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• May to sell Brexit deal to world leaders at G20

  29-11-2018 23:41 via ft.com
  Prime minister will push UK as promoter of global trade amid rising protectionism
  
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• UK 'will remain aligned' with Northern Irish regulations after backstop

  29-11-2018 23:15
  Cabinet Office minister David Lidington tries to calm fears of Democratic Unionist party over post-Brexit regulationsDavid Lidington has sought to reassure unionists by insisting the UK will remain aligned with any regulations in place for Northern Ireland if the backstop is invoked.In Scotland on Thursday, on the latest leg of the government’s charm offensive to sell the Brexit deal, Lidington insisted regulations in the rest of the UK would not be allowed to diverge from those in Norther
  
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• Brexit scuppers £2.9bn Intu deal — isn’t that convenient?

  29-11-2018 21:06 via ft.com
  Shopping centre group’s biggest problem predates UK political uncertainty
  
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• Steve Bell on the Brexit TV debate – cartoon

  29-11-2018 20:54
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• Brexit: Cross-party bid to stop 'no-deal'

  29-11-2018 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Tory, Labour, SNP and other politicians will try to amend 'meaningful vote', the BBC understands.
  
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• BoE sounds alarm over no-deal Brexit planning

  29-11-2018 20:12 via ft.com
  Governor says many businesses not prepared for risk of UK crashing out of EU
  
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• Brexit debate: Clash over whether BBC or ITV will host debate

  29-11-2018 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime Minister Theresa May has accepted the BBC's offer but Labour would prefer ITV.
  
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• May enlists Eurosceptic ministers to sell Brexit deal

  29-11-2018 19:04 via ft.com
  PM deploys cabinet’s Brexiters to try to avoid defeat in key Commons vote
  
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• Government set to relax restrictions on non-EU doctors

  29-11-2018 19:00
  Exclusive: ministers agree to increase number of doctors allowed to work in UK under medical training initiativeThe government is set to relax its immigration rules to let more foreign doctors come to Britain to help tackle the NHS’s widespread shortages of medics, the Guardian can reveal.Ministers have agreed to significantly expand the 1,500 doctors a year allowed to come and work in Britain under the medical training initiative (MTI). The move could result in the maximum number of non-E
  
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• MP: 10 years since I became HIV positive

  29-11-2018 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  A Labour MP revealed he has been HIV positive for nearly ten years, as the Commons debated World Aids Day.
  
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• Brexit: Security minister Ben Wallace warns of no-deal risk

  29-11-2018 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The government says its deal maintains close UK-EU co-operation but Labour dismisses it as "flimsy".
  
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• Tory Brexit tribes

  29-11-2018 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May is trying to get her divided party to back her EU deal - here are nine factions she needs to convince.
  
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• Beefeaters join strike ballot over palace pensions

  29-11-2018 17:40 via ft.com
  Staff at landmarks like Hampton Court and the Tower face cuts to retirement incomes
  
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• Lloyd Russell-Moyle: MP announces in Commons he is HIV positive

  29-11-2018 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Lloyd Russell-Moyle reveals he has been HIV positive for nearly 10 years, in a World Aids Day debate.
  
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• Theresa May won't rule out 'no-deal' Brexit

  29-11-2018 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister refuses to speculate on what will happen if MPs reject her Brexit deal.
  
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• UK’s overseas influence requires a Brexit rethink

  29-11-2018 16:37 via ft.com
  Three former foreign secretaries join together to call for a second referendum
  
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• Brexit Barometer: How are small businesses feeling?

  29-11-2018 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  5 Live is getting the views of people across the UK.
  
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• Corbyn and May in a historic Brexit debate

  29-11-2018 15:59 via ft.com
  Imagine what might happen when the political rivals take to the podium at last
  
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• Ban on social media memes possible under EU directive

  29-11-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The use of music, images and film clips to make memes for use on social media could be subject to an EU directive on copyright in the digital single market.
  
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• Facebook's UK political ad rules kick in

  29-11-2018 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook starts to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK following a delay.
  
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• Labour shifts on a second referendum

  29-11-2018 14:53 via ft.com
  John McDonnell’s comments seem to endorse the idea 
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn prefers ITV Brexit debate offer

  29-11-2018 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn tells This Morning programme he prefers ITV's Brexit debate proposal.
  
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• Why Donald Trump wants Theresa May to fail on Brexit

  29-11-2018 14:30 via ft.com
  There are deep reasons for US president’s hostility to UK’s exit deal from EU
  
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• UK migration: Fewer EU arrivals but overall figure stays the same

  29-11-2018 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A rise in immigration from Asia is helping fill the gap, as EU arrivals drop in the run-up to Brexit.
  
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• Why landowners fear liability for damage caused by fracking

  29-11-2018 14:05 via ft.com
  Shale gas exploration could lead to legal action years later over environmental harm
  
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• Landowners fear liability for damage caused by fracking

  29-11-2018 14:05 via ft.com
  Shale gas exploration could lead to legal action over environmental harm
  
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• DUP accuses No 10 of 'hiding' over Brexit

  29-11-2018 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Nigel Dodds MP hits out at the government's refusal to publish the full Brexit deal legal advice.
  
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• Michael Gove attempts French when answering fishing question

  29-11-2018 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The environment secretary responds to a question in the Commons about President Macron and fishing by attempting to speak French.
  
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• Brexit: UK economy not ready for no deal, Mark Carney says

  29-11-2018 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A transition period is needed to adapt to the departure from the EU, the Bank of England governor says.
  
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• No.10's bungled Brexit strategy is sabotaging May's remaining chances

  29-11-2018 12:42
  
  Leaks and a poor communication strategy are undermining what was already a weak deal.
  
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• UK financial regulator backs short Brexit transition period

  29-11-2018 12:40 via ft.com
  Financial Conduct Authority warns of ‘significant challenges’ if Britain crashes out of the EU
  
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• Financial regulator backs short Brexit transition

  29-11-2018 12:40 via ft.com
  FCA warns of ‘significant challenges’ if Britain crashes out of EU
  
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• May says if Brexit vote fails ‘no deal’ planning should ramp up

  29-11-2018 11:37 via ft.com
  PM appeals to MPs to ‘focus on choice in front of them’
  
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• Mark Carney: 'Britain not prepared for no-deal Brexit'

  29-11-2018 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney says the UK is not ready for a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• EU net migration to UK turns negative, ONS figures show

  29-11-2018 11:04 via ft.com
  Non-EU net migration reaches its highest level since 2004
  
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• EU net migration to UK turns negative, ONS data show

  29-11-2018 11:04 via ft.com
  Non-EU net migration reaches its highest level since 2004
  
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• EU migration to UK at lowest point since 2012

  29-11-2018 11:04 via ft.com
  Non-EU net migration reached its highest point since 2004 in year to June
  
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• The next Windrush: The Home Office is pricing us out of our legal status

  29-11-2018 10:59
  
  Punishing new immigration and health charges are depriving young people of opportunity and hope.
  
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• Carney defends BoE’s nightmare ‘worst case’ Brexit projection

  29-11-2018 09:46 via ft.com
  Central bank has warned of a historic downturn in case of disorderly split with EU
  
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• Europe’s unpleasant choice between Trump and Xi

  29-11-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  A less dependable US leaves Britain and the EU vulnerable to China’s blandishments
  
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• Bank of England says Brexit will make us all poorer

  29-11-2018 05:58 via ft.com
  ‘We’re all going to get poorer — except the rich’
  
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• PFI demise casts doubt on UK’s £3bn construction projects

  29-11-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Philip Hammond’s decision to scrap private finance initiative leaves government facing hefty bill
  
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• May’s Brexit deal deserves conditional support

  29-11-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  If parliament cannot ratify it, a second referendum may be needed
  
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• Rise in unconditional university offers under fire

  29-11-2018 01:02 via ft.com
  Damien Hinds tells regulator to consider action amid ‘disturbing’ increase in practice
  
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