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• NHS found to lag developed nation average on patient survival

  25-06-2018 23:53 via ft.com
  Universal system has its advantages but report comparing 18 countries shows mixed picture
  
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• MPs pass long-awaited Heathrow expansion

  25-06-2018 23:42 via ft.com
  Majority of 296 for third runway, which will be welcomed by business and deplored by locals
  
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• MPs pass long-awaited Heathrow airport expansion

  25-06-2018 23:42 via ft.com
  Majority of 296 for third runway is welcomed by business and deplored by locals
  
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• MPs back Heathrow third runway project as Johnson faces criticism

  25-06-2018 23:16
  Plan passes with majority of 296 but foreign secretary was flying back from AfghanistanBoris Johnson has faced sharp criticism from fellow Conservative MPs over his decision to miss Monday night’s crunch vote on Heathrow expansion by flying out of the country on an official visit to Afghanistan.The foreign secretary claimed that resigning over his opposition to the £14bn project, which the Commons backed on Monday night by 415 votes to 119 – a majority of 296, would achieve &ld
  
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• Martin Rowson on Heathrow's third runway – cartoon

  25-06-2018 21:23
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• Boris Johnson wastes day visiting country he didn't need to visit | John Crace

  25-06-2018 21:07
  Foreign secretary jets off to Afghanistan just to avoid voting on more planes flying in and out of HeathrowLast week I made fun of the lengths to which Boris Johnson might go to avoid the Heathrow airport expansion vote. I wrote he would need to find somewhere about 10 hours away by air to ensure there was no chance of being home by 10pm. It must be somewhere the British media had a limited presence so there would be no chance of any embarrassing questions or photo opportunities. Somewhere a bit
  
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• Greg Clark says Airbus should be 'listened to with respect' on Brexit

  25-06-2018 20:32
  Business secretary challenged after Jeremy Hunt dismissed warnings by manufacturerGreg Clark has hit back against anti-business comments by his cabinet colleagues, insisting companies such as Airbus are “entitled to be listened to with respect” on Brexit.The business secretary was challenged in the House of Commons on Monday by Labour MP Mark Tami, after Jeremy Hunt dismissed warnings by manufacturer Airbus about the consequences of a no-deal Brexit as “completely inappropriate
  
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• Nigel Farage denies shorting value of sterling on night of Brexit vote

  25-06-2018 20:18
  When Leave frontman ‘conceded’ defeat on TV, he was privy to data that showed the opposite, paving the way for a collapse in sterling, report saysNigel Farage has denied placing currency bets against sterling after an investigation raised questions over public statements he made suggesting the remain camp had won on the night of the EU referendum.
  A spokesperson said on Monday that Farage “had no financial interest in currency movements on the night of Brexit”, after a Bl
  
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• Government rejects plan for £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea

  25-06-2018 20:06
  Ministers say project is too expensive but decision sparks widespread criticismThe government has rejected plans for a £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, dashing industry hopes of Britain leading development of a new source of renewable energy and sparking widespread criticism.Ministers said the project, which would have been subsidised through household energy bills for decades, was too expensive compared with alternatives such as offshore windfarms and nuclear power. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour pledges to retain Britain’s ‘tier one’ military role

  25-06-2018 19:36 via ft.com
  Conservative officials express disbelief at promise by Jeremy Corbyn’s party
  
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• What UK stands to lose if Airbus pulls out | Letters

  25-06-2018 19:15
  Prof Keith Hayward looks at the history of Europe’s aircraft maker; David Fisher says the EU should clarify its offer to BritainAditya Chakrabortty (Who will buy our plane when Airbus is gone, 23 June) underestimates the depth of our national investment in Airbus. The UK government made its first steps in developing the core wing technology in the early 1950s. With Hawker Siddeley Aviation, later part of British Aerospace, we joined the Airbus programme in 1967. In 1970, the Labour go
  
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• Boris Johnson flies to Kabul to navigate Heathrow turbulence

  25-06-2018 18:45 via ft.com
  Vote on airport will take place without anti-expansion foreign secretary
  
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• Boris Johnson flies to Kabul before Heathrow airport vote

  25-06-2018 18:45 via ft.com
  Decision will take place without foreign secretary who opposes third runway
  
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• UK government pulls plug on Swansea tidal lagoon project

  25-06-2018 18:14 via ft.com
  Plans for ambitious green energy project refused taxpayer subsidies
  
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• Boris Johnson’s Brexit explosion ruins Tory business credentials

  25-06-2018 18:13 via ft.com
  The foreign secretary’s outburst reveals commerce has lost out to nationalism
  
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• Ukip welcomes social media activists linked to 'alt-right' into party

  25-06-2018 18:09
  Arrival of Watson, Meechan and Benjamin will alarm some senior figures in ailing partyUkip has allowed a trio of social media activists linked to the “alt-right” to join the party.The arrival of Paul Joseph Watson, Mark Meechan – better known to YouTube viewers as Count Dankula – and Carl Benjamin, who posts videos as Sargon of Akkad, will alarm some senior Ukip members already concerned at the struggling party’s direction under Gerard Batten. Continue reading...
  
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• Popularity of UK among business students climbs after Brexit

  25-06-2018 17:55 via ft.com
  Survey suggests Britain’s exit from EU may not be as damaging to higher education as feared
  
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• The Brexit referendum on TV: reliving 11 hours of agony

  25-06-2018 17:16
  On Saturday, BBC Parliament screened the 2016 vote coverage, allowing viewers to watch the results roll in again – this time with the benefit of hindsightImagine an opportunity to rerun the EU referendum vote – effectively the demand of last weekend’s marchers – with the distinct possibility of another outcome, and the stomach-churning anxiety involved for both sides. Now imagine reliving the whole thing already knowing the outcome would be the same. Why would you put you
  
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• UK’s top civil servant to take time off for cancer treatment

  25-06-2018 17:13 via ft.com
  Cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood’s leave comes at key time for Whitehall
  
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• Most NHS staff in Scotland to receive 9% pay rise over 3 years

  25-06-2018 16:35 via ft.com
  Offer is more generous than increase planned for workers in England
  
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• Foreign businesses to UK: solve Brexit or risk £100bn in trade

  25-06-2018 16:04
  Firms from US, Canada, Japan and India lobby UK to avoid disorderly EU exitBusiness leaders from the US, Canada, Japan and India have told the British government to solve the Brexit issue urgently or put more than £100bn worth of trade at risk.Lobby groups representing business interests from the four countries took the unusual step of issuing a joint statement on Brexit before the European council summit this week. It came days after Airbus said its investment in the UK would be at risk f
  
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• Boris Johnson arrives in Afghanistan on day of Heathrow vote

  25-06-2018 15:33 via ft.com
  Foreign secretary has previously threatened to ‘lie in front of bulldozers’
  
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• Why are the Tories attacking business?

  25-06-2018 14:44 via ft.com
  Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have criticised corporations over Brexit
  
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• Oil firm headed by Tory donor refused to pay £14m consultancy bill

  25-06-2018 14:42
  Consultant alleges Petrofac refused to pay because of SFO investigation into its activitiesA multinational company run by a major Conservative donor has refused to pay a consultant it hired to advise on a potential contract in Saudi Arabia after the Serious Fraud Office launched an investigation into its activities, according to court documents.The oil and gas services company Petrofac, headed by Ayman Asfari, had received an invoice from Urbania International Management Consultancy for 71m UAE
  
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• HMRC accused of breaching EU data protection laws

  25-06-2018 14:01 via ft.com
  Big Brother Watch urges UK taxman to delete voice samples taken from 5m people
  
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• Corbyn's long march

  25-06-2018 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  How Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters cemented their grip on the Labour Party.
  
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• There is no Brexit dividend - so where exactly is this NHS money coming from?

  25-06-2018 11:16
  
  NHS will receive five-year funding boost worth over £20bn, but we don't how we're going to pay for it.
  
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• Confirmed: Northern Ireland has no back-up plan for a hard border

  25-06-2018 10:17
  
  In case of a no-deal, Northern Ireland will have a hard border but it's not prepared for it.
  
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• Pro-Corbyn group to launch drive for public vote on Brexit deal

  25-06-2018 07:00
  Leftwingers shut out of cross-party campaign, says group aiming to change Labour policyA pro-Corbyn group is to launch its own drive for a “people’s vote” on a final Brexit deal, with the aim of persuading leftwing Labour members concerned about backing a cross-party campaign. Related: ‘EU referendum was a massive decision and people were lied to’Continue reading...
  
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• Employers urged to recruit more socially disadvantaged people

  25-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Black business chief sees competitive advantage in accessing wider pool of talent
  
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• Councils ready to begin legal action against Heathrow expansion

  25-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Hillingdon will ‘spend whatever it takes’ to argue their case if MPs give go-ahead
  
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• Jeremy Hunt hits back at Airbus over Brexit warnings on jobs

  25-06-2018 01:03
  Minister says comments from businesses risk undermining Theresa May in talks with EUJeremy Hunt has called warnings from Airbus about the UK’s Brexit strategy “completely inappropriate”, saying the government should ignore “siren voices”.In the most bullish comments from a cabinet minister since the intervention by the aerospace company’s chief executive, Hunt said businesses sounding the alarm about job losses risked undermining the government at a key moment
  
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• UK outsourcing providers and contracts to be rated on ‘social value’

  25-06-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Sector faces squeeze in wake of Carillion collapse
  
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• Outsourcing providers and contracts to be rated on ‘social value’

  25-06-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Sector faces continuing squeeze in wake of Carillion collapse
  
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• Conservative think-tank seeks end of buy-to-let tax break

  25-06-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  More than 2m families denied home ownership, say ex-Downing Street advisers
  
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• Buy-to-let has skewed housing market and must be curbed, says thinktank

  25-06-2018 01:01
  Tory MP says tax breaks for landlords have helped price younger people out of the market and calls for stronger role for councilsPrivate landlords have put home ownership beyond the reach of at least 2 million families, research shows, while Britain has built only half as many new homes as France over the same period.The radical report from the new Conservative thinktank Onward recommends ending or severely curtailing tax breaks for buy-to-let and private landlords, a stronger role for local cou
  
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