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• Ex-Cameron aide in tobacco firm lobbying row

  21-10-2017 23:02
  Call for stricter ‘revolving door’ rules after former No 10 special adviser Kate Marley plugs cigarette firm at Tory conferenceOne of David Cameron’s closest advisers has been caught up in a tobacco lobbying row after it emerged that she promoted a new product from the Marlboro manufacturer, Philip Morris, at this year’s Tory party conference.Labour has questioned whether Kate Marley, who quit as Cameron’s special adviser last year, breached parliamentary rules barr
  
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• Brexit must offer Leave voters the dignity they voted for

  21-10-2017 19:00
  A close relationship with the EU is the way to protect what my constituents value
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn condemns Clive Lewis remark

  21-10-2017 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour leader says a remark made by Clive Lewis at a conference event was "completely wrong".
  
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• Universal Credit Six-Week Wait Could Soon Be Reduced, Tory MP Suggests

  21-10-2017 17:47
  
  Ministers are ready to reduce the waiting time for Universal Credit payments from six weeks following an outcry from Tory MPs, it has been suggested.
  One of those who threatened to rebel over the roll-out of the flagship benefit reform, Stephen McPartland, said he believed the critics were “very, very close to getting a resolution” on the issue.
  Some have warned that as the roll-out of the policy gathers pace, the six-week wait is contributing to rising debt, rent arrears and evicti
  
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• Stop anonymous attacks on me, Wood tells Plaid politicians

  21-10-2017 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  It follows reports of disquiet among some Plaid AMs over whether she should lead the party in 2021.
  
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• The Brexit Legal Eagles Are Circling

  21-10-2017 15:55
  It's just over six months since Theresa May sent her "Brexit means Brexit" letter to President Donald Tusk purporting to give notice of the UK's intention to exit the European Union, and already there are six legal challenges in the pipeline. That's an average of one per month.The results of legal actions may not perhaps be the ultimate cause of a reversal of Brexit, that will be political, but our democratic system is based upon the rule of law; if the rule of law is abused, our democracy is de
  
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• Catalonia's Government To Be Sacked In Post-Independence Referendum Clampdown By Madrid

  21-10-2017 15:14
  
  Spain is to sack Catalonia’s Government and curb its parliament’s powers as it tries to stop the region’s independence bid, after a referendum that was marred by police violence.
  Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced he would take the unprecedented action after an emergency cabinet meeting in Madrid on Saturday.
  It comes nearly three weeks after the referendum, which Spanish courts had deemed illegal, saw police clash with voters, confiscate polling boxes and force their way i
  
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• Robert Mugabe's Appointment As Goodwill Ambassador For UN's WHO Causes Shock And Outrage

  21-10-2017 12:50
  
  The decision to make Zimbabwe’s controversial president Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador for the UN’s World Health Organisation is “surprising and disappointing”, Downing Street has said.
  Mugabe, who is accused of human rights abuses and ruining his country’s economy in his 37 years in power, was announced as the WHO’s ambassador for non-communicable diseases in Africa.
  It triggered outrage from human rights advocates and Mugabe’s opponents in Zimbabw
  
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• Donald Trump's 'Radical Islamic Terror Fuelled UK Crime Tweet Was Verbatim Repeat Of TV News Report'

  21-10-2017 11:35
  
  Donald Trump’s false claim that “radical Islamic terror” had fuelled a surge in violent crime in Britain was apparently a verbatim repeat of a TV report he was watching from a pro-Trump news network.
  Trump cited a “just out report” on Friday that the 13% increase in crimes reported to police had come “amid” the spread of terrorism.
  “Not good, we must keep America safe!” he tweeted, in an apparent attempt to win support for his controvers
  
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• Theresa May’s dish of disappointment in Brussels

  21-10-2017 04:14
  The UK prime minister did not get the result she was hoping for at this week’s EU summit, so what comes next for Brexit?
  
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