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• When Trump demonises opponents, unhinged partisans take their cues | Heather Cox Richardson

  27-10-2018 23:00
  We’ve been here before. A wealthy elite convinces the masses that those who oppose them harm what makes America great. Last time, it led to the death of Abraham LincolnLast week was not the first time in American history that a crazed assassin has tried to change the trajectory of the government by killing political enemies. In 1865, when it was clear that the confederacy was about to collapse, prominent southerner John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices set out to behead their Republican op
  
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• Philip Hammond must prove austerity is really over  

  27-10-2018 19:00 via ft.com
  The appalling human impact of the Tory agenda should be reversed as soon as possible 
  
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• Philip Hammond must prove austerity is over  

  27-10-2018 19:00 via ft.com
  The appalling human impact of the Tory agenda should be reversed as soon as possible 
  
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• Lord Hain on injunction breach: 'I will not be silenced'

  27-10-2018 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour peer says he stands "fully" by his naming of Sir Philip Green in the House of Lords.
  
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• Work was the way to a better life once. Not any more | Phillip Inman

  27-10-2018 18:00
  A job that provides rising living standards is a thing of the past. Now the route to wealth is through property and pensionsIt is often said that people are defined by their work. Whether the job is in mining, teaching or engineering, it provides an income, status, friends and a sense of community.Yet for a long time now work has become secondary to being a savvy consumer, a homeowner (or, better still, a multiple homeowner) and a pension saver. It’s not a trend the Jeremy Corbyn’s L
  
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• Sir Philip Green: Lord Hain defends naming tycoon in House of Lords

  27-10-2018 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The peer stands by his decision as Sir Philip Green plans to make a complaint to the House of Lords.
  
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• Megyn Kelly was meant to bridge the partisan divide. She failed | Barrett Holmes Pitner

  27-10-2018 16:26
  The fact that 47-year-old woman did not already understand the history and harm of blackface justifies NBC parting ways with herFollowing Megyn Kelly’s latest demonstration of poor judgment and ignorance by condoning the wearing of blackface for Halloween, NBC is now set to part ways with her. And while Kelly’s departure might be shocking due to NBC’s massive investment in Kelly — a $23m annual salary and a coveted role on Today — it was seemingly inevitable.In earl
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn urged to back amendment for second Brexit vote

  27-10-2018 15:11
  Cross-party alliance aims to kill any deal Theresa May secures from Brussels and force new referendumA new cross-party group of MPs plans to thwart Brexit by swinging the Commons behind a second referendum as soon as Theresa May requests parliament’s backing for a deal with the EU, as pressure mounts on party leaders to put the issue back to the people.Tory, Labour and SNP members say they will table a “killer” amendment in favour of a public vote. The amendment, if passed, wil
  
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• Northern MPs tell Labour: change your mind on HS2

  27-10-2018 13:00
  Call to spend billions on regional networks, not London connectionsLabour’s leadership is under pressure this weekend to reconsider its support for the £56bn HS2 high-speed rail link, as concern grows among northern MPs that the plan fails to address their areas’ economic needs.Several senior Labour MPs have told the Observer that the huge sum of money earmarked for the project, which will connect London to Leeds and Manchester via Birmingham in the first and second phases, wou
  
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• Oxford-Cambridge Arc: Row over central England mega-plan

  27-10-2018 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The transport secretary says the government will back major development on the Oxford-Cambridge arc.
  
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• Budget 2018: Outdoor venue plan 'to cut wedding costs'

  27-10-2018 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Chancellor Philip Hammond also plans more business rate relief to boost High Street shops.
  
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• Fears rise among investment managers over potential Corbyn election victory

  27-10-2018 12:00 via ft.com
  Labour leader’s plans stoke concern as Conservatives’ Brexit scrap prompts poll talk
  
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• City whispers point to extent of worry about Corbyn winning No 10

  27-10-2018 12:00 via ft.com
  Labour leader’s plans stoke concern as Conservatives’ Brexit scrap prompts poll talk
  
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• Listen: NDAs, Sir Philip Green and parliamentary privilege

  27-10-2018 07:35 via ft.com
  The allegations against Sir Philip Green were thrown into the public thanks to Lord Hain's use of parliamentary privilege. Was the businessman wrong to try and gag the press?
  
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• It may not stop Brexit. But I’m glad I joined the march for a People’s Vote | Ian Jack

  27-10-2018 07:00
  I want to be able to say that at least I did what I could to avert an avoidable catastrophe“March” is the wrong word. It suggests energy, discipline, a band playing a tune by John Philip Sousa, and also a fair distance cover ed; Mao’s Long March went on for 8,000 miles, at least according to Mao, while Gandhi’s Salt March lasted 24 days.Last Saturday’s march for a People’s Vote, on the other hand, stretched no farther than the mile and a half between Hyde Park
  
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• George Osborne ignored poverty warnings on pay freezes

  27-10-2018 07:00
  Documents show ex-chancellor was told public sector pay restraint would hit low-income familiesGeorge Osborne ignored civil servants’ warnings that extending the public sector pay cap would force children into poverty, newly released documents reveal.The former chancellor announced in July 2015 that the 1% public sector pay cap would be extended for four years – a policy that had not been included in the Conservative manifesto. The cap remained in force until the 2018/19 pay round. C
  
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• Renters find their voice on ‘broken housing system’

  27-10-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Government has responded with series of initiatives seeking to boost housebuilding
  
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• Legal row over EU citizens’ ‘settled status’ after Brexit

  27-10-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Small print of rules removes certainty on right to remain, charity claims to court
  
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• Budget 2018: Hammond’s tax-raising options

  27-10-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Chancellor eyes short- and long-term measures to increase revenue
  
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• Britain sued over post-Brexit plan for EU nationals

  27-10-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Charity claims hundreds of thousands of people could lose out on ‘settled status’
  
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• George Osborne kept pay cap despite child poverty warning

  27-10-2018 01:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Officials told the former chancellor his public sector pay cap would hit families, documents show.
  
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