reasons
  
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• Lee Nelson Pranks Theresa May: Here's Six Other Times His Stunts Hit The Headlines

  04-10-2017 13:51
  
  Notorious prankster Simon Brodkin - aka Lee Nelson - has struck again, this time setting Prime Minister Theresa May in his sights. 
  The hoaxer caused chaos at the Conservative Conference on Wednesday (4 October), when he interrupted the PM’s speech to hand her a fake P45. He passed May the paper as she spoke about free markets, saying: “Boris asked me to give this to you,” he said.
  Turning to the foreign secretary sitting in the front row, he added: &ld
  
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• Theresa May defends free-market capitalism in personal speech

  04-10-2017 13:29
  Prime minister struggles with cough as prankster interupts her with a ‘P45’ paper
  
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• Mishaps mar Theresa May’s fightback at Tory conference

  04-10-2017 13:29
  Prankster and bouts of coughing overshadow pledges on energy and housing
  
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• Mishaps mar May fightback at Tory conference

  04-10-2017 13:29
  Prankster and bouts of coughing overshadow pledges on energy and housing
  
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• Theresa May's Speech Interrupted By Prankster Simon Brodkin Who Hands Her P45 Form

  04-10-2017 13:20
  
  Key Announcements from Theresa May’s speechAn extra £2billion for affordable housing scheme
  New energy cap plans to be published next week
  Announced review of the Mental Health Act
  Move to Opt Out system for organ donation
  Began with apology for the election resultTheresa May lost her voice and was handed a P45 by a prankster as she struggled to deliver her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference.
  The Prime Minister coughed and spluttered her way through her address to me
  
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• Theresa May's Speech: Coughing Fit, 45 Prank And Faulty Backdrop Eclipsed The Policy

  04-10-2017 13:20
  
  Key Announcements from Theresa May’s speechAn extra £2billion for affordable housing scheme
  New energy cap plans to be published next week
  Announced review of the Mental Health Act
  Move to Opt Out system for organ donation
  Began with apology for the election resultTheresa May lost her voice and was handed a P45 by a prankster as she struggled to deliver her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference.
  The Prime Minister coughed and spluttered her way through her address to me
  
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• Tory MP Rebecca Pow Claims Labour MPs Do Not Have 'Soil' In Their Constituencies

  04-10-2017 12:53
  
  Tory MP Rebecca Pow has confused and delighted the Conservative Party conference with the claim that there are no Labour MPs representing constituencies that have “soil”.
  Speaking shortly before Theresa May’s big set piece speech to the party faithful, the MP for Taunton Deane said she was glad “soil” was “now getting the attention it needs”.
  “This is not on Labour’s agenda,” she said. “In fact, I am not sure they have any constit
  
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• Ken Clarke: Boris Johnson Has Turned Tory Conference Into Mayhem

  04-10-2017 12:44
  
  Boris Johnson has thrown his party’s conference into “mayhem” by making disloyal speeches and inappropriate comments, according to Ken Clarke.
  The Tory grandee said Johnson, who is facing calls for his sacking after making a joke about “clearing dead bodies” in Libya to make the war-torn country more attractive to investors, had “brought criticism on himself”. 
  Clarke said the remarks, picked up by media across the globe, were the latest in a patte
  
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• Theresa May faces calls to sack Boris Johnson over Libya comments

  04-10-2017 12:04
  Tory and Labour MPs demand action after foreign secretary said Libyan city of Sirte could be next Dubai once it ‘cleared the dead bodies away’Follow the latest developments from the Conservative conference - liveTheresa May is facing calls to sack Boris Johnson from her own backbenchers after he said a war-torn Libyan city only had to “clear the dead bodies away” to become a world-class tourist and business destination.Related: Sirte: what was Boris Johnson talking about?
  
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• Tory MP Sarah Wollaston Says Boris Johnson Should 'Consider His Position' Over Libya Comments

  04-10-2017 10:08
  
  A Tory backbencher has joined calls for Boris Johnson to apologise after he joked about “dead bodies” in Libya putting off investors in the wake of its civil war.
  The foreign secretary made the comments at a Conservative conference fringe meeting, prompting a swathe of calls for him to resign or be sacked.
  On Wednesday Johnson’s colleague, Sarah Wollaston, said she agreed with those who said he should consider his position, including fellow Tory backbenchers Anna Soubry a
  
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• Tory MP Sarah Wollaston Says Boris Johnson Should 'Apologise Unequivocally' For Libya Comments

  04-10-2017 10:08
  
  A Tory backbencher has joined calls for Boris Johnson to apologise after he joked about “dead bodies” in Libya putting off investors in the wake of its civil war.
  The foreign secretary made the comments at a Conservative conference fringe meeting, prompting a swathe of calls for him to resign or be sacked.
  On Wednesday Johnson’s colleague, Sarah Wollaston, said she agreed with those who said he should consider his position, including fellow Tory backbenchers Anna Soubry a
  
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• The Waugh Zone Wednesday October 4, 2017

  04-10-2017 10:02
  
  1. BUILDING CONTROL
  This is strangest post-election “victory” party conference in modern memory. So when Theresa May gets up to make her big speech, she knows her task is to reassure the party and the country that she is both listening and in charge. She has to (to borrow a phrase) take back control of the political agenda.
  One key way to do that is to address the running sore that is Britain’s housing crisis, a crisis that is central to the fears of young people that they hav
  
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• Theresa May to unveil house building plans in conference speech

  04-10-2017 10:01
  Prime minister will announce ‘rebirth of council housing’ to attract younger voters
  
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• Gary Lineker Mocks Telegraph's Pro-Boris Johnson Front Page Celebrating Conference Speech

  04-10-2017 09:47
  
  The Daily Telegraph’s front page, which called Boris Johnson “the roaring lion”, after he delivered his Tory Party Conference speech amid a growing fight with Theresa May, has been ridiculed.
  The Foreign Secretary, who has used the pages of the paper to challenge May’s authority by setting out his vision for Brexit in September, gave a 29-minute speech in which he attacked Brexit “pessimists” and called on the party to “let that lion roar”.
  Theresa
  
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• Tory-DUP deal is 'not temporary' says Nigel Dodds

  04-10-2017 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Nigel Dodds says his party's confidence and supply arrangement will last for duration of parliament.
  
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• Scottish Labour set for return to power, says leftwing favourite

  04-10-2017 06:08
  Richard Leonard believes Jeremy Corbyn’s radical vision resonates in Scotland
  
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• Myanmar: Rohingya appeal launched by UK charities

  04-10-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The government will match the first £3m donated by the public for Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence.
  
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• Spain's King Felipe Condemns 'Irresponsible Behaviour' Of Catalan Leaders

  04-10-2017 00:08
  
  Spain’s King Felipe VI accused Catalan independence leaders of shattering democratic principles and dividing society, as thousands took to the streets to protest against a violent police crackdown.
  The televised speech on Tuesday evening, a rare intervention by the 49-year-old monarch, was a sign of how deeply Spain has been shaken by the Catalan referendum and a violent police crackdown that injured 900 people.
  Tens of thousands of Catalans demonstrated in the streets of the northeastern
  
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