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• Danske scandal spurs crackdown on limited partnerships

  27-11-2018 22:30 via ft.com
  Legislation on way to control structures dubbed money-laundering vehicle of choice
  
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• Britain clears trade hurdle ahead of Brexit

  27-11-2018 21:21 via ft.com
  WTO members give ‘provisional’ support to UK membership of 47-country procurement pact
  
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• UK carmakers warn no-deal Brexit would be ‘catastrophic’

  27-11-2018 21:20 via ft.com
  Industry piles pressure on PM with demand for ‘frictionless’ trade with Europe
  
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• Theresa May heads to Scotland as Brexit deal founders in Westminster

  27-11-2018 20:41
  Number of Tory MPs opposing proposal rises as prime minister attempts to win support around the UKTheresa May takes her Brexit publicity blitz to Scotland on Wednesday as opponents of her deal scramble to plan for the chaotic aftermath of the meaningful Commons vote in less than a fortnight, which she appears likely to lose by a crushing margin.The prime minister will visit a factory near Glasgow and speak to workers and employers about the deal, telling them: “It is a deal that is good fo
  
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• Yes, Donald Trump is talking perfect sense on May’s Brexit deal | Peter Mandelson

  27-11-2018 20:30
  Negotiating trade terms is a long, painful process – and a deal with the US may never happen
  • Peter Mandelson is a former cabinet minister and EU trade commissionerThe humiliations of Brexit continue to rain down upon us, but it took Donald Trump to remind the British government that negotiating trade deals is a long, painful and necessarily complex business that would only be made harder by Theresa May’s plan for leaving the European Union. Related: Theresa May rejects Donald
  
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• May rejects Trump criticism of Brexit deal

  27-11-2018 20:15 via ft.com
  UK working ‘very well’ with US on trade, says PM, under fire from DUP for ‘giving up’
  
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• Will hostility to May’s Brexit deal force a plan B?

  27-11-2018 19:59 via ft.com
  MPs weigh up Norway-plus, no-deal, second referendum or general election
  
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• Steve Bell on Trump savaging May's Brexit deal – cartoon

  27-11-2018 19:57
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• Immigration plans might not be published before Brexit vote, says Javid

  27-11-2018 19:52
  Home secretary also indicates ‘tens of thousands’ migration target could be abandonedMPs might have to vote on the Brexit deal without knowing details of the future immigration policy, Sajid Javid has said, as he also indicated the planned scheme might abandon the target of keeping net annual migration to the tens of thousands.In a sometimes testy appearance before the home affairs select committee, the home secretary said only that the long-awaited white paper on post-Brexit immigra
  
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• Facebook was warned of apparent Russian data trawl in 2014, MPs told

  27-11-2018 19:48
  Social media firm claims no breach was found after it carried out investigation A Facebook engineer warned the company in 2014 that users apparently based in Russia were scooping vast amounts of data from the site on a daily basis, lawmakers from nine countries have been told, in heated exchanges about whether the social media company poses a threat to democracy.Facebook’s representative, Richard Allan, often looked uncomfortable during hours of questioning by members of the House of Commo
  
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• David Dimbleby in line to host BBC election night if there is snap poll

  27-11-2018 19:43
  Presenter, 80, who has hosted every general election night for BBC since 1979, could be back for one last jobDavid Dimbleby could make an unexpected comeback as BBC election night host as the corporation begins to secretly prepare for an emergency election in case Theresa May’s government collapses.News at Ten host Huw Edwards was due to take over duties as the main presenter of the BBC’s coverage following the 2015 general election. Continue reading...
  
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• Think-tanks are having an existential crisis

  27-11-2018 19:39 via ft.com
  The brain trusts are starting to wonder what they are really for
  
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• Tory divisions: the factions preparing for fall of May's Brexit deal

  27-11-2018 19:27
  Senior Conservatives are lining up to push their agenda should PM fail to win over CommonsAs Theresa May’s cabinet prepares to sell her beleaguered Brexit deal to MPs and around the country, we take a look at the different factions and how they are preparing for plan B should the prime minister’s proposals be voted down. Continue reading...
  
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• Baroness Trumpington, politician, 1922-2018

  27-11-2018 19:19 via ft.com
  A life peer with a brilliant mind and a no-nonsense sense of humour
  
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• Brexit Britain close to agreeing open skies deal with US

  27-11-2018 19:08 via ft.com
  Agreement falls short of current EU arrangements but will protect carriers from ownership problems
  
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• 'I feel sorry for her': Newry reacts as May begins Brexit PR drive

  27-11-2018 18:28
  Sympathy for PM in Northern Ireland border town as she bids to sell her deal to the people
  If Theresa May takes her public relations offensive to people in Newry, a market town on Northern Ireland’s border with the Republic of Ireland, she’ll have them at “Hello”.The prime minister could park her arguments for the Brexit deal and simply soak up sympathy from people who think she has done her best and deserves a break. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Norway-plus' Brexit option gaining ground, says Nicola Sturgeon

  27-11-2018 18:26
  Scotland’s first minister tells Theresa May her plan is damaging for Scottish peopleThe argument for a “Norway-plus” compromise on Brexit is winning the day at Westminster, according to Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who has committed her Scottish National party MPs to supporting the soft option provided it can command a House of Commons majority.Sturgeon said the alternative framework for the UK, which the Scottish government first advocated in December 2016
  
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• French watchdog calls for rethink of research rules

  27-11-2018 17:42 via ft.com
  Robert Ophèle, chairman of the AMF, says investor protection law hurts small company shares
  
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• Labour drops abusive conduct investigation into MP Ian Austin

  27-11-2018 17:37
  Party ends inquiry into Dudley North MP who expressed anger about antisemitism rowLabour has dropped its disciplinary investigation into Ian Austin, who had faced possible censure for abusive conduct after expressing anger about the party’s handling of the antisemitism row over the summer.The MP for Dudley North, a strident critic of Jeremy Corbyn, had been under investigation since July. Continue reading...
  
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• Britain should recognise the value of low-paid workers

  27-11-2018 17:37 via ft.com
  The Brexit debate assumes that only highly skilled job vacancies need to be filled
  
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• UK food and drinks industry voices support for May’s Brexit deal

  27-11-2018 16:39 via ft.com
  Industry exceutives told parliament they want to avoid no-deal scenario
  
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• Home Office faces high court challenge over 'profiteering' fees

  27-11-2018 16:28
  Group gets permission to apply for judicial review of £1,012 fee to register child as UK citizenThe Home Office is facing a high court challenge over the £1,012 fee it charges to register a child as a British citizen, after a judge granted campaigners permission to apply for a judicial review.The case is to contest the legality of the amount of the fee – not the charging of it – when the administrative cost of processing a registration is £372, campaigners said. Con
  
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• Five scenarios

  27-11-2018 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Five possible scenarios if Theresa May can't get her EU withdrawal deal through Parliament.
  
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• European court to rule on whether article 50 can be reversed

  27-11-2018 16:23
  Judges to decide if UK can stop Brexit without consent of 27 other EU member statesEuropean judges are considering an emergency legal challenge over whether the UK can unilaterally halt Brexit by reversing article 50, the clause that initiated the country’s departure from the EU.The European court of justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg is hearing a claim by a cross-party group of six Scottish MPs, MEPs and MSPs that argues politicians at Westminster can stop the process without needing the consent
  
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• Why does Donald Trump oppose Theresa May's Brexit deal?

  27-11-2018 15:53
  President may fear US could lose its prize of a free trade agreement with UKIt was not off the cuff. It was clearly meant. But was Donald Trump right to claim Theresa May’s Brexit deal meant the UK after 29 March 2019 “may not be able to trade with us”?The UK is the fifth largest export market for American goods. British exports to the US are worth about £100bn a year to the UK economy, according to the Office for National Statistics, more than twice that of any other cou
  
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• Brexit deal doomed, says May’s former cabinet ally

  27-11-2018 15:44 via ft.com
  Michael Fallon criticises prime minister’s plan, as pound falls amid uncertainty
  
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• Young people take over parliament to fight Brexit

  27-11-2018 15:23
  
  If MPs won't come talk to us, we'll go talk to them.
  
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• The hunt for Plan B

  27-11-2018 15:00 via ft.com
  ‘Norway Plus’ emerges as a key talking point for MPs
  
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• What you need to know about the Brexit withdrawal treaty

  27-11-2018 13:57 via ft.com
  How the deal unwinds 45 years of EU-UK relations
  
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• Bank of England tweaks plans for release of bank stress tests

  27-11-2018 13:56 via ft.com
  Time of Wednesday’s publication pushed back several hours
  
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• Lady Trumpington obituary

  27-11-2018 13:48
  Witty and astute Conservative peer who was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world warJean Trumpington, Lady Trumpington, who has died aged 96, was one of the most recognisable and best known members of the House of Lords, partly because of her long service on the Conservative frontbench but also thanks to her readiness to speak out in a pithy and memorable manner on a huge range of subjects of public interest. But the jocularity for which she was famed disguised a sensitive and
  
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• Women launch legal challenge to 'irrational' universal credit system

  27-11-2018 13:40
  Flaw in system leaves people with dramatically fluctuating monthly incomes, they sayFour women have launched a high court legal challenge to universal credit, arguing that an arbitrary design flaw in the payment system for the new benefit is “irrational and discriminatory” and leaves some families hundreds of pounds a year worse off.They say the flaw, which relates to the way universal credit monthly payments are calculated, disproportionately affects working parents with children, t
  
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• City of London divides over Brexit

  27-11-2018 13:18 via ft.com
  Patrick Jenkins gauges support for Theresa May deal and second referendum
  
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• City of London divided over Brexit

  27-11-2018 13:18 via ft.com
  Patrick Jenkins gauges support for Theresa May's deal and second referendum
  
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• Trump’s Brexit bomb is a brutal reminder that May’s work has barely started | Gaby Hinsliff

  27-11-2018 12:35
  Even if the PM’s deal gets through parliament, she faces negotiations with countries whose power far outweighs oursThere is no political crisis so bad that Donald Trump can’t somehow manage to make it worse.And so it has come to pass with Brexit. Just as Theresa May is straining to persuade the nation that her compromise deal isn’t as bad as it sounds, our erstwhile ally pops up to pour a bucket of cold water all over it. Britain “may not be able to trade with” Amer
  
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• 10 essential reforms to revolutionise social care | Bob Hudson

  27-11-2018 12:14
  Ahead of the government’s long-awaited green paper, these are the building blocks for big-picture change Perhaps the only thing everyone involved with adult social care can agree on is that the current model satisfies no one. Politicians, professionals, commissioners, providers, users and carers all despair of the impasse that has been reached. Proposals for change tend to be narrow and compartmentalised, typically focusing solely on funding. What is needed is something very different &nda
  
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• EU lawyers say Article 50 cannot be unilaterally revoked

  27-11-2018 11:22 via ft.com
  Blow for anti-Brexit campaigners led by a group of Scottish MPs and MEPs
  
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• For once Trump is right: There'll be no UK-US trade deal

  27-11-2018 11:17
  
  The dream of a trade deal with Trump is fading fast, no matter how much Downing Street tries to pretend otherwise.
  
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• UK student debt sales make little economic sense

  27-11-2018 11:16 via ft.com
  Offloading assets to private investors for an illusory short-term gain stores up trouble
  
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• The far right is marching for Brexit. Will the left stand against it? | Michael Chessum

  27-11-2018 11:09
  Tommy Robinson is organising a protest two days before parliament votes. What happens now is a litmus test for the leftThe far-right activist Tommy Robinson will march on London under the banner of “Brexit Betrayal” on Sunday 9 December – just two days before the parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s deal. The demonstration represents the real-life, undeniable intersection of the Brexit project and the far right. The response of both the left and the anti-Brexit movement co
  
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• Sterling under pressure with Brexit uncertainty weighing

  27-11-2018 09:27 via ft.com
  Investors cautious as Theresa May makes push to get Brexit deal through parliament
  
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• £559m Wagamama takeover deal looks a bit rich for some tastes | Nils Pratley

  27-11-2018 08:38
  The noodle chain is popular – but this could be the highest per restaurant ever paid in the UKThere are two ways to look at Restaurant Group’s proposed £559m purchase of Wagamama, a deal that shareholders will back or reject on Wednesday.The first is the one management prefers: the noodle chain will inject growth into a company that needs something fresh to revitalise a tired-looking portfolio that includes Frankie & Benny’s and Garfunkel’s. The other view is th
  
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• Brexit weekly briefing: EU signs off on 'the only deal possible'

  27-11-2018 08:00
  Now even harder work begins for Theresa May as she battles MPs over the withdrawal agreementWelcome to your Guardian weekly Brexit briefing, more necessary than ever as it all starts hotting up … If you’d like to receive it as a weekly email, please sign up here. And catch up with our monthly Brexit Means … podcast here.Finally, producing the Guardian’s independent, in-depth journalism takes time and money. We do it because we believe our perspective matters and it may
  
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• Only the ‘Norway Plus’ plan can save Brexit

  27-11-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  If parliament blocks May’s deal, the European Economic Area offers an alternative
  
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• The fraught parliamentary maths for May on Brexit

  27-11-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  PM risks defeat in ‘meaningful vote’ on terms for Britain leaving the EU
  
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• Commons vote on Brexit: what you need to know

  27-11-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  MPs’ verdict on Theresa May’s deal will be one of parliament’s most momentous decisions 
  
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• Brexit heightens focus on UK bank stress tests

  27-11-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Bank of England set to unveil results of annual financial health check on UK lenders
  
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• Theresa May pitches Brexit deal to UK parliament

  27-11-2018 03:05 via ft.com
  Downing St confirms key Commons vote on agreement for December 11
  
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• Obituary: Baroness Trumpington

  27-11-2018 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Lady Trumpington - Nazi codebreaker and Thatcher minister who flicked a V-sign in the House of Lords - has died at the age of 96.
  
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• University leaves third of male students worse off

  27-11-2018 01:02 via ft.com
  Women more likely to pick a course that will boost their earning power
  
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