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• Pressure mounting on Theresa May from Tory MPs

  11-12-2018 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Senior Brexiteers are increasingly confident they have enough support to trigger a no-confidence vote.
  
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• EU steps up no-deal Brexit plans for derivatives traders

  11-12-2018 22:06 via ft.com
  Move seeks to fulfil commitment to prevent sudden breakdown in access to UK clearinghouses
  
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• Home Offices reverses golden visa suspensions

  11-12-2018 21:23 via ft.com
  Latest embarrassment for beleaguered department hit by Windrush scandal
  
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• Home Offices in ‘golden visa’ climbdown

  11-12-2018 21:23 via ft.com
  Latest embarrassment for beleaguered department comes after threat of legal challenge
  
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• Home Office in ‘golden visa’ climbdown

  11-12-2018 21:23 via ft.com
  Latest embarrassment for struggling department comes after threat of legal challenge
  
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• Theresa May seeks to push Brexit vote into new year

  11-12-2018 20:43 via ft.com
  British PM says new talks ‘just at the start’ as EU leaders resist changes to deal
  
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• 'Gold-plated' investor visa scheme 'not suspended'

  11-12-2018 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The £2m fast-track to settling in the UK remains open, contrary to announcements, the Home Office says.
  
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• May plays a game of chicken with her Brexit critics

  11-12-2018 19:52 via ft.com
  PM is hoping Eurosceptics will back down as she seeks last minute concessions from EU
  
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• Ian Paisley facing new questions over luxury Maldives holiday

  11-12-2018 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Spotlight's evidence suggests the North Antrim MP did not declare a holiday to the Maldives in 2016.
  
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• Dennis Skinner defends swearing at SNP's Stewart McDonald

  11-12-2018 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The SNP's Stewart McDonald brands the Labour veteran a "thug" as he complains to the Speaker.
  
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• Steve Bell on the German chancellor's refusal to reopen the Brexit deal – cartoon

  11-12-2018 19:28
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• SNP pressures Labour over May confidence vote

  11-12-2018 19:26 via ft.com
  Scottish party threatens to start process in absence of motion from official opposition
  
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• Brexit/‘gilets jaunes’: the omnishambles ratio

  11-12-2018 19:21 via ft.com
  London and Paris are both experiencing chaos but one has the edge as a relocation choice
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May says EU leaders 'determined' to solve Irish border issue

  11-12-2018 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May says there is a "shared determination" to solve the Irish border problem after talks.
  
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• May looks to Merkel to save the day on Brexit

  11-12-2018 18:57 via ft.com
  German regional PM says disorderly break-up could be more serious than Lehman collapse
  
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• EU-Japan deal is a model for post-Brexit trade talks

  11-12-2018 18:42 via ft.com
  The pact slashes tariffs on EU food exports in return for liberalised access to its car market
  
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• Peterborough voices: Brexit fog dims festive lights

  11-12-2018 18:29
  A vox pop in the city called Brexit Central reveals bewilderment and frustration at ongoing impasseThe Christmas lights may be twinkling, but there was little festive goodwill towards Theresa May at the card and decorations stall in Peterborough’s city market.“We’ve given her a chance and she hasn’t made a very good job of it,” said Bruce Johnson while attaching gold foil and tinsel to the front of the stall he has run for 51 years. “I think she should resign.
  
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• London’s Crossrail 2 in doubt after financial woes grow

  11-12-2018 18:24 via ft.com
  Transport for London delays station upgrades as costs of original Crossrail project mount
  
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• Lloyd Russell-Moyle: Grabbing mace was 'symbolic stunt'

  11-12-2018 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle says he grabbed the ceremonial mace because he was "enraged" that he wasn’t allowed a say on Theresa May’s Brexit deal
  
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• Brexit: People's Vote campaign urges Corbyn to call no-confidence vote

  11-12-2018 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The cross-party People's Vote campaign also wants UK and EU planning to start on a new referendum.
  
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• Kirsty Blackman urges Andy McDonald to back no-confidence motion

  11-12-2018 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour's Andy McDonald says a table of no-confidence should come after Theresa May’s Brexit deal is defeated.
  
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• Man held by armed police at UK Parliament

  11-12-2018 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A man is Tasered by armed officers in an incident inside the grounds of Parliament.
  
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• How Brexit turmoil moves the pound

  11-12-2018 17:41 via ft.com
  Political uncertainty is weighing on traders and investors
  
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• Should PM have delayed the Brexit deal vote?

  11-12-2018 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The Politics Live panel discuss Theresa May's leadership legitimacy.
  
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• Brexit: Irish upping no deal contingency plans, says PM

  11-12-2018 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Leo Varadkar made the remark before it was confirmed Theresa May will meet him in Dublin on Wednesday.
  
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• Ex-minister Norman Lamb urges cannabis legalisation

  11-12-2018 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Norman Lamb calls for government regulation of the production, distribution and sale of cannabis.
  
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• Andrea Jenkyns on Brexit and European Court of Justice

  11-12-2018 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative Andrea Jenkyns says she is appalled by the ECJ's political "meddling".
  
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• Brexit: Andrea Leadsom questions Speaker John Bercow's impartiality

  11-12-2018 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  But the Speaker's spokeswoman says he has never allowed his personal views to influence his job.
  
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• Brexit: More than £100K spent on Facebook and other ads for May's deal

  11-12-2018 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The government bought ads on Facebook, Twitter, Google and LinkedIn before Brexit vote was cancelled.
  
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• Brexit study finds significant decrease in diehard leave backers

  11-12-2018 16:30
  Britain Thinks research also finds number of strongest remainers has risen by 5% Follow the latest political developments - live updatesBritons are growing ever more pessimistic about the state of Brexit negotiations, with even diehard leavers angry with how the past year has gone for their cause, a wide-ranging new study has found.The research by Britain Thinks found a significant decrease in the strongest supporters of Brexit and an increase in the most pro-remain voices. Continue reading...
  
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• What is Carwyn Jones's legacy as first minister?

  11-12-2018 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  What did Carwyn Jones achieve during his nine years in charge?
  
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• Norman Lamb bids to decriminalise cannabis

  11-12-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A former health minister has called on MPs to legalise the possession, purchase and consumption of cannabis.
  
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• Brexit: can Theresa May rescue the deal?

  11-12-2018 15:21 via ft.com
  The FT's Lionel Barber and Robert Shrimsley discuss the troubles the UK prime minister is facing
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May gets stuck in car ahead of Angela Merkel meeting

  11-12-2018 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The British prime minister was about to meet her German counterpart to discuss the Brexit deal.
  
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• Brexit: what can May hope to achieve in her dash to the continent?

  11-12-2018 14:08
  Some clues as to how the government intends to satisfy MPs’ demands for EU assurances on the backstopFollow the latest political news - live updates
  Despite the calls emanating from parliament for Theresa May’s deal to be ripped up, gutted or trashed altogether, it is largely agreed in Downing Street and Brussels that the prime minister will not be able to reopen the text of the withdrawal agreement.The European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, is instead offering “cl
  
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• Knives Out For Theresa May’s Whips Office As Her Brexit Plan Teeters On The Edge Of Collapse

  11-12-2018 13:59
  
  PM buys time, but the blame game has started in earnest.
  
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• Brexit deal will return to MPs for vote before 21 January, says No 10

  11-12-2018 13:57
  PM’s spokesman does not rule out a vote taking place in final few days before ChristmasFollow the latest political developments – live updatesTheresa May will bring her Brexit deal back to parliament to be voted on before 21 January, Downing Street has said.The prime minister mentioned the deadline, enshrined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, in her speech on Monday announcing her decision to postpone the Commons vote. Continue reading...
  
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• EU concessions will not save May or her party

  11-12-2018 13:14 via ft.com
  Anger and scorn among prime minister’s fiercest critics likely to persist
  
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• Treasury committee criticises government over Brexit

  11-12-2018 13:05 via ft.com
  Influential body hits out at lack of details and failure to produce economic study of Irish backstop
  
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• Wages rises accelerate to fastest pace since 2008

  11-12-2018 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Average weekly earnings record the biggest rise since November 2008.
  
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• Rutte meets May over Brexit deal issues

  11-12-2018 12:26 via ft.com
  Meeting comes as UK vote on deal postponed
  
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• Companies ramp up Brexit stockpiling

  11-12-2018 12:00 via ft.com
  Trend pushes up warehouse rates but highlights the limited scope of no-deal preparation
  
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• Business ramps up Brexit stockpiling

  11-12-2018 12:00 via ft.com
  Trend pushes up warehouse rates but highlights limited scope of no-deal preparation
  
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• If leaders won't agree to a TV debate we must force them to take part

  11-12-2018 11:38
  
  It's time to stop asking for TV debates and start legislating.
  
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• Juncker says no renegotiation on Brexit deal

  11-12-2018 11:36 via ft.com
  European Commission president vows there will be no concession on Irish backstop
  
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• New Brexit low as Leadsom attacks integrity of the Speaker

  11-12-2018 10:59
  
  The government is trashing the British constitution - and those who uphold it
  
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• Bloody Sunday: 'Job well done' says former soldier

  11-12-2018 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The former paratrooper tells the BBC he refused to answer police questions about the 1972 killings.
  
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• Which Tories have written no confidence letters?

  11-12-2018 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  If 48 letters are submitted to the chair of the 1922 Committee, Theresa May will face a secret ballot.
  
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• Juncker rules out renegotiation of May’s Brexit deal

  11-12-2018 10:23 via ft.com
  European Commission president vows there will be no concession on Irish backstop
  
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• The EU’s plan to save Brexit

  11-12-2018 08:25 via ft.com
  Brussels is ready to help but with clear limits on how far it can go
  
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