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• May raises concerns with Israel over Gaza violence

  06-06-2018 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister tells the Israeli leader the UK is "concerned about the loss of Palestinian lives".
  
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• Brexit: David Davis plans revolt over customs backstop plan

  06-06-2018 21:37
  PM battles to restore cabinet unity over proposal to avoid Northern Ireland hard borderTheresa May is facing a dramatic cabinet showdown with David Davis, the Brexit secretary, over the government’s final backstop plan to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland.As the inner cabinet meets at Downing Street to thrash out the final details of the customs fall-back plan, Davis is expected to push for a firm end date to be included in the agreed text. Continue reading...
  
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• TSB’s IT debacle led to aggressive fraud attacks

  06-06-2018 20:24 via ft.com
  Head of FCA says bank initially overwhelmed by customer complaints over fraud
  
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• EU 'shooting itself in foot' by excluding UK from Galileo - David Davis

  06-06-2018 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  David Davis says excluding the UK from new satellite navigation system will harm the EU and cost it more.
  
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• The UK is right to sell down final stake in RBS

  06-06-2018 19:16 via ft.com
  The bailout was not aimed at profit, and the future is uncertain
  
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• Cambridge Analytica boss spars with MPs

  06-06-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Alexander Nix defends his role at Cambridge Analytica in a testy meeting with MPs.
  
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• Brexit: Key dates

  06-06-2018 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Britain is meant to leave the EU in March next year - but much has to be sorted out before that happens.
  
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• David Davis on UK's exclusion from Galileo satellite project

  06-06-2018 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  European actions over the Galileo satellite navigation system could delay the project and cost more, David Davis warns.
  
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• Thousands of gay Scots to be pardoned

  06-06-2018 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Holyrood votes unanimously to pardon gay and bisexual men who were convicted of sexual offences that are no longer illegal.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn attacked by Labour MPs over Brexit

  06-06-2018 18:08 via ft.com
  Europhiles believe main opposition party should back Norway model
  
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• May at odds with Brexit chief over Irish border plan

  06-06-2018 16:26 via ft.com
  David Davis reportedly furious that draft ‘backstop’ proposal does not include end date
  
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• David Davis revolts over Irish border plan

  06-06-2018 16:26 via ft.com
  Brexit secretary reportedly furious that draft ‘backstop’ plan does not include end date
  
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• PMQs: May, Villiers and Smith on rail delays and cancellations

  06-06-2018 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM is asked to make sure rail companies and Network Rail "get a grip" on the problems affecting train travellers.
  
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• PMQs: May and Davies on Lords v Commons pigeon race

  06-06-2018 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  After a gap of 90 years, a Lords v Commons pigeon race is being revived.
  
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• 'When will White Paper be published?'

  06-06-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May asks Jeremy Corbyn if he will rule out a second EU referendum.
  
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• PMQs: Corbyn and May on rail delays and Brexit policy

  06-06-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May says Labour has been "trying to frustrate the Brexit policy at every stage"
  
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• Corbyn lines up clash with unions and backbenchers over Heathrow

  06-06-2018 15:04 via ft.com
  Tory government needs backing of Scottish National Party and Labour rebels to win vote
  
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• Speaker: MPs to debate summons for Vote Leave's Cummings

  06-06-2018 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Speaker John Bercow says MPs will get a chance to issue a summons to Vote Leave's Dominic Cummings after his refusal to appear before the Commons culture committee.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Brexit 'shambles like Northern Rail'

  06-06-2018 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour's leader says the process has faced "delays and cancellations" in PMQs clashes.
  
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• Can Britons keep their EU citizenship after Brexit?

  06-06-2018 13:42 via ft.com
  ECJ set to rule on whether loss of rights is disproportionate and unjust
  
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• May refuses to commit to date for Brexit white paper after delay

  06-06-2018 13:25 via ft.com
  Blueprint on future UK-EU relationship had previously been expected before June summit
  
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• Samantha Cameron: I was terrible at waving to crowds

  06-06-2018 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The need to wave for the media was one aspect of life in No 10 Mrs Cameron did not enjoy.
  
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• European fruit pickers shun Britain

  06-06-2018 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  British farmers say they are facing a shortage of workers to pick fruit and vegetables as recruitment companies say they can't find enough to fill vacancies.
  
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• OK so what the bloody hell is Labour's Brexit policy now?

  06-06-2018 10:25
  
  Labour's soft Brexit shift could be more substantial than people realise.
  
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• UK military secondments to EU to cease after Brexit

  06-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Setback for London in search for continuing military and defence co-operation
  
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• English councils merge twice as many services as cuts bite

  06-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Local authorities step up collaboration since 2010 in face of government cutbacks
  
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• Austerity forces local councils to merge services

  06-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  English authorities step up collaboration in face of government cutbacks
  
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• Tories have not tackled Islamophobia, Conservative Muslim Forum says

  06-06-2018 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The party is focused on winning votes rather than taking action, the chairman of the party's Muslim forum says.
  
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