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• Labour probe into Dame Margaret Hodge dropped

  06-08-2018 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The party will not investigate claims the MP shouted at leader Jeremy Corbyn over anti-Semitism.
  
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• Hammond sees dangers of bank capital shift after Brexit

  06-08-2018 20:54 via ft.com
  Hub where lenders book assets viewed as vital to jobs, investment and tax revenues
  
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• Hammond fears shift of bank capital after Brexit

  06-08-2018 20:54 via ft.com
  Hub where lenders book assets viewed as vital to jobs, investment and tax revenues
  
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• Labour ends action against Margaret Hodge in antisemitism row

  06-08-2018 20:45
  MP urges party to adopt IHRA definition in full to rebuild trust with Jewish communityLabour has ended its disciplinary action against the MP Margaret Hodge, launched by the party after she called Jeremy Corbyn “an antisemite and a racist” over his handling of Labour’s dispute with Jewish community leaders.Hodge was informed that she was under investigation after confronting Corbyn in the House of Commons, shortly after the party introduced a new code of conduct on antisemitism
  
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• Automation could destroy millions of jobs. We have to deal with it now | Yvette Cooper

  06-08-2018 20:09
  Huge change is coming: politicians, unions and business must work together to ensure everyone benefits from itThe robots are coming, artificial intelligence is expanding, yet no one is doing enough to make sure workers benefit rather than losing out. According to a new survey, a quarter of the workforce think their job won’t be needed in future. Many of us expect the technological revolution to be as disruptive as the industrial revolution. This could bring amazing opportunities and emanci
  
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• The view from abroad? Britain has lost its balance, but doesn’t realise it | Rafael Behr

  06-08-2018 19:48
  Histrionic threats to force a ‘no deal’ reinforce the sense of a country that has lost all equilibriumBritain is no readier for Brexit in August than it was in July. But because parliament is not sitting, the sun is out and everything slows down at this time of year, the atmosphere of crisis has dissipated. It is a curious phenomenon: EU membership expires next March, but relentless motion towards a deadline doesn’t bring any sense of advance towards a destination. Westminster
  
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• Boring dystopia is the way the world ends – not with a bang or a wimple | Elle Hunt

  06-08-2018 19:36
  It’s not the drama or horror of The Handmaid’s Tale we have to look out for, but a ‘no change’ message on a broken cashpoint or a children’s ‘self-checkout’ toy “Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.” It might have chilling echoes of the iron-wrought words on the gates of Auschwitz, but this phrase is written in cheery cursive on a wall of Scunthorpe library. “Tory-run North Lincolnshire council think this is
  
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• The Allbright is a networking club for businesswomen – so why has it picked a male chair?

  06-08-2018 19:14
  Men are picked over women for senior positions all the time, but Allan Leighton’s appointment is a spectacular own goalThe AllBright, a recently launched London-based women’s networking club, has startled its supporters by appointing a man, Allan Leighton, as its chair. To the surprise of the club’s founders, Debbie Wosskow and Anna Jones, although not to anyone else’s, this is widely regarded as bonkers.This is a club that claims to be inspired by the first female US sec
  
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• Labour suspends senior member over ‘anti-Semitic’ Facebook post

  06-08-2018 18:35 via ft.com
  George McManus accused deputy leader Tom Watson of accepting donations
  
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• Boris Johnson faces criticism over burka 'letter box' jibe

  06-08-2018 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson is accused of stoking Islamophobia to boost his Conservative leadership ambitions.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the growing pressure to build on the green belt – cartoon

  06-08-2018 18:27
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• Welsh Government lawyer and PC jailed for child sex abuse

  06-08-2018 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A Welsh Government lawyer and South Wales Police officer carried out sex attacks on young children.
  
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• Anti-Semitism: Labour suspends member over Tom Watson 'Jewish donors' post

  06-08-2018 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour suspends National Policy Forum member George McManus over an alleged anti-Semitic post.
  
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• Plaid Cymru name change could boost appeal, Adam Price claims

  06-08-2018 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Leadership contender Adam Price says calling Plaid the New Wales Party will stress message of hope.
  
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• Labour vows to boost British renewable energy firms

  06-08-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The shadow business secretary launches the next phase of Labour's "build it in Britain" campaign.
  
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• JLIF/UK Labour party: red herring

  06-08-2018 16:14 via ft.com
  Modest premium suggests an opportunistic bid — and investors should ask for more
  
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• Forget Brexit, Britain is failing to tackle its burning injustices

  06-08-2018 15:36 via ft.com
  May promised an agenda of domestic reform, but she has failed to do much about it
  
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• Vandals attack Jacob Rees-Mogg's Somerset home

  06-08-2018 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The Conservative MP was on holiday in the US when his country home was vandalised.
  
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• No-deal Brexit poses serious risk to public safety, say police leaders

  06-08-2018 15:08
  Exclusive: leaked letter warns home secretary of ‘significant loss of operational capacity’A no-deal Brexit poses a substantial risk to public safety, with police officers instantly losing vital access to cross-border investigative powers and databases, the home secretary has been told in a letter from the national body of police and crime commissioners.In the leaked document – marked “official sensitive” – the police leaders urge Sajid Javid to immediately dr
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn apologises for hurt caused to Jewish people by anti-Semitism

  06-08-2018 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  It comes as activists attack the Labour leader's deputy Tom Watson over his intervention in the row.
  
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• Pound hits 11-month low on no-deal Brexit fears

  06-08-2018 13:33 via ft.com
  Sterling reacts to trade secretary’s comment that UK could leave EU without an agreement
  
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• Stormont stalemate: Who's calling the shots on policy?

  06-08-2018 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland has had no government since January 2017, when a power-sharing deal collapsed.
  
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• The Labour Party 'has become so intolerant', says Emily Benn

  06-08-2018 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Emily Benn - granddaughter of Tony Benn - speaks of the online abuse she received after calling for Jeremy Corbyn to quit.
  
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• Utter failure: DUP increasingly doomed despite Tory team-up

  06-08-2018 12:02
  
  The Northern Irish party may be providing Theresa May with a political lifeline but sleaze and Brexit are hollowing it out from the inside.
  
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• Give public 'deal or no deal' Brexit vote, says Irranca-Davies

  06-08-2018 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A Welsh Labour leadership hopeful says the next first minister should push for a second EU poll.
  
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• UK new car market shows signs of stabilisation in July

  06-08-2018 10:25 via ft.com
  Sales tick up 1.2% after tough first half of 2018
  
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• New car market moves slowly forward after months in reverse

  06-08-2018 10:25 via ft.com
  Sales rise 1.2% in July as ‘manufacturers clear stock’ ahead of new emissions scheme
  
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• Brussels looks at softening Irish backstop powers to avoid no deal

  06-08-2018 06:01 via ft.com
  Commission seeks to make fallback option for province more politically palatable
  
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• Probation ‘mess’ casts shadow over government outsourcing

  06-08-2018 05:05 via ft.com
  Bailouts of £500m to private sector, with some offenders only monitored electronically
  
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• Deliveroo’s substitute courier policy called into question

  06-08-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Union says company’s employment practices contradict data protection obligations
  
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