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• Sterling steadies as dramatic week draws to an end

  16-11-2018 22:13 via ft.com
  US chip stocks slide after Nvidia warning; oil prices extend rally
  
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• Ministers said to be in denial over ‘social calamity’ of poverty

  16-11-2018 21:20 via ft.com
  UN assessment one of most damning yet of austerity by outside expert
  
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• Gove provides boost for May by remaining

  16-11-2018 20:51 via ft.com
  But Eurosceptic environment secretary set to push for changes to Brexit deal
  
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• Brexit crunch time: May steels herself for a hard sell

  16-11-2018 20:41 via ft.com
  The withdrawal agreement received a brutal reception, but the prime minister will argue that the alternatives are worse
  
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• Stephen Barclay made Brexit secretary as Amber Rudd gets DWP - as it happened

  16-11-2018 20:36
  Relatively unknown health minister replaces Raab while former home secretary returns to cabinet as work and pensions secretaryFull story: Gove to stayFull list: MPs’ with no confidenceSix possible scenariosCan you get May’s deal through? 7.36pm GMT We’re going to close down this live blog now. Thanks for reading and enjoy your weekend. We’ll leave you with a summary of the latest events: Related: Stephen Barclay appointed as Brexit secretary7.18pm GMT Steve Barclay, the n
  
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• May takes Brexit battle to Eurosceptics

  16-11-2018 20:30 via ft.com
  PM reshuffles ministers and appeals to grassroots chiefs as coup stumbles
  
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• Amber Rudd's return is a surprising yet inevitable new dawn

  16-11-2018 20:09
  Theresa May’s steadfast supporter is back, seven months after the Windrush scandal brought her downAmber Rudd’s return to frontline politics was both a surprise and inevitable, according to one former colleague.Surprising because she was brought down so recently and so spectacularly by the Windrush scandal, which she had tried to defend despite a series of articles in the Guardian. Continue reading...
  
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• Female peers condemn 'misogynistic' attitudes in Lord Lester debate

  16-11-2018 19:50
  Jenny Jones says men ‘closed ranks’ to block punishment of QC for sexual harassment Two female peers have condemned fellow Lords members for “misogynistic, victim-blaming” attitudes after they cast doubt on the claims of a woman found to have been sexually harassed by a Lib Dem peer, because she was friendly to him on later occasions.Jenny Jones, of the Greens, said she was so shocked at the attitudes in Thursday’s debate that she walked out of the chamber. At the e
  
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• Britain’s manufacturers plan for hard Brexit

  16-11-2018 19:43 via ft.com
  Rolls-Royce stock piles parts while Airbus tells staff to work at ‘full speed’
  
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• Ben Jennings on Theresa May's survival as Tory leader – cartoon

  16-11-2018 19:39
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• Brexit/UK stocks: defensives redefined

  16-11-2018 19:31 via ft.com
  When running for cover be sure your shelter is sound
  
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• Tom Watson: people's vote more likely given weakness of May's position

  16-11-2018 19:22
  Labour would prefer a general election but second referendum still a possibilitySenior Labour figures have reiterated the possibility of a second referendum on Brexit, with Tom Watson saying the idea seems more likely amid the current government chaos, while John McDonnell said the idea “remains on the table”.Labour’s position, firmed up at the party conference in September, is to push for a general election as a first preference, but to maintain the possibility of a second ref
  
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• Rebel Tory MPs press for vote of no confidence in Theresa May

  16-11-2018 19:11
  Prime minister battles to avoid coup by backbench 1922 CommitteeThe Tory MPs known to have submitted lettersTheresa May is battling to halt a growing revolt from the Tory right after half a dozen more backbenchers came out in favour of a no-confidence vote and the organiser of the rebellion publicly predicted more MPs would follow next week.The prime minister held a conference call with local association chairmen on Friday afternoon as she fought to head off a coup and sell her hard-won Brexit d
  
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• Rudd returns and Brexit job downgraded

  16-11-2018 18:49 via ft.com
  Former home secretary takes on universal credit, while Barclay takes over from Raab
  
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• UK investors buy the dips on day of Brexit drama

  16-11-2018 18:48 via ft.com
  ‘Beauties and beasts’ come to the fore as volatile markets react to the news
  
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• Barnier warns UK over post-Brexit EU security access

  16-11-2018 18:33 via ft.com
  EU member states preparing to toughen up future relationship text
  
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• Brexit: UK government caught in 'long dark night of the soul'

  16-11-2018 18:09 via ft.com
  The FT's Robert Shrimsley says Conservatives looking like an anarchist fringe
  
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• To calm Brexit storm, we must listen to UK voices again

  16-11-2018 17:44 via ft.com
  Examining the issues behind the vote will move the debate away from political bickering
  
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• May appeals for support as Brexit battle rages

  16-11-2018 17:33 via ft.com
  Amber Rudd returns as prime minister reshuffles cabinet
  
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• May must change course on her deal to leave the bloc

  16-11-2018 16:05 via ft.com
  Parliamentary support for the prime minister’s agreement requires a more detailed political declaration
  
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• The Brexit deal

  16-11-2018 15:53 via ft.com
  Theresa May reaches a Brexit agreement with the EU but faces bitter divisions at home
  
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• Week in Review: The Brexit lies just won't stop

  16-11-2018 15:36
  
  Even now, the usual suspects are creating new unicorns.
  
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• Gove gives May a lifeline

  16-11-2018 14:36 via ft.com
  Arch-Brexiter Conservative MPs are unlikely to muster enough support to topple PM
  
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• Business fears intensify amid the Brexit tumult

  16-11-2018 14:31 via ft.com
  City of London figures back May’s withdrawal deal but worry UK may crash out of EU
  
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• University was given emergency loan by regulator

  16-11-2018 14:26 via ft.com
  Office for Students admits providing funding despite no-bailouts promise
  
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