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• Jared O'Mara makes maiden speech

  24-07-2018 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Controversial MP Jared O'Mara spoke for the first time in the House of Commons since being elected.
  
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• Raab admits planning to secure food supply for no-deal Brexit

  24-07-2018 22:00
  Government not stockpiling food but working to prevent problems, says Brexit secretaryBrexit secretary Dominic Raab has admitted that the government will have to take steps to ensure that there are adequate food supplies for Britain to cover the eventuality of a no-deal departure from the European Union.In testimony to the Brexit select committee on Tuesday, the minister dismissed claims that the government was stockpiling provisions. However, he acknowledged that it would work with the food ind
  
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• Contingencies planned to ensure UK's post-Brexit food supply, says Raab

  24-07-2018 22:00
  Brexit secretary says government is not stockpiling food but working to prevent disruptions from a no-deal BrexitBrexit secretary Dominic Raab has admitted that the government will have to take steps to ensure that there are adequate food supplies for Britain to cover the eventuality of a no-deal departure from the European Union.In testimony to the Brexit select committee on Tuesday, the minister dismissed claims that the government was stockpiling provisions. However, he acknowledged that it w
  
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• NHS preparing to 'stockpile' drugs for no deal Brexit

  24-07-2018 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock says talks are under way to secure supplies of medicine and blood products.
  
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• Ian Paisley: MPs vote to suspend North Antrim MP for 30 days

  24-07-2018 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The North Antrim MP will miss crucial Brexit votes when Parliament resumes.
  
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• It dawns on Raab he's now below the Four Pot Plants in the food chain | John Crace

  24-07-2018 21:13
  Brexit secretary didn’t initially seem aware of his demotion as he appeared before committeeMinutes after the prime minister had announced she was downgrading his Brexit department to little more than a Jobcentre Plus office for otherwise unemployable MPs, Dominic Raab found himself in front of the Brexit select committee. The news didn’t immediately appear to have been passed on to the new Brexit secretary who bounced into the room with the swagger of someone who was fairly confiden
  
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• Arron Banks: Brexit donor paid thousands to Lesotho government minister

  24-07-2018 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Leave.EU co-founder Arron Banks says the money was to fund a political campaign and denies corruption.
  
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• Brian Adcock on the UK heatwave, Theresa May and Brexit – cartoon

  24-07-2018 20:37
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• Sajid Javid to consider ending indefinite immigration detention

  24-07-2018 20:09
  Home secretary makes statement in response to critical report by former prisons ombudsmanThe home secretary has announced that he will consider ending indefinite immigration detention in response to a highly critical report.In a statement to parliament following the publication of a new report by Stephen Shaw, the former prisons and probation ombudsman, into conditions in immigration detention, Sajid Javid said he would review how time-limited detention works in other countries to better inform
  
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• Le bureaucrate, c’est moi

  24-07-2018 20:09 via ft.com
  Brexiters’ bogeyman Olly Robbins emerges to face Eurosceptic accusers
  
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• Le bureaucrat, c’est moi

  24-07-2018 20:09 via ft.com
  Brexiters’ bogeyman Olly Robbins emerges to face Eurosceptic accusers
  
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• National identity is fake. We should focus on the wider common good | Carlo Rovelli

  24-07-2018 19:45
  Across Europe solidarity at state level can become toxic – and give rise to isolation and intolerance when we need co-operationGreat Britain is old. My country, Italy, is young. Both pride themselves on their past. Both are said to have marked national characters. There are old Roman stones in the basement of my building in Verona, and the heroes in my school were Leonardo and Michelangelo. And yet this national layer is a thin one. Dante marked my education, as did Shakespeare and Do
  
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• Corbyn’s Build it in Britain plan isn’t radical – it’s what other countries do | Larry Elliott

  24-07-2018 19:44
  ‘Value for money’ for public contracts is a colossal failure. Labour’s leader is right: the state should support manufacturingJeremy Corybn wants new support ships for the Royal Navy to be built in British shipyards. He thinks it is wrong for the production of the UK’s post-Brexit passports to go to a French firm. Under a future Labour government, the state would use its buying power to support manufacturing. Related: Public contracts should go to UK firms, says Jeremy Co
  
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• Britain bares its teeth on foreign takeovers

  24-07-2018 19:44 via ft.com
  But the UK must ensure its economy remains open to investment
  
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• The Guardian view on antisemitism and Labour: not just a problem of perception | Editorial

  24-07-2018 19:42
  The Labour party is tackling difficult questions of how to defend free speech while curbing antisemitic hate-speech. But it hasn’t come up with an acceptable answerThe Labour party is not rife with antisemitism. Judging by the headlines, however, the party seems consumed by little else. The reason is that it emerged this month that the Labour party would accept the 38-word International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism but not all the accompanying guidelines
  
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• Labour and Lib Dems may suspend pairing deals after Tory breach

  24-07-2018 19:40
  Two opposition parties hold talks about suspending pairing arrangements after recessLabour and Liberal Democrat whips have met to discuss suspending pairing arrangements for absent MPs when the House of Commons returns in September, the Guardian understands.The two parties held talks in recent days about a possible suspension, but no agreement has been reached.Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May takes personal control of Brexit talks

  24-07-2018 19:39 via ft.com
  Department for Exiting EU downgraded and refocused on preparations for withdrawal
  
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• Brexit is too big an issue to leave to party politics | Letters

  24-07-2018 19:31
  Martin Lyster responds to Vernon Bogdanor’s proposal for a two-stage referendum, Robin Wendt says it should be left to a free vote of MPs, Peter Ibbotson can’t see a way through the Commons logjam, Kenneth Morgan cites 1910’s single-topic elections, and Jan Dubé blames the politicians, not the peopleVernon Bogdanor’s suggestion of a two-stage referendum (Brexit broke parliament. Now, only the people can fix it, 24 July) would repeat the errors of 2016 and once agai
  
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• Brexit department downgraded as May says Cabinet Office now in charge of negotiations - Politics live

  24-07-2018 19:11
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Dominic Raab and Olly Robbins giving evidence to the Commons Brexit committeePublic sector pay: May to end pay cap by forcing savingsJeremy Corbyn’s manufacturing speech and Q&A - SummaryBrexit afternoon summary, with highlights from Raab’s evidence 6.06pm BST This is a far advanced, well thought-out, principled and pragmatic document and we expect to negotiate on the basis of it. Obviously, we w
  
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• Theresa May takes personal charge of Brexit talks

  24-07-2018 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab will "deputise" for the PM as talks in Brussels enter crucial phase.
  
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• Two, 50 or 100 years: when do leavers think Brexit will pay off?

  24-07-2018 18:54
  Jacob Rees-Mogg says the benefits of leaving the EU may not be felt for 50 years – and he’s not the only Eurosceptic asking the people of Britain to wait patientlyAccording to one of the most prominent Brexiters, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, we should see the benefits of Brexit in about half a century. “We won’t know the full economic consequences for a very long time,” he said. “The overwhelming opportunity for Brexit is over the next 50 years.” So,
  
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• Majority of teachers face below-inflation pay rise despite boost

  24-07-2018 18:53
  After years of 1% pay cap, only four in 10 teachers in England get recommended 3.5% raiseThe majority of teachers in England are to receive a below-inflation pay increase next year, despite the government’s claims that “classroom teachers” will get pay rises of up to 3.5% after years of austerity. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, told parliament that teachers on the main national pay range would receive a 3.5% pay increase, worth up to £1,366, from September while m
  
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• NCIS actor: 'Quite humbling' that Theresa May likes show

  24-07-2018 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  British actor Duane Henry, who played Clayton Reeves in NCIS, responds to news that the prime minister watches the show.
  
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• London black cab drivers plot £500m legal action against Uber

  24-07-2018 18:40 via ft.com
  Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association hires lawyers over potential claim against ride-hailing app
  
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• Brexit: Michael Gove believes tariff-free food trade 'likely'

  24-07-2018 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Environment Secretary Michael Gove is confident a tariff-free trade deal for farmers is "overwhelmingly likely".
  
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• Northamptonshire County Council bans spending again

  24-07-2018 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Northamptonshire County Council's financial situation is described as "truly perilous".
  
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• ‘Saving’ the repeal of EU law really means ignoring Brexit day

  24-07-2018 18:25 via ft.com
  Why the government wishes to abandon the symbolic date of 29 March 2019
  
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• Brexit: Dominic Raab on 'shifting of Whitehall deckchairs'

  24-07-2018 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab plays down changes to the UK's negotiating team announced by No 10.
  
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• Labour criticise government's housing plan delay

  24-07-2018 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The government is accused of failing to hit its pre-summer break deadline to publish social housing plans.
  
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• Public sector workers: Pay rises announced for a million people

  24-07-2018 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Teachers and members of the armed forces are among those receiving a wage increase.
  
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• A no-deal Brexit could make most of us poorer – and Jacob Rees-Mogg richer | Molly Scott Cato

  24-07-2018 17:36
  The rightwinger has admitted any ‘Brexit dividend’ may take 50 years. Is his hardline position linked to personal gain?In line with other Brexiters, Jacob Rees-Mogg seems to have abandoned any notion of the UK being better off after Brexit. Of course he still spouts verbiage about Brexit providing a great economic opportunity for the country, but when pushed, as he was recently, it seems clear that he no longer believes leaving the EU will bring us economic benefit, and says we may b
  
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• Brexit: Raab 'sidelined' as May takes control of EU negotiations

  24-07-2018 17:34
  PM to lead crunch talks with Brussels, while new Brexit secretary is left to focus on domestic preparationsTheresa May has taken back control of crucial negotiations with Brussels from her new Brexit secretary just hours after the government published its white paper on withdrawing from the European Union. Related: Brexit department downgraded as May says Cabinet Office now in charge of negotiations - Politics liveContinue reading...
  
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• Supreme Court judges urged to strike down Holyrood Brexit bill

  24-07-2018 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Holyrood's Brexit bill is "fundamentally inconsistent" with UK law and should be struck down, judges are told.
  
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• UK to remain under EU law and ECJ until end of 2020

  24-07-2018 16:58 via ft.com
  Latest white paper Brexit plan from May risks infuriating hardline Eurosceptics
  
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• Fraud accused says Carolyn Harris MP used gay slur

  24-07-2018 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Jenny Lee Clarke is accused of upping her salary while working for Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Bring manufacturing 'back to Britain'

  24-07-2018 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour will seek to ensure "we build things here that for too long have been built abroad".
  
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• Tony Blair’s assault on Chequers pact exposes Brexit conundrum

  24-07-2018 14:56 via ft.com
  Like him or not, the former PM's article frames what could be the central questions this autumn
  
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• The death penalty is an abomination – Sajid Javid must not condone it | Gaby Hinsliff

  24-07-2018 14:52
  The ‘Isis Beatles’ may be monsters, but the ‘string ‘em up for all we care’ position of the British government is genuinely shockingIf even half of what we think we know about Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh is true, they are monsters.They stand accused of being two of the four so-called “Isis Beatles”, the notoriously cruel British-born jihadis responsible for beheading at least five hostages – the British aid workers Alan Henning and David
  
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• Public contracts should go to UK firms, says Jeremy Corbyn

  24-07-2018 14:49
  Labour leader outlines UK-first strategy as he sets out plan for post-Brexit industrial revivalGovernment manufacturing contracts should be awarded where possible to UK companies, Jeremy Corbyn has said, as he outlined Labour’s plans for reviving Britain’s industrial base following Brexit.In a speech to business leaders in Birmingham, which at times veered close to advocating protectionist ideas, the Labour leader called for a UK-first approach to government contracts, as well as inv
  
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• Peter Bone and Stephen Pound get mood box views

  24-07-2018 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  For the very last Daily Politics mood box, presenter Ellie Price called on Peter Bone and Stephen Pound to get the views of voters.
  
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• Anti-Semitism is simply wrong, says Jeremy Corbyn

  24-07-2018 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn says he "will not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form anywhere in our society or in our party".
  
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• Red Arrows RAF Scampton air base to be sold off

  24-07-2018 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire employs 600 people and has been the Red Arrows' home since 2000.
  
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• Brexit is the biggest risk to the UK economy, bar none

  24-07-2018 14:16
  Two former members of Bank of England’s rate-setting committee on the economic outlook
  How has the Brexit vote affected the UK economy? July verdict
  Brexit economy: rate rise looms amid signs of slowdown
  Senior economic adviser at the PwC consultancy and member of the Bank’s monetary policy committee from2006 to 2011 Continue reading...
  
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• Millions are being let down by social care. It’s time for a rethink | David Brindle

  24-07-2018 14:00
  Splitting social workers into adult and children’s camps has led to big gaps in care. Could reuniting them be the answer?What will finally tip England’s penurious town halls over the edge? Will it be the costs of emergency social care for many of the 1.4 million older people in England who struggle to carry out daily tasks but get little or no support? Or will it be the bill for emergency intervention for many of the 1.6 million children with complex needs who appear to receive no fo
  
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• Macron’s call for ‘exemplarity’ rings hollow after Benalla scandal | Cécile Guerin

  24-07-2018 13:54
  The French president may have sacked his violent bodyguard but the damage has been doneIf there is one image that has come to epitomise Emmanuel Macron’s failed promise to restore the dignity and grandeur of the French presidency, it is the following: on the night of his victory, France’s newly elected president – the youngest French leader since Napoleon – took a solitary walk near the Louvres pyramid before walking up to the stage to the sound of the European anthem Ode
  
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• UK public sector workers set for biggest pay rise in 10 years

  24-07-2018 12:53 via ft.com
  About 1m will benefit after government scraps cap on wage increases
  
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• Public sector workers set for biggest pay rise in 10 years

  24-07-2018 12:53 via ft.com
  About 1m will benefit after government scraps cap on wage increases
  
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• Brexit lays bare the extremes that define British society

  24-07-2018 12:52 via ft.com
  The greater a society’s contradictions, the more disruptive the snap is when it comes
  
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• UK snooping 'unlawful for more than decade'

  24-07-2018 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The method by which GCHQ was given access to mass data was unlawful for years, a data watchdog rules.
  
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• Why the Amazon boss’s warning of no-deal Brexit unrest rings hollow | Ellie Mae O’Hagan

  24-07-2018 12:17
  It’s a bit rich for Doug Gurr to predict a citizens’ revolt after a no-deal Brexit. Look at his own company’s treatment of workersAs Brexit descends further into the kind of farce that would make Ben Jonson blush, Amazon’s UK boss, Doug Gurr, has reportedly waded into the fray by warning that a no-deal Brexit would lead to “civil unrest”. I happen to think this is a reasonable prediction, but there is something rather off about the boss of a company where 89%
  
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