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• Critically ill ‘should not be made to die away from home’

  19-05-2018 23:01
  Better funded end-of-life care would be fairer and cost less, says IPPR reportOne in three people who die in hospital could spend their final days at home if the government introduces and adequately funds a modern community-based health and social care system, a new report says.The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says that, while most people would prefer to die at home or in a good care home, they are often unable to do so because of inadequate and underfunded local care. Continue re
  
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• UK government plans new legislation to tame internet's 'wild west'

  19-05-2018 23:00
  New laws will make Britain ‘safest place in the world’ to be online, culture secretary saysNew laws will be introduced to tackle the internet’s “wild west” that will make Britain the “safest place in the world” to be online, the culture secretary has said.Social media companies have already taken some positive steps to protect users, but the performance of the industry overall has been mixed, according to Matt Hancock. Continue reading...
  
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• Former Tory minister plans EU customs union rebellion

  19-05-2018 22:30
  Nick Boles says if Theresa May fails to secure an extension to keep UK in trade bloc until 2022 he’ll force a voteA new Commons rebellion to keep Britain in the EU’s customs union for years after Brexit is being prepared by a former Tory minister.Nick Boles, a former business minister, said he wanted Britain to remain in the customs union until early 2022, allowing more time to come up with a viable long-term plan. Continue reading...
  
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• Tories take four-point lead over Labour in latest survey

  19-05-2018 21:09
  Brexit supporters appear more pleased with Theresa May than remainers are with Jeremy CorbynThe Tories have opened up a four-point lead over Labour – the biggest since last year’s general election – as Remain voters appear to be losing faith in the ability of Jeremy Corbyn’s party to handle Brexit.The latest monthly Opinium/Observer poll puts the Conservatives on 43% (up three points) while Labour is down one on 39%. The Liberal Democrats are on 6% (down one), two ahead o
  
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• A hack dressed up as Widow Twanky: welcome to culture wars, UK style | Rachel Cooke

  19-05-2018 20:05
  If Rod Liddle’s bizarre Palladium show was a sign of Brexit times, we should stop despairingIn the days and weeks after the general election last summer, many commentators began talking of the culture wars, now seemingly imported to these shores from the United States, where they had raged since the 1990s.The battle lines had been drawn, they said, and the run-up to Brexit was only going to make it worse. At the time, I must admit, I didn’t fully understand what they were on about; w
  
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• Dominic Cummings is the true cowardly face of the Brexiters | Nick Cohen

  19-05-2018 18:30
  Vote Leave’s director refuses to go before the Commons. He fears the truth will outDominic Cummings is just a troll. He may have trolled the whole country and changed the course of British history, but he’s still the man with an egg for a face, who screams everyone must be accountable for their actions – everyone except him.MPs who want to question Cummings about the finances of his Vote Leave campaign are “grandstanding” fools spreading “fake news”. (A
  
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• Lewisham East by-election: Janet Daby chosen for Labour

  19-05-2018 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Janet Daby is chosen to stand in Lewisham East's by-election from a shortlist of black and ethnic minority women.
  
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• McDonnell: Regulators not fit for purpose

  19-05-2018 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The shadow chancellor urges a corporate auditing overhaul, following the Carillion collapse.
  
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• Labour targets ‘Big Four’ after Carillion collapse

  19-05-2018 17:45 via ft.com
  John McDonnell announces independent review of Britain’s audit market
  
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• Lewisham East byelection: Janet Daby to stand for Labour

  19-05-2018 16:50
  Council’s deputy mayor, who is viewed as a moderate, selected to fight for ultra-safe seat in JuneThe deputy mayor of Lewisham council has been chosen by Labour to fight a byelection in the area in June. Janet Daby, viewed as a moderate in the party, beat two other candidates after a hustings on Saturday to be selected as the candidate for the ultra-safe Labour seat of Lewisham East.Continue reading...
  
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• Labour defends peerage for campaigner linked to antisemitism row

  19-05-2018 11:19
  Race equality activist Martha Osamor signed letter against suspension of party members
  A race equality campaigner nominated to become a peer has the right qualities to join the House of Lords despite supporting activists suspended from Labour over antisemitism, the shadow chancellor has said.
  Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to nominate Martha Osamor, the mother of the Labour MP Kate Osamor, has been described by Jewish groups as a “two-fingered salute” to their community. Continue rea
  
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• UK anti-fraud agency struggles to find a new head

  19-05-2018 10:00 via ft.com
  Lawyers say search for next SFO director has been stymied by hasty recruitment process
  
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• Chris Grayling thinks nostalgia can fix the east coast mainline. He’s wrong | Ian Jack

  19-05-2018 07:00
  I thrill to memories of steam trains hurtling past my home. But blaming nationalisation for ruining a golden age is misguidedStruggling to supply a lick of bright paint to his plans for the east coast mainline, Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, settled on the word “iconic”. He told the Commons on Wednesday that the new, publicly owned operator scheduled to replace the failed Virgin-Stagecoach combine next month will be called the LNER. “One of Britain’s iconic rail
  
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• Listen: East Coast rail nationalisation and another Brexit fudge

  19-05-2018 06:48 via ft.com
  The decision to bring the East Coast railway back into public ownership has fuelled the debate on nationalisation. Will this be the last franchise to leave the private sector?
  
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• UK eyes tougher rules on internet abuse

  19-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Politicians increasingly frustrated by big technology companies
  
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• Boris Johnson: First visit by foreign secretary to Argentina for 25 years

  19-05-2018 03:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson to make the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Argentina for 25 years.
  
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• Boris Johnson to lay Falklands wreath in Argentina

  19-05-2018 01:01
  Foreign secretary’s Latin America trip will also include stops in Peru and ChileBoris Johnson will lay a wreath to commemorate the Falklands conflict in Argentina this weekend as part of a five-day visit to Latin America.The foreign secretary will also travel to Peru and Chile during the trip, which is aimed at showcasing Britain’s internationalist credentials after Brexit. Continue reading...
  
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