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• Conservative donors call for May to stand down over 'bullying' by Johnson

  05-10-2017 22:21
  Founder of Pimlico Plumbers says PM is being undermined by foreign secretary, while others say party should emulate Labour’s wide financial support baseConservative donors have called for Theresa May to stand down because she is being “bullied” by colleagues including Boris Johnson.Following an ill-fated conference speech and rumours of a backbench plot against the prime minister, two wealthy supporters said the party must act quickly and install another leader.Continue reading
  
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• Theresa May Urged To 'Go - And Go Now' Despite Move By Loyalists To Fend Off Tory Leadership Plot

  05-10-2017 22:00
  
  Tory MPs plotting to oust Theresa May are refusing to back down despite a major rearguard action by ministers and loyalist MPs to keep her in Downing Street.
  One backbencher texted the Government Chief Whip directly on Thursday evening to say the Prime Minister “needs to go and go now”, HuffPost UK has been told.
  The campaign to force May to quit now has the support of five former Cabinet ministers, with a further two expected to join the plot in coming days, one MP revealed.
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland and Ireland 'are Brexit allies'

  05-10-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  First minister Nicola Sturgeon says the countries are united on virtually every issue of substance relating to Brexit.
  
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• Theresa May faces call to quit after disastrous speech

  05-10-2017 21:13
  But Conservative rebellion against prime minister is not yet large enough to oust her
  
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• Deal or no deal? Latter is on the Brexit cards | Letters from Dick Taverne and Rod Tipple

  05-10-2017 20:01
  There is no chance of agreeing a new UK-EU relationship by the deadline, says Dick Taverne; the EU’s aim is Britain’s cancellation of article 50, says Rod TippleWhat neither the media nor those in the Conservative and Labour parties arguing for a soft Brexit seem to have realised is that we are heading inexorably towards no deal (Editorial, 2 October). The Irish border problem alone seems nigh insoluble if we are not in the customs union, a solution the government has rejected. It pr
  
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• Royal Navy could lose 'fight on beaches' ships in planned cuts

  05-10-2017 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal Navy could lose ability to assault enemy-held beaches, under plans considered in the MoD.
  
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• Nick Clegg urges voters to join Labour or Tories to keep UK in EU

  05-10-2017 19:34
  Former deputy prime minister and Lib Dem leader, who has a book out next week, says Brexit is a ‘time of national emergency’Nick Clegg, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, has urged voters to join Labour or the Conservatives if they wish to keep the UK in the EU.The former deputy prime minister has admitted it is “odd” for him to encourage voters to join a political party other than his own, but he believes that Brexit is a “time of national emergency”
  
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• UK’s northern cities lobby Brexit minister over EU funding

  05-10-2017 19:06
  Mayors of Manchester and Liverpool voice concerns over loss of solidarity payments
  
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• Sir Edward Heath 'would have been questioned' over abuse claims

  05-10-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  One allegation claims the former PM raped and indecently assaulted an 11-year-old boy, police say.
  
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• Tariffs and energetic protection of US trade is the American way

  05-10-2017 18:42
  US policy on imports is tough whoever is in the White House, writes Alan Beattie
  
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• Titanium Theresa

  05-10-2017 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  People at this week's Tory conference in Manchester got well used to the sounds of David Guetta.
  
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• Theresa May: 'Heroic' PM is allowed to be ill, says MP

  05-10-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative MP Charles Walker dismisses coverage of the PM's speech woes as "a nonsense".
  
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• Four concerns for Philip Hammond ahead of the UK Budget

  05-10-2017 16:56
  Downgrades to productivity likely to hammer Britain’s public finances
  
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• Tory fringe dominated by male speakers who took two-thirds of slots

  05-10-2017 16:55
  Of 1,124 named speakers on the fringe conference programme 32% were women, compared with 43% at Labour equivalentMale speakers dominated panel events at fringe meetings at the Conservative party’s conference in Manchester, taking up more than two-thirds of the speaking slots.An analysis by the Guardian found that of the more than 1,700 panel seats available, just 31% were filled by women, while of the 1,124 named speakers on the fringe conference programme, 32% were women. Continue reading
  
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• Tories on Corbyn

  05-10-2017 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Tory members say they underestimated the Labour leader - but can't agree on how to fight back.
  
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• Gig economy workers 'like the flexibility'

  05-10-2017 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The bosses of two of the UK's biggest delivery firms hit back at claims they exploit workers.
  
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• Trump opposes EU-UK agri-deal in blow to May’s Brexit plans

  05-10-2017 15:21
  Move shows US likely to drive hard bargain as Britain assumes its own WTO obligations
  
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• Former UK PM Edward Heath would have been quizzed over abuse claims

  05-10-2017 15:20
  Police say claims of rape and sexual assault would have merited interview under caution
  
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• UK Supreme Court president Lady Hale calls for more women judges

  05-10-2017 15:17
  Newly-installed top judge also backs ‘no-fault’ divorces and review of legal aid
  
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• EMA’s painful departure

  05-10-2017 14:39
  EU is acting rapidly and decisively on the future of the flagship agency
  
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• Nick Clegg suggests people join Labour to stop Brexit

  05-10-2017 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-Lib Dem leader says it is a "national emergency" so people need to influence the big parties.
  
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• UK's new supreme court chief calls for clarity on ECJ after Brexit

  05-10-2017 13:40
  President of UK’s highest court, Brenda Hale, says judges need to know how far they should take into account future judgments from EU courtParliament should give judges “as much clarity as possible” in setting out the UK’s relationship to the European Union’s court of justice after Brexit, the new president of the supreme court has urged. Related: Brenda Hale sworn in as first female president of UK's supreme courtContinue reading...
  
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• The 'British Dream'?

  05-10-2017 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM has promised to bring back the 'British Dream', although few of us agree on what the idea means.
  
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• 'Poor Theresa May': how European newspapers reacted to PM's speech

  05-10-2017 13:05
  Tory leader’s mishap-strewn conference address gets a brutal response from the press, with some describing it as ‘fatal’ European newspapers were brutal on Theresa May’s mishap-strewn Conservative party conference speech, with verdicts ranging from “a fiasco” to “fatal” via an awful lot of “British dreams turning to nightmares”. In France, Libération’s London correspondent said the prime minister’s keynote closing add
  
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• ‘Two-thirds’ of Hammond’s £26bn Budget war chest faces wipeout

  05-10-2017 12:56
  Officials fear public finances ‘bloodbath’ as OBR prepares to downgrade UK growth
  
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• P45 prankster Simon Brodkin will face no further action, police say

  05-10-2017 12:54
  Tories to review security after Brodkin was arrested for disrupting Theresa May’s speechPolice have said no further action will be taken against Simon Brodkin, the prankster who waved a fake P45 at Theresa May during her keynote speech at the Conservative party conference.Brodkin was tackled by security guards and dragged from the auditorium in Manchester after interrupting the prime minister’s speech on Wednesday. He was arrested for breach of the peace but released shortly afterwar
  
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• The economic consequences of Jeremy Corbyn

  05-10-2017 12:40
  Populist socialism consistently fails because it does not respect the constraints
  
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• Sir Edward Heath Child Sex Abuse Claims Were 'Sufficiently Credible To Justify Questioning'

  05-10-2017 12:08
  
  Former prime minister Sir Edward Heath would have had to answer allegations he raped and indecently assaulted an 11-year-old boy if he were still alive, a controversial police inquiry has concluded.
  Wiltshire Police, which has been investigating the claims for two years, said seven of the 40 allegations were credible enough to justify questioning him under caution.It published its “summary closure report” into Heath, who was better known as Ted and was prime minister from 1970 t
  
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• Everything that went wrong during Theresa May’s speech – video

  05-10-2017 12:08
  Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative party conference in Manchester on Wednesday was fraught with problems. The prime minister was coping with a cough which punctuated much of her presentation while also being handed a P45 by a prankster and a cough sweet by the chancellor. By the end of her address, letters had begun to fall off the slogan on the wall behind her Continue reading...
  
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• Florence Welch and Calvin Harris upset about Conservative Party playlist

  05-10-2017 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  They're unhappy that their music was played at the Conservative conference without permission.
  
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• The real Theresa May: How the PM tried to introduce immigration checks in schools

  05-10-2017 11:31
  
  Yesterday the prime minister claimed she was a champion of the marginalised. Today we document how she tried to tried to "deprioritise" the children of illegal immigrants in schools
  
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• DUP dismisses all-Ireland agri-food plan

  05-10-2017 10:56 via bbc.co.uk
  A memo seen by RTÉ suggests that Northern Ireland could remain in the EU system for agri-food.
  
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• Cabinet loyalists voice support for Theresa May

  05-10-2017 10:40
  Dozens of Tory MPs weigh asking prime minister to quit after disastrous speech
  
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• Cabinet loyalists voice support for embattled Theresa May

  05-10-2017 10:40
  Dozens of Tory MPs weigh asking prime minister to quit after disastrous speech
  
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• Michael Gove accused of breaking Brexit pledges to Scottish farmers

  05-10-2017 10:35
  Scottish ministers accuse UK environment secretary of failing to guarantee livelihoods of many of country’s farmersMichael Gove has been accused by Scottish ministers of breaking Brexit campaign promises to protect rural funding from the EU worth hundreds of millions of pounds.The Scottish government said Gove, the UK environment secretary, had refused to guarantee that £700m in funding for the country’s vulnerable hill farmers, forestry industries and crofters would still be p
  
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• Government had duty to stop energy firms overcharging, says Clark

  05-10-2017 10:35
  Business secretary says consumers could start to benefit this winter from Theresa May’s pledge to introduce price capThe business secretary has said the government had a “duty to act” to stop energy companies overcharging customers, suggesting households will start to benefit this winter.Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether the proposed energy price cap would be imposed on energy companies this winter, Greg Clark said: “Consumers who are suffering a detrim
  
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• The Waugh Zone Thursday October 5, 2017

  05-10-2017 10:21
  
  1. SUITED, BOOTED?
  You know things are bad when a PM’s defenders’ best case is this: robots don’t cough, so no one will call her a Maybot again. I’m paraphrasing of course, but the morning after That Speech, there’s a desperate desire among Theresa May’s allies to steady the ship.
  Unflappable Business Secretary Greg Clark was on the Today programme praising her “guts and grace” under pressure. The line-to-take seems to be that the Tory leader rece
  
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• The Waugh Zone: Theresa May's Departure Date Has Drawn Closer After This Week

  05-10-2017 10:21
  
  1. SUITED, BOOTED?
  You know things are bad when a PM’s defenders’ best case is this: robots don’t cough, so no one will call her a Maybot again. I’m paraphrasing of course, but the morning after That Speech, there’s a desperate desire among Theresa May’s allies to steady the ship.
  Unflappable Business Secretary Greg Clark was on the Today programme praising her “guts and grace” under pressure. The line-to-take seems to be that the Tory leader rece
  
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• Europe watches a luckless prime minister 

  05-10-2017 10:10
  Theresa May barely mentioned Brexit but her hapless conference performance could be just as important
  
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• Loyalists rally round Theresa May after conference speech disaster

  05-10-2017 10:09
  Dozens of other Tory MPs debate whether to ask prime minister to step down
  
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• Edward Heath Paedophile Investigation To Publish Findings

  05-10-2017 09:51
  
  The police force investigating allegations that former prime minister Sir Edward Heath was a paedophile will publish its findings today.
  Wiltshire Police will make public the “summary closure report” of its inquiry into Sir Edward.
  The probe, called Operation Conifer, was launched in 2015 after Sir Edward was named as a suspect in an investigation into historical child sex abuse, the Press Association reports.
  The findings will be passed to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual A
  
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• Brexit transition deal needed by Christmas, says Bank official

  05-10-2017 08:24
  Deputy governor Sam Woods says City firms will start to move jobs and business out of the UK without agreementA top official at the Bank of England has warned the government it has less than 12 weeks to agree a transition deal with the EU to prevent City firms starting to move jobs and business out of the UK.Sam Woods, a deputy governor at the Bank, said City firms would activate their Brexit contingency plans if there was no deal on a transition period by Christmas which would mitigate the impa
  
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• May offers the ‘British dream’ but speech turns into a nightmare

  05-10-2017 08:08
  PM’s keynote speech interrupted by P45 prankster as she pledges cap on energy bills and £2bn investment in affordable housing• Conservative conference 2017 - latest updatesTheresa May sought to relaunch her premiership on Wednesday by offering voters the “British dream” but the most personal speech of her premiership was overshadowed by a prankster handing her a P45, an incessant cough, and problems with the backdrop.The prime minister attempted to shift the focus fr
  
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• China spots familiar words in Theresa May's 'British dream' speech

  05-10-2017 08:03
  Commentators in Beijing and beyond enjoy British PM’s borrowing of slogans and sentiment from their leader, Xi JinpingTheresa May’s party conference evocation of “The British Dream” might have left some British voters mystified. But in Xi Jinping’s China her words sounded strangely familiar.
  The Communist party supremo has made the pursuit of the so-called “Chinese Dream” his chief political slogan since he took power nearly five years ago vowing to lead
  
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• Steve Bell’s If ... Johnson and Rees-Mogg's cat-and-dog fight

  05-10-2017 07:10
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• Ukip loses access to multimillion EU funding scheme

  05-10-2017 05:02
  Failure of anti- Brussels group to register follows series of scandals
  
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• Ukip alliance loses access to EU funding scheme

  05-10-2017 05:02
  Group fails to register for opportunity to ‘liberate money’ from Brussels after series of scandals
  
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• US joins countries opposing UK-EU agricultural import deal

  05-10-2017 02:35
  Move shows Washington is likely to drive a hard bargain as UK navigates Brexit talks
  
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• Trump opposes EU-UK WTO deal in blow to May’s Brexit plans

  05-10-2017 02:35
  Move shows US likely to drive hard bargain as Britain navigates departure from Europe
  
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• Keeley Hawes to star in drama from Line of Duty creator

  05-10-2017 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The Line of Duty actor will play the role in a BBC police drama written by Jed Mercurio.
  
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