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• Chancellor scraps £130 tax break for self-employed

  06-09-2018 21:02 via ft.com
  Ending Class 2 NICs had been expected to benefit over 3m workers
  
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• Tax cut for self-employed workers scrapped

  06-09-2018 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A planned tax cut for 2.7m self-employed workers is scrapped by the UK government.
  
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• Northern Ireland Assembly members' pay to be cut

  06-09-2018 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Legislation will also be brought forward to allow civil servants to make decisions in the absence of Stormont.
  
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• Novichok case sheds light on feared military agency

  06-09-2018 20:18 via ft.com
  Russia’s secretive GRU operatives are no bunglers, say security experts
  
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• Hammond’s ‘no-deal’ spending cuts warning riles No 10

  06-09-2018 20:13 via ft.com
  Operation Yellowhammer leak reveals economic costs of chaotic Brexit
  
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• The UK economy needs reform, not revolution

  06-09-2018 19:54 via ft.com
  A bipartisan commission advocates sweeping structural changes
  
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• Allen & Overy figures show 39% gender pay gap

  06-09-2018 19:28 via ft.com
  Law firm has included partners in its figures for the first time
  
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• UK executives set for pension boost after European ruling

  06-09-2018 18:59 via ft.com
  Landmark case concerns how pensions were slashed after lifeboat fund took over payments
  
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• UKIP AM Michelle Brown accused of nepotism by ex-advisor

  06-09-2018 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  An employment tribunal is told Michelle Brown tried to get her brother a job he was unqualified for.
  
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• Brexit: EU sees 'positive elements' in UK's Chequers plan

  06-09-2018 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The upbeat assessment comes after claims Michel Barnier called the UK plan "dead in the water".
  
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• Key western allies back UK over novichok attack

  06-09-2018 17:32 via ft.com
  Joint statement offers support for assessment of Russian involvement
  
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• Don't send vapers to use smoking shelters, MPs suggest

  06-09-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  E-cigarette users should not have to "come face to face with the thing they are trying to give up", MPs hear.
  
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• Paul Davies wins Welsh Tory assembly group leadership poll

  06-09-2018 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  He calls on the party to offer a "progressive, innovative and radical alternative" to Labour rule.
  
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• John McDonnell condemns anti-Israel posters

  06-09-2018 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Transport for London says the posters are an "act of vandalism" and will be removed immediately.
  
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• Cockapoo named Corbyn tops Westminster dog vote

  06-09-2018 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs bring their dogs to work for the annual Westminster contest.
  
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• The danger of a ‘blind Brexit’

  06-09-2018 14:32 via ft.com
  Approach would leave the UK without any assurance over future trade relationship
  
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• N Ireland legislators’ pay to be cut over deadlock

  06-09-2018 13:36 via ft.com
  UK government slashes salaries in effort to end dispute and restore Stormont assembly
  
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• Britain's feta cheese war

  06-09-2018 10:29
  
  Everything you need to know about Geographical Indications - the latest Brexit battleground
  
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• Corbyn feeds the left’s nasty populism

  06-09-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  The Labour leader has abandoned centrism and taken the party into different territory
  
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• SNP faces biggest challenge since winning power

  06-09-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Public satisfaction with services drops as Nicola Sturgeon unveils programme for government
  
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• All-female government

  06-09-2018 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Jess Phillips and Shappi Khorsandi are among those to have considered the matter for a new play.
  
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• Scientist warns of artificial intelligence backlash

  06-09-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Researchers and companies urged to engage in debate on risks and benefits of AI
  
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• Councils criticised over pursuit of unpaid bills

  06-09-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Aggressive practices create costs for other parts of government, says NAO
  
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• Trial scheme planned for post-Brexit farm workers

  06-09-2018 00:59 via ft.com
  Bid to allow recruitment of tens of thousands of migrant labourers
  
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