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• Ben Jennings on Theresa May's Brexit deal – cartoon

  02-12-2018 20:35
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• Whitehall’s revolving door is harmful

  02-12-2018 19:00 via ft.com
  Theresa May has lost top ministers at twice the rate of predecessors
  
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• Whitehall’s revolving door harms government

  02-12-2018 19:00 via ft.com
  Theresa May has lost top ministers at twice the rate of predecessors
  
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• Europe will never be a top-tier geopolitical power

  02-12-2018 18:53 via ft.com
  ‘America First’ hit the EU hard but its response has been weak
  
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• UK politicians issue warning over Arconic buyout

  02-12-2018 17:57 via ft.com
  Grenfell Tower victims must be protected in any deal brokered by hedge fund, MPs say
  
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• MPs issue Grenfell warning over Arconic buyout

  02-12-2018 17:57 via ft.com
  Tower fire victims must be protected in any deal brokered by hedge fund
  
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• Grappling with seasonal data

  02-12-2018 17:50 via ft.com
  Your weekly briefing on the UK economy
  
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• Archbishop calls for restraint in political debate

  02-12-2018 17:04 via ft.com
  ‘There needs to be a reluctance to treat the other as an enemy,’ says Welby
  
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• Brexit debate, Poland climate talks, Merkel successor

  02-12-2018 16:17 via ft.com
  Your FT guide to this week’s big events
  
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• Park Square opens Paris offices as Brexit looms

  02-12-2018 16:13 via ft.com
  Private equity sector prompted to defend against uncertainty on future trade terms
  
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• Corbyn under growing pressure on second Brexit vote

  02-12-2018 16:04 via ft.com
  Leader’s stance faces greater scrutiny as threat of Tory rebellion against May looms
  
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• Brexit: Gove warns of referendum if MPs don't back PM's deal

  02-12-2018 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  If MPs don't back the PM's Brexit deal there may be another EU referendum, he tells the BBC.
  
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• Blackford says SNP will support bid to put Brexit on hold

  02-12-2018 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Ian Blackford says he expects an amendment to Theresa May's plans suspending Article 50 to be tabled before 9 December.
  
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• UK contractors’ business models under fire

  02-12-2018 13:40 via ft.com
  Company used by Whitehall offers bleak assessment of rivals after Carillion collapse
  
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• UK contractors’ business models criticised by group

  02-12-2018 13:40 via ft.com
  Company used by Whitehall offers bleak assessment of rivals after Carillion collapse
  
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• May heads into week of turmoil over Brexit

  02-12-2018 13:18 via ft.com
  Row brewing over legal advice as government tries to bring rebels onside
  
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• Gove urges Tory rebels to back May’s Brexit deal

  02-12-2018 13:18 via ft.com
  Environment secretary says critics risk a second referendum or no deal
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury: I am not too political

  02-12-2018 13:08
  Justin Welby defends his comments on inequality and backs UN report on UK povertyThe archbishop of Canterbury has defended his right to intervene on issues that might be deemed political as he backed the findings in the UN envoy’s report on poverty in Britain.Philip Alston’s report, published last month, prompted a political row, after the government rejected its conclusions that “punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous” austerity policies had inflicted “great mi
  
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• Labour poised to move May confidence motion if she loses Brexit vote

  02-12-2018 11:10
  If PM survived vote Labour would start seeking second referendum, Keir Starmer saysLabour would almost certainly seek a vote of no confidence in Theresa May’s government if she loses the key Commons vote on her Brexit deal in nine days’ time, Keir Starmer has said.Setting out the likely choreography for opposition efforts if, as expected, May is defeated on 11 December, the shadow Brexit secretary said it seemed impossible that May could remain in office if she was defeated on her fl
  
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• Bar on low-skilled immigrants will hurt UK, say bosses

  02-12-2018 07:59
  CBI raises concern over post-Brexit plan for tight controls on immigrants earning under £30,000A new immigration system that places severe limits on low-skilled immigration risks inflicting “massive damage” to livelihoods and communities, one of Britain’s most senior business figures has warned.Carolyn Fairbairn, head of the Confederation of British Industry, issued her sternest warning to date about the new “global system” being drawn up by the government, wh
  
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• Brexit must not reignite Troubles, says John Kerry

  02-12-2018 07:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Post-Brexit arrangements must not "reheat passions" in NI, says former US secretary of state.
  
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• Will Brexit TV debates be a big turnoff? - cartoon

  02-12-2018 07:00
  Chris Riddell on what voters really want to see Continue reading...
  
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• Disabled care hit as austerity bites closer to home

  02-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  County councils’ budgets slashed just as population ages and demand increases
  
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• MSPs draw up motion rejecting Brexit deal

  02-12-2018 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  They are set to debate the UK government's draft withdrawal agreement at Holyrood on Wednesday.
  
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• Brexit: Corbyn will do BBC debate with May if head-to-head

  02-12-2018 00:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour leader - who wanted a Brexit debate on ITV - says he will do it with the BBC on one condition.
  
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