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• Minister to review law on illegal Gypsy and traveller sites

  09-10-2017 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Communities Minister Alok Sharma said the review would look at the effectiveness of laws to tackle illegal camps.
  
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• Race Disparity Audit Website To Reveal How Britain Is Divided On Ethnic Lines

  09-10-2017 23:30
  
  The full extent of racial inequality in the UK will be revealed on Tuesday when Theresa May unveils a new government website detailing how the country is divided along ethnic lines.
  The prime minister will warn public services they will now have “nowhere to hide” when it comes to tackling discrimination. 
  The Ethnicity Facts and Figures website, which will be launched at midday and is the first of its kind in the world, will allow the public to examine how life differs for peop
  
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• Nigel Farage Held Up A Sign On Twitter And People Had A Lot Of Fun With Photoshop

  09-10-2017 23:25
  
  Nigel Farage is waging a personal war against the BBC, despite the criticism the corporation faces for regularly featuring the ex-Ukip leader on its flagship politics shows and news programmes.
  Undeterred by being ridiculed for posting a video on social media showing him walking up to Broadcasting House to deliver a letter of complaint, the MEP has now posted a picture on Twitter of him holding a sign emblazoned with the simple message: “I AM SICK OF THE BIASED BBC.” Absolu
  
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• Momentum Founder Jon Lansman 'Set To Run' For Seat On Labour's National Executive Committee

  09-10-2017 22:55
  
  The founder of the grassroots movement Momentum is being lined up for a key seat on Labour’s ruling body, HuffPost UK can reveal.
  Jon Lansman, a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, is expected to run for one of three new places on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), multiple sources said.
  All three extra NEC slots will be elected by rank and file party members in local constituency Labour parties (CLPs) and are set to be won by candidates fr
  
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• White papers tackle challenges of ‘no deal’ Brexit

  09-10-2017 21:42
  Documents on trade and customs sketch out how ports would treat goods
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Should Be Stripped Of His CBE, Labour MP Jess Phillips Says

  09-10-2017 21:37
  
  Harvey Weinstein should be stripped of his honorary CBE, Labour MP Jess Phillips demanded on Monday after the under-fire film producer was sacked from his company.
  The Oscar-winning American, accused of sexually harassing female employees, was awarded an honorary CBE in 2004 for his contribution to the British film industry.
  Phillips, who managed domestic abuse refuges before entering politics, told HuffPost UK: “Of course we should take it away. We need to shine a light on powerful men wh
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon Brands Boris Johnson An 'Embarrassing' Foreign Secretary

  09-10-2017 21:22
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has said that having Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary is bad for the UK’s reputation, branding him “embarrassing”.
  In an interview with Channel 4 News, the Scottish first minister was asked what she thought of Johnson representing the UK as its chief diplomat.
  She said: “I think it is embarrassing. Every time Boris Johnson opens his mouth he manages to offend somebody.
  “There are many things I can and will criticise the Prime Minister about and I a
  
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• Brexit: Just whose court is the ball really in?

  09-10-2017 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  When the prime minister and European Commission serve up a very similar message.
  
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• Senior UK officials defend £20bn Hinkley Point nuclear project

  09-10-2017 20:29
  Top civil servants say first new UK nuclear power plant since 1990s is good value for money
  
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• Theresa May sets out trade plans for a no-deal Brexit

  09-10-2017 20:01
  PM says Florence speech set new dynamic, but white paper prepares for vacuum
  
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• Universal Credit: Government Refuses To 'Guarantee' That No Family Will Go Hungry Over Christmas

  09-10-2017 19:58
  
  Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke has refused to “guarantee” that no family will go hungry this Christmas due to benefit delays caused by the new Universal Credit system.
  Coming under fire from both Labour and Tory MPs in the Commons, Gauke was challenged by former minister Frank Field to promise that no claimant would be left without cash over the festive period - but he failed to do so.
  Universal Credit, which replaces six separate benefits with one monthly payment made after
  
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• Universal Credit: Government Refuses To 'Guarantee' No Family Will Go Hungry Over Christmas

  09-10-2017 19:58
  
  Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke has refused to “guarantee” that no family will go hungry this Christmas due to benefit delays caused by the new Universal Credit system.
  Coming under fire from both Labour and Tory MPs in the Commons, Gauke was challenged by former minister Frank Field to promise that no claimant would be left without cash over the festive period.
  Universal Credit, which replaces six separate benefits with one monthly payment made after a six-week claim period,
  
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• UK business leaders tell May Brexit transition essential

  09-10-2017 19:28
  ‘Lack of clarity’ worrying, PM told at meeting with executives
  
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• May's nonsense on Brexit conceals a cynical strategy

  09-10-2017 19:17
  
  The prime minister is either lying to the public or to herself. Overall, the first option is better.
  
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• Learndirect’s pivotal role in UK training haunts government

  09-10-2017 19:09
  Flaws in oversight created an education provider that is ‘too big to fail’, Labour claims
  
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• Pro-Brexit Tory Bernard Jenkin calls for EU ultimatum

  09-10-2017 19:06
  Step up preparation for no deal, says leading Eurosceptic
  
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• Government Pleads For Ideas For 'No Deal' Brexit Customs Arrangements

  09-10-2017 19:03
  
  The Government still has no idea how a frictionless border with Ireland would operate in the event of ‘no deal’ in the Brexit talks.
  A policy plan published today on the UK’s future customs arrangements revealed the gap in the Government’s planning, with Downing Street asking for help from businesses on how to solve the problem.
  Theresa May has repeatedly claimed there would be no physical border checks between Ireland and Northern Ireland once the UK leaves the EU, but
  
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• Theresa May sets out Brexit options including 'no deal'

  09-10-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May is briefing MPs and publishing new trade and customs proposals, as EU talks resume.
  
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• Greens will stick up for 'the little guy' says co-leader

  09-10-2017 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Co-leader Jonathan Bartley says everyone must have a stake in the economy and shape local services.
  
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• Unpaid Trial Shifts: Young People Working 40 Hours For Free In Desperate Bids To Find Jobs

  09-10-2017 18:36
  
  The “scandal” of unpaid trial shifts has seen young people work as many as 40 hours for free, an MP bidding to outlaw the “soul-destroying” practice has revealed. 
  Job-seekers desperate for work are being asked by multiple employers to do unpaid shifts without any guarantee of employment at the end of it, Stewart McDonald, the SNP MP for Glasgow South has said. 
  In some cases, unpaid shifts with various employers added up to 40 hours - the length of a full work
  
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• Florence speech moved Brexit talks forward, Theresa May tells MPs

  09-10-2017 18:24
  But PM hints at preparations for leaving EU with no deal
  
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• UK 'firmly committed' to upholding Iran nuclear deal

  09-10-2017 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May's comments to the Israeli prime minister put Britain at odds with the US over a key foreign policy issue.
  
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• How 'Sex For Rent' Ads Are Swamping The Internet Amid Homelessness Crisis, SNP Conference Hears

  09-10-2017 18:10
  
  Law-makers must stamp out ‘sex for rent’ deals amid fears thousands of poverty-stricken women are being exploited, SNP delegates have said.
  Ads offering accommodation in exchange for sex, are appearing online every day, the conference in Glasgow heard, before members backed a motion calling for new legislation to tackle the exploitative arrangements.
  Math Campbell, the SNP member who put forward the motion, said women facing homelessness were taking up the arrangements out of desper
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit a 'developing disaster'

  09-10-2017 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The first minister was speaking as Theresa May predicted that the UK can prove the "doomsayers" wrong.
  
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• Rochdale inquiry: MI5 'told of Cyril Smith abuse case lie'

  09-10-2017 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Detectives had said "sordid" allegations against the late MP "stood up", a national inquiry hears.
  
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• SNP damps hopes for public sector pay rises in Scotland 

  09-10-2017 17:03
  Scottish finance secretary says salary increases will depend on UK government spending
  
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• SNP dampens expectations for public sector pay rises in Scotland 

  09-10-2017 17:03
  Scottish finance secretary says salary increases will depend on UK government spending
  
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• World Cup or independence for SNP members?

  09-10-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The Daily Politics' Emma Vardy asks SNP conference-goers: World Cup qualification or independence?
  
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• 'Voters want to control migration taps'

  09-10-2017 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Caroline Flint says new controls on EU migration have to be brought in after Brexit.
  
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• Zahawi: 'No advantages' to Brexit talks failure

  09-10-2017 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi says there are "no advantages" to Brexit talks breaking down with no deal.
  
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• The Green Party Wants To Create A New Bank Holiday To Celebrate Migrants

  09-10-2017 16:45
  
  The Green Party wants to create a new bank holiday dedicated to the contribution migrants have made to the UK.
  Members approved the new policy at their party conference in Harrogate on Monday, ahead of a speech by co-leader Jonathan Bartley. 
  It would see Windrush Day, which falls on June 22, officially marked as a national holiday. The date is widely acknowledged and regarded as significant - particularly among the Caribbean community - as it was the first time Commonwealth citizens from
  
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• Scotland Should Have The Power To Decriminalise Drugs, Says SNP

  09-10-2017 15:35
  
  Drug laws should be devolved to Scotland so the government in Holyrood can make moves towards decriminalisation, SNP party delegates have said. 
  Members of the party, which dominates north of the border, have voted for a motion at their conference in Glasgow for a radical shake-up in policy. 
  The motion calls for drug law powers to be passed to Edinburgh so the Scottish Parliament can consider “all options for harm reduction, including drug declassifcation, decriminalisation and
  
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• Theresa May’s untenable premiership might last

  09-10-2017 14:14
  What protects the UK prime minister is the ideological rift in her party over Brexit
  
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• New wobbles on the post-Brexit transition deal

  09-10-2017 14:08
  UK business leaders want clarity but talks about future trade relations remain elusive
  
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• Digging into Corbyn's silence on Putin

  09-10-2017 14:08
  
  The Labour leader believes he is on the verge of power - but voters deserve answers about his approach to Russia
  
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• Baroness Trumpington: Lords stalwart to retire at 95

  09-10-2017 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  A look back at Baroness Trumpington's remarkable career in public life, from Lloyd George to Thatcher.
  
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• EU rejects Theresa May’s call to advance Brexit talks

  09-10-2017 13:23
  European Commission says ‘ball is entirely in the UK’s court’
  
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• Commons Committees Join Forces To Scrutinise Government's Plans To Cut Air Pollution

  09-10-2017 12:41
  
  Four select committees will join forces to scrutinise government plans to clean up toxic air across the UK.
  MPs on the environment food and rural affairs, environmental audit, health, and transport committees have re-launched their joint inquiry into improving air quality after Michael Gove unveiled new plans to tackle the issue in July.
  The cross-party probe will examine whether this new plan - which aims to eradicate diesel and petrol vehicles from the country’s roads by 2040 - goes far
  
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• Sir Nicholas Soames: Robert Mugabe meeting was 'purely personal'

  09-10-2017 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The veteran MP has been accused of handing a "huge fillip" to Zimbabwean president.
  
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• The Waugh Zone Monday October 9, 2017

  09-10-2017 10:44
  
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  For some Brexiteers, the biggest news last Friday was not Theresa May’s decision to defy the Shapps leadership revolt but the outcome of a meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels. The hot news was that Germany and France were playing  hardball, signalling they will not agree to future EU-UK trade and transition talks unless there’s much more clarity from London on our Brexit ‘divorce bill’.
  The topic will sure to be the main theme today as Theresa May mar
  
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• Theresa May Must Impose Her Authority On Philip Hammond, Says Brexiteer MP

  09-10-2017 10:06
  
  Theresa May has been told she must impose her will on the Cabinet over Brexit following a week of turmoil that saw the prime minister see off an attempted coup.
  Bernard Jenkin, a senior backbench Tory MP, said on Monday the EU was “stringing us along” in Brexit talks and May should “dig in” on her position.
  Speaking to BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Jenkin denied he wanted May to sack Philip Hammond.
  But he attacked the “institutional mindset” of t
  
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• DUP hopes to raise Bombardier dispute in Commons

  09-10-2017 08:42 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP's Gavin Robinson calls on government ministers to "up their game" to protect Belfast jobs.
  
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• MSPs want end to 'hefty' payouts to failed public sector bosses

  09-10-2017 02:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Holyrood's public audit committee said "hefty" payouts for bosses who leave under a cloud are essentially "rewarding failure".
  
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• Theresa May calls on EU to advance Brexit talks

  09-10-2017 01:20
  UK push comes after Germany and France demand more money before discussing trade
  
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• Brexit ball is in the EU’s court, May to tell MPs

  09-10-2017 01:20
  Bank chief says 6-month deadline for bargain but minister speaks of plans for no deal
  
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• Greens 'Most Influential Party Of 21st Century,' Claims Co-Leader Jonathan Bartley

  09-10-2017 01:01
  
  The Greens will be the “most influential party” of the 21st Century, the party’s co-leader Jonathan Bartley will claim on Monday.
  Speaking to his party’s annual conference in Harrogate, Bartley is expected to say anti-austerity politics is now the mainstream thanks to the Greens.
  “Where we lead, others follow. Our London Assembly members forced a Living Wage. Our MEPs stood up for refugees when others stood back. And in Parliament, we have consistently kept cl
  
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• City of London plans new court to handle cyber and fraud cases

  09-10-2017 01:01
  Bid to maintain capital’s reputation as international legal centre after Brexit
  
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• Tory Grandee Chris Patten Brands 'Calamitous' Brexit An Act Of 'National Self-Harm'

  09-10-2017 00:34
  
  Conservative grandee Lord Patten of Barnes has branded the vote to leave the EU as the “single most calamitous example of national self-harm in my lifetime”.
  The former party chairman, who has also been an EU Commissioner and the last governor of Hong Kong, said he thought Brexit would make Britain poorer and “less significant” on the world stage.
  He accused the leaders of the leave campaign of “mendacity” and said they had no plan for what happens next.Lord
  
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