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• Brexit: Time is running out, big business warns May

  30-05-2018 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Major European firms warn the Prime Minister they may cut investment without clarity on Brexit customs plans.
  
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• Prosecutions possible for inflammatory gang videos, Met says

  30-05-2018 21:47 via ft.com
  Latest effort to stem worsening problem of knife and gun crime in London
  
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• Steve Bell on the Grenfell Tower inquiry – cartoon

  30-05-2018 21:38
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• Post-Brexit trade: business leaders tell May time is running out

  30-05-2018 21:28
  Industrialists demand clarity and say trade must be as frictionless as with customs unionLeading European industrialists, including bosses from BP, Nestlé, E.ON and Royal Mail, have warned Theresa May that time is running out and said businesses want post-Brexit trade with the EU to be as frictionless as with a customs union.At a private meeting in Downing Street with the prime minister and the Brexit secretary, David Davis, senior business figures from the European Round Table of Industr
  
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• UK lawmakers call for Carillion risk-assessment probe

  30-05-2018 21:08 via ft.com
  Questions over out-of-date figures and contracts that were not included
  
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• Industrialists warn May they will not invest if Brexit uncertainty persists

  30-05-2018 20:58 via ft.com
  Top-level ERT group say attractiveness of UK for investment is ‘very, very low’
  
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• Brexit: UK may get poorer access than Israel to EU science scheme

  30-05-2018 20:07
  Exclusive: UK may have to pay more for privilege of collaborating, draft paper saysTheresa May’s appeal for a special Brexit deal on science and research collaboration, worth billions to the British economy, is being stonewalled by Brussels as it prepares to offer an arrangement less privileged and more expensive than that given to non-EU states such as Israel.The European commission’s negotiators refused to discuss the issue in formal talks last week, instead insisting they would pr
  
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• Conservatives outstrip Labour donations by three to one

  30-05-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Leading Tory benefactors include Ehud Sheleg, who is tipped to become the party's next treasurer.
  
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• 'Nobody puts Shetland in a box'

  30-05-2018 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Why have MSP have effectively banned public bodies from putting Shetland in a box on maps in official documents?
  
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• All inquiries should use Grenfell's tributes model, charity says

  30-05-2018 19:00
  Inquest says commemorative hearings helped focus the inquiry and have set precedentFuture inquests and inquiries should adopt the model of commemoration hearings pioneered by the Grenfell Tower inquiry, a leading charity has said. The seven days of tributes by families and friends to most of the 72 victims of the fire set a precedent and helped focus the inquiry, according to Inquest, which supports relatives in coroners’ courts. Continue reading...
  
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• Tory deputy chair attacks MPs over Northern Ireland abortion law

  30-05-2018 18:52
  James Cleverly says calls for Westminster to legislate in Northern Ireland are ‘party political game playing’Conservative party deputy chair James Cleverly has hit out at MPs campaigning for a change in Northern Irish abortion law, accusing Labour of exploiting the issue for party political gain.Cleverly made his attack despite the fact that at least 13 female Conservative MPs have publicly supported a change to the law in Northern Ireland, which has some of the most restrictive rule
  
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• Govia Thameslink rail chaos: ministers urged to take 'emergency measures'

  30-05-2018 18:47
  MPs and passenger groups demand an end to disruption caused by new timetableMPs and rail passenger groups are demanding “emergency measures” from the Department for Transport to end the travel chaos on Govia Thameslink services in and out of London over the last 10 days.Since the new timetable was introduced on 20 May, commuters trying to use the supposedly upgraded network have experienced mass last-minute cancellations, long delays and severely overcrowded services.Continue reading
  
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• 'I don't feel like a person any more...'

  30-05-2018 18:20 via ft.com
  Turkish entrepreneur speaks out against UK visa uncertainty
  
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• Channel 4 shortlists seven locations for new HQ

  30-05-2018 18:00 via ft.com
  Lobbying to be ‘hotly contested’ as broadcaster shifts hundreds of jobs out of London
  
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• Voters getting more pessimistic about Brexit impact on economy and UK generally, poll suggests - Politics live

  30-05-2018 17:51
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenVoters have become more negative about Brexit, poll suggestsAfternoon summary 4.23pm BST The uninterrupted flow of goods is essential to both the EU and UK economies. This must be frictionless as with a customs union. We need clarity and certainty, because time is running out. Uncertainty causes less investment.NEW: major European business leaders @ert_eu tell Theresa May they “need clarity and certainty, because time
  
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• Jeremy Hunt will face no further action over property complaint

  30-05-2018 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Watchdog finds health secretary breached code of conduct but says matter is closed after he apologised.
  
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• Cutting short Gavin Williamson was the most popular thing I’ve ever done | Richard Madeley

  30-05-2018 16:59
  I’m tired of obfuscation and evasion. Now I’ve got a new rule for interviewing politicians: three strikes and you’re outI freely admit that I was one of those who thought Gavin Williamson’s “Shut up and go away” instruction to the Kremlin after the Salisbury nerve-agent attack was risible. Defence secretary as petulant pre-adolescent. Not a good image.That was two months ago and to my knowledge Williamson has yet to properly respond to the scorn his remark dre
  
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• UK set to ban drones from flying within 1km of airports

  30-05-2018 16:22 via ft.com
  Rule breakers face unlimited fines and five years in jail
  
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• RMT union will 'align' itself with Labour but not reaffiliate

  30-05-2018 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  It will not restore formal links ended in 2004 but will back polices and fund Labour candidates.
  
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• Chris Grayling says rail industry 'has failed passengers'

  30-05-2018 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Grayling's comments came after "Meltdown Monday" caused timetable chaos across the network.
  
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• UK’s most productive companies are most negative on Brexit

  30-05-2018 16:09 via ft.com
  Bank of England survey suggests negative sentiment may weigh on productivity
  
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• Productive companies take most pessimistic view of Brexit

  30-05-2018 16:09 via ft.com
  BoE survey shows businesses see lower sales, exports and investment
  
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• Four times Caroline Lucas made headlines

  30-05-2018 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Caroline Lucas has said that she will stand down as co-leader of the Green Party. Here are some things you might not know about her.
  
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• A Very English Scandal: Former MP Hooson portrayal 'unfair'

  30-05-2018 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  An MP says a BBC drama about Jeremy Thorpe portrays 'well-liked' Lord Hooson as 'conniving'
  
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• Leanne Wood: Abuse aimed at women 'worse than ever'

  30-05-2018 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The Plaid Cymru leader called on women to speak up more about online abuse at the Hay Festival.
  
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• Viagogo faces investigation as minister urges boycott

  30-05-2018 15:13
  Secondary ticketing website referred to National Trading Standards by ASANational Trading Standards has opened an investigation into the ticket website Viagogo for persistently misleading consumers, hours after the digital minister, Margot James, urged consumers to boycott the company.
  In a rare move by a government minister to single out a particular company for its behaviour, James advised anyone planning to buy tickets on resale websites: “Don’t choose Viagogo – they are the
  
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• UK strikes reach all-time low in 2017

  30-05-2018 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of stoppages and the number of workers involved in labour disputes hit a record low last year.
  
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• UK drone users face safety tests and flight restrictions

  30-05-2018 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The proposed laws - which also include flying restrictions - could come into effect by July.
  
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• Re-drawing the Whitehall map after Brexit

  30-05-2018 14:28 via ft.com
  Senior mandarins are having to address 3 questions
  
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• Windrush scandal: how has it changed the immigration system?

  30-05-2018 14:16
  Revelations about treatment of the Windrush generation have prompted these key changesThe Windrush scandal exposed by the Guardian has led to significant changes in the immigration system.Members of the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK from 1948 onwards, as well as their children, have been wrongly targeted by the government’s “hostile environment” policies designed to deter illegal immigrants. Continue reading...
  
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• Caroline Lucas to step down as Green Party co-leader

  30-05-2018 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The Brighton Pavilion MP says the party will remain a "bold alternative" under new leadership.
  
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• Britain and EU's ongoing war of words – Brexit Means … podcast

  30-05-2018 13:00
  With a month to go until a crunch EU summit in Brussels, things are becoming heatedAcast, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Audioboom. Join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter and email us at [email protected] just a month to go until a crunch EU summit in Brussels, things are getting heated.Continue reading...
  
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• NHS at 70: No more caution - we need tax rises and more spending

  30-05-2018 12:55
  
  In a nation riven by Brexit, the NHS unites the population, but the service is the public’s number one concern.
  
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• Free childcare 'not taken by Welsh parents'

  30-05-2018 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The Welsh Government gave £10m for free childcare, but only £3.4m was spent after low uptake, councils say.
  
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• Putin critic Bill Browder freed after brief arrest in Spain

  30-05-2018 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The man credited with the creation of the US Magnitsky Act was held in Madrid on a Russian warrant.
  
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• Bill Browder briefly detained in Madrid under Russian warrant

  30-05-2018 11:42 via ft.com
  Latest in a series of efforts to have outspoken Kremlin critic extradited
  
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• Richard Madeley cuts off defence secretary for dodging questions

  30-05-2018 09:24
  Gavin Williamson refuses to respond to claim he used ‘Trump-esque’ languageThe defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, had a live television interview cut off after he repeatedly dodged a question about his “Trump-esque” approach to Russia in the aftermath of the Salisbury poisoning.The Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley repeatedly tried to get Williamson to answer a question on Tuesday and terminated the interview when he felt it had become clear Williamson woul
  
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• My family knew all about the iron curtain: it’s vital to protect the right to speak out | Sofi Oksanen

  30-05-2018 07:00
  From Nazi book-burning to Soviet-era oppression, the history of Europe’s public spaces shows the danger of silencing protest I was born into a family of Finnish and Estonian descent at a time when Europe was divided by the iron curtain, and one of my countries of origin was still under Soviet occupation. So I was for a long time more aware of the differences between east and west than of any characteristics common to Europe. Only when I travelled further afield did I see our continent from
  
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• VAT: Brexit’s hidden border dilemma

  30-05-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  The UK will have to choose between costly delays or staying within the EU system
  
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• Turkish entrepreneurs grapple with uncertainty over UK visas

  30-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Home Office attacked for treating immigrants ‘as numbers, rather than people’
  
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• Estate agent to rich Russians rues London’s hostile climate

  30-05-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Super-wealthy clients are moving their money out of capital, says businessman
  
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• Single-use coffee cups ban in Scottish government buildings

  30-05-2018 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Single-use cups will be removed from next week in a move to reduce plastic pollution.
  
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• Why I’m not going to stand again to be Green party leader | Caroline Lucas

  30-05-2018 01:01
  The party has made huge strides and offers the bold alternative UK voters so desperately need. But now it’s someone else’s turnIn May 2016, less than a month before the European Union referendum, I announced that I would be standing for the Green party leadership with Jonathan Bartley. By any political standard, it’s been a tumultuous time since, but two things that have remained constant are my faith in our party and a commitment to doing what’s best for it. That’s
  
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• Directors of nuisance call companies face £500,000 fines

  30-05-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Businesses declare bankruptcy to avoid punishment under current law
  
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