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• UK quits military side of Galileo satellite system

  30-11-2018 23:36 via ft.com
  May pulls out of EU programme on post-Brexit security grounds
  
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• UK may never recover £1.2bn invested in EU Galileo satellite system

  30-11-2018 23:30
  British armed forces will not get access to Galileo, a rival to the US GPS system, after BrexitThe UK may never claw back £1.2bn of investment in Galileo, the EU’s satellite navigation system, as Theresa May officially pulled the plug on UK defence and security participation in the system after Brexit.Galileo, developed as a rival to the US GPS system, is due to be launched in 2020 with civilian and military variants. The UK’s continued involvement, given the extent of British
  
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• G20 Argentina: Rifts laid bare as world leaders meet

  30-11-2018 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Ukraine, climate change, trade and the Khashoggi affair all tax world leaders at the Argentina summit.
  
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• May’s chief whip faces ultimate test over Brexit vote

  30-11-2018 21:20 via ft.com
  Julian Smith has 10 days to persuade ‘unwhippable’ Tory rebel MPs
  
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• Help to Buy surges to 40% of newbuild homes sales

  30-11-2018 21:10 via ft.com
  Figures show housing market’s dependence on government scheme
  
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• Help to Buy surges to 40% of new-build homes sales

  30-11-2018 21:10 via ft.com
  Figures show housing market’s dependence on government scheme
  
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• How reputation of Crossrail’s ‘world class’ chairman nosedived

  30-11-2018 20:36 via ft.com
  Delays and cost overruns led to unceremonious dumping despite praise from transport secretary
  
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• The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s credibility: America’s compromised leader | Editorial

  30-11-2018 19:30
  As the Mueller investigation continues to produce troubling charges against his innermost circle, the US president’s word is increasingly suspect both at home and abroadEarlier this week Donald Trump stood on the south lawn of the White House and ridiculed Theresa May’s Brexit agreement as a “great deal for the EU”. He is likely to make the same contemptuous case during the G20 summit in Argentina this weekend, although pointedly there is no planned bilateral. Given the p
  
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• Martin Rowson on Theresa May's charm offensive – cartoon

  30-11-2018 19:30
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• The Guardian view of ultracheap clothes: costly to society | Editorial

  30-11-2018 19:25
  MPs are right to ask how a dress can be bought for £2.50 when it’s made in the UK, where the minimum wage is £7.83Britain spent around £40bn on clothes last year, but most of us are dimly and uncomfortably aware of the industry’s true costs. Only occasionally are we jolted into acknowledging them. Five years ago, the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,134 people. The death toll – and the fact that frightened workers had been ordered
  
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• UK government in Google bidding war with Brexit deal opponents

  30-11-2018 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Opponents of Theresa May's Brexit deal are trying to outbid the government for the top search spot.
  
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• Brexit: May not ruling out second MPs' vote on deal

  30-11-2018 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM insists she can still get MPs to back her deal the first time, as she meets G20 leaders.
  
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• People's Vote dilemma

  30-11-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  It is all about timing for second referendum campaigners, writes political correspondent Chris Mason.
  
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• Welsh first minister may be recalled in Carl Sargeant inquest

  30-11-2018 18:41
  Fellow Labour politician’s statement appears to contradict part of Carwyn Jones’ evidenceThe Welsh first minister, Carwyn Jones, may be recalled to the inquest into the death of Carl Sargeant to give more details about the pastoral care that was offered to the senior politician.Jones told the inquest that another Labour politician, Ann Jones, had been asked to stay in touch with Sargeant in the days after he was sacked over allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour. Continue read
  
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• Northamptonshire elections postponed in crisis-hit county

  30-11-2018 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The move comes as a report confirms Northamptonshire County Council faces a deficit of up to £70m.
  
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• In this high-stakes game of Brexit, how much of a gambler are you? | Jonathan Freedland

  30-11-2018 18:29
  The prize of remaining in the European Union is big, but a second vote with a no-deal option is a huge riskIn the dead of night, I have been reliving the 2016 referendum. While the autumn rain beats against the windows, and as winter draws nearer, I have been plunged back into those hot, fevered days of two and a half years ago: Nigel Farage beaming beside his “Breaking Point” poster, with its snaking horde of dark-skinned migrants; the shock and sorrow of that same day, as we learne
  
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• May v Corbyn – the one Sunday night TV show where you won’t get a vote | Marina Hyde

  30-11-2018 18:22
  After years of X Factor and Strictly, viewers of the Brexit debate won’t have a say on the trivial matter of our national destinyHow excited are you about the May versus Corbyn TV debate? Face it, it’s the Argentina-West Germany final you dream of. This ends in some shiny-floor Blunderdome, probably on the BBC, as the prime minister and leader of the opposition fight for positions neither of them remotely believes in. Related: People’s Vote complains over lack of second referen
  
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• Brexit: McDonnell says remain would be on ballot in a second referendum - Politics live

  30-11-2018 18:14
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, as the prime minister prepares for G20 5.14pm GMT4.56pm GMT The European council president has said the UK is prepared to either cancel Brexit or to depart with no deal if MPs vote down the settlement secured by Theresa May with Brussels, report Jessica Elgot and Jennifer Rankin. Speaking at the G20 summit in Argentina, Donald Tusk said there was no other deal on offer and the only options were to remain in the EU or leav
  
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• Matt Hancock accused of breaching code over GP app endorsement

  30-11-2018 18:13
  Labour calls for inquiry after health secretary praised firm in paid-for newspaper articlesLabour is demanding an inquiry after Matt Hancock, the health secretary, was accused of breaking the ministerial code by endorsing a private healthcare company in a sponsored newspaper supplement.An interview with Hancock appeared in the Evening Standard’s Future London Health supplement, which was paid for by Babylon. In the feature, Hancock praised the company’s GP at Hand app, which allows u
  
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• More cash to combat crime only works when well spent

  30-11-2018 18:09 via ft.com
  Calls for extra police funding are deafening but evidence shows how complex the problem is
  
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• To the Labour MPs who want to reject May’s Brexit deal – are you sure? | Ian Austin

  30-11-2018 17:35
  My own constituency, like 60% of Labour areas, voted leave. Are we really going to act against their wishes?• Ian Austin is the Labour MP for Dudley NorthIt’s easy to see why MPs would oppose Theresa May’s Brexit deal. For many, EU membership is a cornerstone of our politics – most MPs fought hard in the referendum, and believe it is in the best interests of their constituents and the country. They are appalled at the costs of Brexit when schools, hospitals and housing in
  
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• No-deal Brexit would 'devastate' UK gaming industry, says report

  30-11-2018 17:22
  Authors claim hard Brexit or no deal threatens videogaming’s status as British success storyA hard or no-deal Brexit threatens to cause serious harm to Britain’s gaming industry, which contributes almost £2bn a year to the economy, a report says.Because the industry works across borders and competes for highly skilled international talent with other high-growth areas such as AI research, it stands to suffer in the event of a harsh Brexit that leaves the nation disconnected from
  
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• Brexit: Labour gets behind bid to stop 'no-deal'

  30-11-2018 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Cross-party moves to neutralise the PM's warnings about a no-deal Brexit ahead of Commons vote.
  
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• The left behind

  30-11-2018 16:33 via ft.com
  GM slashes jobs, Britain shuns low-skilled migrants, the gilets jaunes
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• Windrush: Tory calls on civil servant to resign over scandal

  30-11-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey says Sir Philip Rutnam should step down as Home Office permanent secretary.
  
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• Health Secretary Matt Hancock accused of breaking ethics rules

  30-11-2018 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour demands an ethics probe after health secretary talks about "GP at Hand" app in an interview.
  
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• Owen Jones meets Keir Starmer: 'Brexit fatigue is real – but we can't let this deal pass' – video

  30-11-2018 15:56
  Theresa May is facing a big battle to get her Brexit deal through parliament on 11 December amid cross-party hostility. What's Labour's alternative, and how does the party propose to reunite a divided nation? Owen Jones speaks to the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, in the heart of his Camden constituency in north London
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• Debating Gareth Southgate on Brexit 'racial overtones'

  30-11-2018 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The Politics Live panel look at the comments made by the England football manager about some of the arguments used in the Brexit campaigns.
  
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• Leading Brexiter Fox urges support for May’s deal

  30-11-2018 15:44 via ft.com
  Trade secretary calls on MPs to do ‘what is right for our country’
  
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• Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s enormous bravery will help others with HIV | Chris Smith

  30-11-2018 15:41
  Back in 2005 I told my fellow MPs that I had HIV, so I know how hard it is. He was also right to argue for more preventative strategiesLloyd Russell-Moyle, the Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, stood up in the House of Commons yesterday and told the world that he has HIV. It’s one of the bravest things I’ve ever encountered in the chamber, and I know (from talking about it with him a week or two ago) that he did it with care, consideration, determination, and a passion to make life be
  
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• Pension age rises for women face judicial review

  30-11-2018 15:27 via ft.com
  Campaign group believes changes were too quick and communicated poorly
  
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• Judicial review granted of rises in UK pension age for women

  30-11-2018 15:27 via ft.com
  Campaign group believes changes were introduced too quickly and communicated poorly
  
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• Theresa May’s lonely battle to sell her Brexit deal

  30-11-2018 15:15 via ft.com
  Prime minister follows punishing schedule in defining test of her premiership
  
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• A battle between 4 Brexit outcomes

  30-11-2018 15:10 via ft.com
  MPs are increasingly debating at least 3 other possible denouements to the saga
  
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• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: The effect on children

  30-11-2018 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Campaigners are calling for more research into how many children may be affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May says she is focused on Commons vote

  30-11-2018 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister says she is focused on the vote in the face of dozens of her own MPs' opposition.
  
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• Northamptonshire Council: Government takes over children's services

  30-11-2018 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The government says Northamptonshire's children's services is not performing "to an adequate standard".
  
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• So now the government wants non-EU doctors for the NHS? What hypocrites | Owen Jones

  30-11-2018 13:36
  They would never admit it, but in their actions the Tories have conceded that migrants are a source of great worth and humanitySuccessive governments have long scapegoated immigrants for social ills brought about by the powerful, but none have made it so core to their mission as this one.In concert with a mendacious, bigoted rightwing press, immigrants have been blamed for stagnating wages caused by austerity and weakened unions, a housing crisis caused by a failure to build, a lack of secure jo
  
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• Eyes down for a game of Brexit bingo

  30-11-2018 13:35 via ft.com
  Pundits and politicians unearth bewildering analogies from Britain’s past
  
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• The Spectator's parliamentary awards confirm that UK politics is a joke | Anne Perkins

  30-11-2018 13:30
  Handing out prizes to David Davis and Dominic Raab for their cowardly cut-and-run resignations is no laughing matterThe end of the year hurtles down the slipway, trailing catastrophe instead of a magnum of champagne in its wake, and the excuse to prod and poke at the seething innards of 2018, or at least to flog a few more copies of your product, is irresistible. It’s awards time!But is there, anywhere, deep in the entrails of the last 11 months, a tiny yet sparkling reminder that politici
  
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• Northamptonshire council handed £70m bailout

  30-11-2018 13:17 via ft.com
  Local authority allowed to use proceeds from selling new headquarters on day-to-day spending
  
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• Fox 'disagrees with some' Brexit economic analyses

  30-11-2018 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Liam Fox suggests the governor of the Bank of England was wrong in his Brexit analyses.
  
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• A tick box for terrorists and May says bullocks to Brexit | John Crace

  30-11-2018 12:16
  Also this week: remembering friends on World Aids Day and becoming that Official Old Person on the tubeIt’s right up there among the worst moments of my life. On the way home from a night out at the opera – a first-rate, if not stellar, production of Verdi’s Simone Boccanegra – the Northern line tube train was crowded. Rather gracelessly, my wife pushed me aside and made a beeline for the only available seat. Just as I was glorying in my heroic selflessness, a young man o
  
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• Week in Review: Compliant media gives May exactly what she wants

  30-11-2018 12:01
  
  Prime minister's victory on TV debate format deprives viewers of real scrutiny
  
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• A Labour MP's call for a general election angers a Question Time audience member

  30-11-2018 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long Bailey says says Labour wants a general election - angering an audience member.
  
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• World Aids Day: Reaction ‘humbling’ says HIV positive MP

  30-11-2018 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour MP who told the Commons his HIV status says the reaction has been “very positive”
  
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• Northern Irish firms face 60-lorry limit in Republic in no-deal Brexit

  30-11-2018 10:00
  Businesses on both sides of border would suffer as permits are limited, freight group saysNorthern Ireland will be allowed to operate just 60 lorries in the Republic of Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit, threatening disaster for businesses on both sides of the Irish border.In a no-deal scenario, all commercial drivers in the UK would be reclassified as third-country operators requiring special permits to operate in the EU. Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit TV debate: Theresa May says she will only face Corbyn

  30-11-2018 08:44
  Prime minister rules out debating with hard Brexiters or people’s vote campaignersTheresa May has said she will only take part in a TV debate against Jeremy Corbyn, not any hard Brexiter, such as Boris Johnson, or any campaigner for a second referendum, saying the country had moved on from the leave v remain argument.May said her TV debate with the Labour leader would not be about the same arguments as the 2016 referendum, during which there were multiple live debates from all factions. Co
  
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• Nine in 10 firms say Brexit affecting recruitment – CBI

  30-11-2018 08:00
  Business group warns of growing shortages across all skills levels Nine in 10 businesses say Brexit has affected their ability to recruit and train staff this year, the Confederation of British Industry has said.The Recruitment and Employment Confederation, the professional body for the recruitment industry, says the public sector, including the NHS and schools, face up to seven more years of skills shortages, based on current demand. Continue reading...
  
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• Stormont deadlock stalling key reforms, warns Sterling

  30-11-2018 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Civil service boss David Sterling warns that "children will be the losers" if power sharing does not return.
  
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