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• SNP changes tack on economic case for independence

  25-05-2018 19:47 via ft.com
  Wilson report acknowledges greater fiscal challenges in splitting from UK
  
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• Jeremy Hunt’s claim about raising taxes widens divisions over NHS

  25-05-2018 19:37 via ft.com
  Public willing to pay more to fund services, says health secretary
  
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• Jeremy Hunt tax increase claim widens divisions over NHS

  25-05-2018 19:37 via ft.com
  Public willing to pay more to fund services, says health secretary
  
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• Toads, traps and Tories. This week’s Brexit saga

  25-05-2018 19:34 via ft.com
  Despite the noise of battle, the contours of the final phase of Brexit are becoming clearer
  
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• Irish border: Ex-taoiseach wants issue solved by June

  25-05-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  John Bruton has urged the UK and EU to tackle disagreements over the border sooner rather than later.
  
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• Majority of EU27 favour 'simple' approach on Britons’ residency

  25-05-2018 18:22
  Only about 10 countries likely to use system similar to that planned by UK for EU nationalsA majority of the EU27 do not plan to force UK nationals living within their borders to apply for a special residency status after Brexit, in contrast to the UK government’s treatment of EU nationals.An initial meeting of officials and diplomats in Brussels on the treatment of UK nationals post-Brexit found a mood in favour of a “smooth and simple” approach. Continue reading...
  
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• Third of poorer families in England missing out on free food vouchers

  25-05-2018 18:21
  Government-funded coupons provide free fruit, vegetables and milk to qualifying familiesOne in three low-income families are missing out on government-funded vouchers for free fruit, vegetables and milk that are intended to improve the diets of pregnant women, babies and children.Out of 402,384 people on low incomes in England who are eligible to receive Healthy Start vouchers, 135,671 (33.7%) are not doing so, figures show.Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit: Hammond's 'go it alone' warning over Galileo sat-nav scheme

  25-05-2018 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK will build its own sat-nav system if the EU shuts it out of Galileo, the chancellor says.
  
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• Corbyn pledges shipbuilding boost on Harland & Wolff visit

  25-05-2018 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Earlier the Labour leader crossed the Irish border and met business leaders concerned about Brexit.
  
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• Ex-aide to Michael Fallon cleared of sexual assault

  25-05-2018 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Richard Holden had been accused of attacking a woman at a party in London in December 2016.
  
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• Brokenshire: Some pretty dark moments

  25-05-2018 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The Old Bexley and Sidcup MP speaks about about his illness and recovery.
  
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• General Data Protection Regulation online data rules

  25-05-2018 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU's new data laws also cover politicians and political parties in how they collect and use information.
  
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• Number of Windrush cases passes 5,000

  25-05-2018 15:51
  Unit set up to deal with crisis received 13,000 calls and 850 people now have documentation The number of potential Windrush cases reported to the Home Office has passed the 5,000 mark.They are among a total of 13,000 calls to a specialist unit set up within the department last month. The Home Office also disclosed that more than 850 people now have documentation following an appointment with the dedicated team. Continue reading...
  
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• Reinvention will be much harder than the UK Tories think

  25-05-2018 15:22 via ft.com
  Reheated Cameronian Conservatism will not woo voters away from Corbyn’s Labour
  
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• Is UK customs chief right that ‘max fac’ will cost £20bn a year?

  25-05-2018 15:13 via ft.com
  Some economists argue the HMRC boss got it wrong on the Brexiters’ favoured customs option
  
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• Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns quits government role 'to fight for Brexit'

  25-05-2018 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  MP resigns as parliamentary private secretary saying she wants to be a "robust voice" for Brexit.
  
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• Vaughan Gething 'optimistic' of Labour leadership support

  25-05-2018 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The health secretary has the backing of four AMs to succeed First Minister Carwyn Jones.
  
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• In praise of Plan B: the fallback can be the better option

  25-05-2018 13:46 via ft.com
  The royal wedding and Brexit both show the advantages of hedging your bets
  
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• Scotland 'would keep pound' in years after independence

  25-05-2018 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  A long-awaited SNP report says the country could later move towards introducing its own currency.
  
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• League tables changes ‘toxic’ for poor white schools

  25-05-2018 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Exam league tables are stigmatising white working-class schools, head teachers say.
  
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• SNP report says keep UK pound as stopgap for an independent Scotland

  25-05-2018 12:21 via ft.com
  Currency phase-out and an annual ‘solidarity payment’ among recommendations
  
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• George Osborne takes on another post-politics job

  25-05-2018 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The Evening Standard editor and former chancellor joins Italian investment fund that owns Juventus.
  
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• Week in Review: Customs union fight approaches its climax

  25-05-2018 11:28
  
  The customs union is a small part of the Brexit debacle, but people have wrongly begun to talk as if it somehow solves the Irish border problem.
  
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• UK will build own satellite system if frozen out of EU's Galileo – chancellor

  25-05-2018 10:06
  Philip Hammond says UK to ‘go it alone’ after Brexit if Brussels carries out access threatThe chancellor, Philip Hammond, has warned that the UK will build its own satellite navigation system to rival the European Union’s €10bn (£9bn) Galileo project if Brussels carries out its threat to block access.The European commission has cited legal issues about sharing sensitive information with a non-member state to justify its decision to shut British firms out of the proje
  
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• There is suddenly a chance of cross-party talks on Lords reform

  25-05-2018 09:35
  
  The problems with the House of Lords as it currently exists can hardly be understated.
  
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• The best way to solve a problem is to wait a while

  25-05-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  A trust fund aimed at clearing UK debt highlights the merits of playing the long game
  
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• Treasury damps hopes of large NHS cash injection

  25-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Move to cap extra cash at half the figure sought by health secretary and service chiefs
  
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• The despair of migrant entrepreneurs targeted by UK Home Office

  25-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Hundreds told to leave Britain over minor tax discrepancies
  
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• Skilled migrants targeted by UK Home Office over minor tax issues

  25-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Business leaders fear entrepreneurs will shun Britain
  
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• Post-Brexit security complicated by acrimony of Brussels talks

  25-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Intelligence sharing sits outside EU structures but UK worries over access to databases
  
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• ‘Radical’ proposal to simplify dividend tax set to hit rich savers

  25-05-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Business owners and wealthy will pay more under plans to streamline system, says IFS
  
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• Radical dividend tax proposal poses threat to rich savers

  25-05-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  The Office of Tax Simplication outlines options to cut complexity in ‘confusing’ system
  
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