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• Anti-Semitism row MP Naz Shah gets Labour role

  10-07-2018 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Naz Shah, who was suspended two years ago for comments about Israel, is given equalities post.
  
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• Afghanistan: UK to send 440 more non-combat troops

  10-07-2018 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The troops will be non-combat and will help Afghan forces working against the Taliban.
  
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• Brexit: What just happened?

  10-07-2018 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Two big resignations, and the Prime Minster's Brexit plan is in the balance.
  
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• Tory vice-chairs quit over PM's Brexit plan

  10-07-2018 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Maria Caulfield and Ben Bradley quit in protest at Theresa May's Chequers Brexit compromise plan.
  
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• Theresa May stabilises government as Tory Brexiters seethe

  10-07-2018 20:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister fends off leadership threat for now but two more officials resign
  
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• A history of Conservative division over Europe

  10-07-2018 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Since the end of World War Two, the Conservative Party has never been at ease with Europe.
  
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• UK resignations and a crunch point for May's Brexit plans

  10-07-2018 18:43 via ft.com
  Theresa May fends off immediate leadership challenge
  
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• Lord Carrington, former foreign secretary, dies aged 99

  10-07-2018 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The Conservative peer was the last surviving member of Churchill's 1950s government.
  
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• Sajid Javid argues against EU citizens having special rights

  10-07-2018 17:05 via ft.com
  Post-Brexit immigration regime will be ‘open to talent from across the world’
  
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• Theresa May's new-look cabinet meets amid Brexit turmoil

  10-07-2018 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May warns her party it must unite after a string of resignations over Brexit forced a reshuffle.
  
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• Emergency Brexitcast

  10-07-2018 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Laura Kuenssberg, Katya Adler, Chris Mason and Adam Fleming consider what happens next after a dramatic 24 hours of Brexit developments.
  
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• President Donald Trump talks of UK 'turmoil' ahead of visit

  10-07-2018 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The US President says it is "up to the people, not up to me" whether Theresa May stays in office.
  
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• Peter Carrington, former UK foreign secretary, 1919-2018

  10-07-2018 15:55 via ft.com
  Peer was renowned for Rhodesia settlement and Britain’s response to Falklands invasion
  
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• A global view

  10-07-2018 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The resignation of Boris Johnson means Theresa May's days as prime minister are numbered, in the view of most pundits around the world.
  
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• Boris Johnson raises the EU colony question

  10-07-2018 14:55 via ft.com
  Risk that UK could become rule-taker should have resonance across political divide
  
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• Putin meeting ‘may be easiest’ in week with May and Nato, Trump says

  10-07-2018 14:43 via ft.com
  US president also suggested he may speak to his ‘friend’ Boris Johnson while in the UK
  
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• Views from Kent Leave-supporting town on UK Brexit plan

  10-07-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Voters in Leave-voting Ramsgate are asked what they think about the handling of the UK's exit from the EU.
  
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• Obituary: Lord Carrington

  10-07-2018 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Lord Carrington was the Conservative foreign secretary who oversaw the creation of Zimbabwe and resigned over the Falklands invasion.
  
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• Who's who guide

  10-07-2018 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A guide to the members of Theresa May's cabinet.
  
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• Gove cites ‘diary commitments’ for press conference no-show

  10-07-2018 11:49 via ft.com
  Intense focus on the Brexiter minister given resignations of like-minded colleagues
  
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• Theresa May picks her new cabinet to shore up her position

  10-07-2018 11:26 via ft.com
  The UK prime minister has replaced Brexiters with uncontroversial choices
  
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• Theresa May fends off immediate leadership challenge

  10-07-2018 11:06 via ft.com
  Conservative Eurosceptics back away from launching bid to oust UK prime minister
  
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• Theresa May avoids immediate leadership challenge

  10-07-2018 11:06 via ft.com
  Conservative Eurosceptics back away from launching bid to oust UK prime minister
  
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• Boris Johnson: Britain's first post-truth foreign secretary

  10-07-2018 11:02
  
  A tawdry period in British politics allowed a schemer with no interest in his brief to be elevated to one of the great offices of state
  
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• Justice Secretary David Gauke: 'Back the PM or leave'

  10-07-2018 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Justice Secretary David Gauke says the cabinet should support the prime minister.
  
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• It's time for the Conservative party to treat prostitution as the violence against women it truly is

  10-07-2018 09:51
  
  If the government is really interested in women's equality, it should address the issue of prostitution.
  
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• Upskirting: Bill salvaged by government at extraordinary speed as critics dismissed

  10-07-2018 09:45
  
  Government acted swiftly and decisively since Christopher Chope shouted down Wera Hobhouse's private members bill
  
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• The politics of Brexit have caught up with hard reality

  10-07-2018 06:01 via ft.com
  Chequers and its aftermath show it is time to end plays to the domestic audience
  
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• Take more care with referendums — democracy depends on it

  10-07-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  There are lessons to be learned from the UK’s divisive 2016 Brexit vote
  
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• May’s Brexit involves ‘biggest loss of UK sovereignty’ since 1973

  10-07-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Retaining benefits of single market will mean concessions on common rules, say critics
  
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• Brexiters fear ‘biggest loss of sovereignty’ since 1973

  10-07-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Retaining benefits of single market will mean concessions on common rules
  
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• May reshuffles her pack after high-profile resignations over Brexit approach – as it happened

  10-07-2018 01:06
  Follow live updates of May’s reshuffle after Boris Johnson followed David Davis in stepping down over BrexitFull report: Boris Johnson resigns as foreign secretaryDominic Raab appointed new Brexit secretary in reshuffleDavid Davis resigns as Brexit secretary 11.51pm BST We’re going to close down this live blog after a frenetic day of politics news. Thanks for reading.You can catch up on the full story here: Related: Theresa May loses Boris Johnson but faces down Brexit rebels –
  
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• UK’s approach to referendums needs ‘major overhaul’

  10-07-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Independent commission says vote should take place after ‘significant’ preparation
  
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• UK counter-terror bill risks criminalising curiosity – watchdog

  10-07-2018 01:01
  Committee says bill breaches human rights and could catch out ‘inquisitive minds’Academics, journalists and those with “inquisitive and foolish minds” would be at risk of prosecution and prison sentences of up to 15 years under proposed counter-terrorism laws, a parliamentary human rights watchdog has said.
  In a critical report, the joint committee on human rights (JCHR) raises serious concerns that the counter-terrorism and border security bill going through parliament d
  
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• UK approach to referendums needs ‘overhaul’

  10-07-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Independent commission says vote should take place after significant preparation
  
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• Negativity about immigration falls sharply in Brexit Britain

  10-07-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Social Attitudes survey shows most positive views on migrants since at least 2011
  
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• Negativity about immigration falls away sharply in Brexit Britain

  10-07-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Social Attitudes survey shows most positive views on migrants since at least 2011
  
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• Home Office urged to let ‘cheating’ students resit language tests

  10-07-2018 01:01
  Call for students to be given the chance to clear their names and continue studying in UKCampaigners are calling for thousands of students who may have been wrongly accused of cheating in Home Office-mandated English-language tests to be given the opportunity to resit tests, so they can have a chance to clear their names and continue studying in the UK.The Home Office accused more than 35,000 students of cheating in 2014 in the English-language proficiency tests some are required to take as part
  
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• Cool down nuclear plan because renewables are better bet, ministers told

  10-07-2018 01:01
  Government advisers say UK should back just one more new nuclear power station in the next few yearsGovernment advisers have told ministers to back only a single new nuclear power station after Hinkley Point C in the next few years, because renewable energy sources could prove a safer investment.The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) said the government should cool down plans for a nuclear new build programme that envisage as many as six plants being built.Continue reading...
  
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• Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson amid Brexit turmoil

  10-07-2018 00:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May moves to shore up her position after a day of high profile resignations over her Brexit strategy.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson on the world stage

  10-07-2018 00:19 via ft.com
  Long-serving health secretary moves to Foreign Office with no diplomatic background
  
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• Great survivor of UK politics ends up on world stage

  10-07-2018 00:19 via ft.com
  Long-serving health secretary, Hunt comes to Foreign Office with no diplomatic background
  
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• Jeremy Hunt: his journey to the Foreign Office

  10-07-2018 00:15
  With a Brexit deal on the table, the new foreign secretary is facing his biggest challenge yetJeremy Hunt, the longest-serving health secretary in history, has finally been put in charge of a great office of state after six years in charge of one of the trickiest Whitehall briefs.His longevity is so unusual that Theresa May has teased him about it. At a journalists’ dinner earlier this year, she joked that if Jeremy Corbyn became prime minister she would be “breaking rocks in John Mc
  
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