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• Trump to try to fit in round of golf on UK visit

  22-05-2018 23:30 via ft.com
  After dinner with May and tea with the Queen, president could head for Scottish links
  
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• Trump to try and fit in round of golf on UK visit

  22-05-2018 23:30 via ft.com
  After dinner with May and tea with the Queen, president could head for Scottish links
  
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• Donald Trump tees up round of golf on UK visit

  22-05-2018 23:30 via ft.com
  After dinner with May and tea with the Queen, president could head for Scottish links
  
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• Boris Johnson wants a plane as PM's is rarely available – and too grey

  22-05-2018 23:30
  Foreign secretary says department needs an aircraft to boost UK’s trade prospectsBoris Johnson has suggested that Britain’s post-Brexit trade prospects could be bolstered if he had his own Foreign Office plane.Speaking in Buenos Aires, where he was on the second leg of a five-day visit to South America, the foreign secretary said the official Voyager aircraft, on which the prime minister travels, was rarely available – and not colourful enough. Continue reading...
  
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• Minister admits she has not read all of Belfast Agreement

  22-05-2018 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Caroline Nokes says she was 'probably giving birth' when the agreement was published.
  
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• UK Conservatives start to turn minds beyond Brexit trauma

  22-05-2018 21:38 via ft.com
  Party sets up think-tank Onward in the search for intellectual fuel for life after EU
  
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• Tories start to turn minds beyond Brexit trauma

  22-05-2018 21:38 via ft.com
  Party think tanks seek intellectual fuel for life after EU and — if unsaid — after Theresa May
  
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• Rees-Mogg asks ‘whether May’s government wants to leave EU’

  22-05-2018 21:17 via ft.com
  Tory Eurosceptics fear Irish border solution could leave Britain tied to Europe
  
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• Hammond to pledge superfast broadband for most homes

  22-05-2018 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The Chancellor pledges full-fibre connections for most homes and businesses by 2025.
  
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• UK urged to sanction 'top Putin oligarchs' as new powers take effect

  22-05-2018 19:18
  Follow US lead and seize assets of Russians accused of human rights abuses, say campaignersBritain should target high-profile Russians with economic sanctions soon after so-called Magnitsky powers passed by parliament come into force, according to campaigners and MPs who supported the introduction of the legislation in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning.
  Bill Browder called on the government to implement “swift and robust action” against individuals. The financier, who supports the
  
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• TUC's Frances O'Grady: I've only met Theresa May once

  22-05-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Frances O'Grady says she has seen more of German Chancellor Angela Merkel than the UK prime minister.
  
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• Coffee chains targeted in move to tackle childhood obesity

  22-05-2018 19:01 via ft.com
  Sugar and calories to be cut in milky drinks, including syrupy lattes
  
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• Carney: Brexit has cost households £900

  22-05-2018 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The Brexit vote has lowered growth by up to 2%, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says.
  
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• UK wants to cash in 1928 national debt fund

  22-05-2018 17:44 via ft.com
  Court will be asked to allow use of £400m nest egg that began as £500,000 gift
  
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• Magid Magid: Ethiopian refugee camp to Sheffield Lord Mayor

  22-05-2018 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Magid Magid has been causing a stir since being elected as Lord Mayor of Sheffield at the age of 28, the youngest person to hold the office.
  
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• Voter ID: 340 did not vote after failing to show documents

  22-05-2018 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The Electoral Reform Society said requiring ID risked denying people their "democratic right".
  
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• EU talks with Australia and New Zealand deal blow to UK free trade plans

  22-05-2018 14:54
  Bloc could end up on better terms with the Commonwealth nations after Brexit than UKThe EU has leapt ahead of the UK in the pursuit of free trade deals with Australia and New Zealand after member states gave the green light for talks to start within weeks.
  With Theresa May insistent that leaving the EU will involve exiting the customs union and the bloc’s external commercial policy, the announcement from Brussels opens up the possibility that the EU could enjoy better terms with the two Co
  
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• EU travels post-Brexit road to Sibiu

  22-05-2018 13:38 via ft.com
  Bloc seeks a stronger future without UK, but a security deal is still urgently needed
  
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• Brexit-voting pensioners may come to regret their choice

  22-05-2018 09:44
  
  People usually assume that older Leave voters could ignore the negative economic impacts of Brexit because their pensions would protect them from a downturn, but they could be in for a rude awakening.
  
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• Oxford scheme offers path from disrupted schooling to university

  22-05-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Student recalls chance moment she learnt about a new route in to a top degree
  
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• Manchester strives for unity after terror attack

  22-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  One year on, the Muslim community from where the bomber came is fighting extremism
  
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• UK nuclear defence programme to cost £51bn over next decade

  22-05-2018 01:03 via ft.com
  National Audit Office assesses total outlay for first time, and warns of £2.9bn shortfall
  
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• UK nuclear defence programme to cost £51bn over 10 years

  22-05-2018 01:03 via ft.com
  National Audit Office assesses total outlay for the first time
  
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• Nuclear defence programme to cost £51bn over next decade

  22-05-2018 01:03 via ft.com
  National Audit Office predicts total spending and warns of £2.9bn shortfall
  
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