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• What next for Brexit after May’s confidence-vote victory?

  12-12-2018 23:35 via ft.com
  EU forced to revisit its tactics at emergency summit in Brussels
  
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• May clings on but nothing has changed for her

  12-12-2018 23:08 via ft.com
  PM survives crucial vote but confirms the impression of a zombie leader 
  
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• Theresa May wins vote of confidence

  12-12-2018 22:53 via ft.com
  UK prime minister survives attempted coup by 200 to 117 but at price of divided party
  
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• The worst of all worlds: May is ruined but immune

  12-12-2018 22:47
  
  Theresa May loses all authority, but safeguards her position, after a remarkable day in Westminster.
  
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• Brexit: Irish PM speaks to President of EU Commission

  12-12-2018 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar speaks to President of the EU Commission about the withdrawal agreement.
  
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• Theresa May Wins Vote Of Confidence In Her Tory Leadership And Stays As UK Prime Minister

  12-12-2018 22:11
  
  She defeats a backbench plot – but only after pledging not to fight next election.
  
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• Pound edges off highs after May survives challenge

  12-12-2018 22:09 via ft.com
  Currency briefly falls back below $1.26 level against US dollar
  
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• Theresa May wins confidence vote

  12-12-2018 22:00 via ft.com
  Tory MPs voted to support the prime minister in a ballot on Wednesday
  
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• Climate change is 'shrinking winter'

  12-12-2018 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Snowy mountain winters are being squeezed into shorter periods, threatening water supplies and increasing wildfire risk.
  
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• Scotland freezes higher rate income tax threshold

  12-12-2018 19:49 via ft.com
  SNP uses devolved powers to diverge from UK government on tax cuts
  
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• Ireland’s opposition rules out election over Brexit chaos

  12-12-2018 19:21 via ft.com
  Boost for PM Leo Varadkar after Fianna Fáil party extends pact until end of next year
  
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• Steve Bell on the Tories' leadership woes – cartoon

  12-12-2018 19:16
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• Scottish budget: Higher earner income tax gap to widen

  12-12-2018 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Scotland's finance secretary will not pass on a tax break for higher earners that was announced by the chancellor in his UK budget.
  
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• EU business ramps up Brexit warnings

  12-12-2018 18:55 via ft.com
  Companies on both sides of Channel risk ‘the greatest of difficulties’
  
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• Texts, tweets and a trump card: the day Tory MPs turned on May

  12-12-2018 18:53 via ft.com
  Westminster in febrile mood as frustration over Brexit vote delay prompts leadership challenge
  
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• May could offer to stand down before election to win support in confidence vote – politics live

  12-12-2018 17:34
  Tory party ballot on Wednesday evening after more than 48 letters sent to Graham Brady, chair of 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchersWho will be PM in the morning? All your questions answered
  Tory leadership challenge: the main contendersMay vows to fight leadership vote ‘with everything I’ve got’ 4.34pm GMT Ireland’s opposition leader has warned that the country’s economy was in “heightened danger” because of a “fundamentalist fringe”
  
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• Shamelessness: it’s the Conservatives’ superpower | Richard Godwin

  12-12-2018 16:56
  It allows Boris Johnson to lie and be found out, again and again. And it’s what makes a leadership contest thinkableI once knew a kid who had set his heart on a career in journalism. He didn’t have much of an in with the London media, so he decided to go the old-fashioned route: an entry-level reporting job on a local paper in a small market town. Not much pay. Bullying editors. Lots of stories about bins. But a job, nonetheless – at least until a solitary member of the public
  
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• May signals she will quit before the next election

  12-12-2018 16:30 via ft.com
  UK prime minister tries to win over Conservative MPs ahead of confidence vote
  
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• Ian Paisley under pressure over holiday to Maldives

  12-12-2018 16:06
  DUP MP says trip was paid for by himself and a friend, not Maldives governmentIan Paisley is facing calls to resign his Westminster seat in the wake of reports he took a complimentary holiday to the Maldives after advocating on behalf of its government, which is accused of human rights abuses.The report by BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight programme, came just days after Paisley completed a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons for failing to declare two family holidays to Sri Lanka i
  
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• Tory leadership challenge: the main contenders

  12-12-2018 15:43
  Lowdown on the likely favourites to take over from PM if she loses confidence voteFollow the day’s political developments – liveIf Theresa May fails to gain the support of 158 Conservative MPs in a confidence vote on her leadership on Wednesday, it will throw open the race to succeed her. There is no obvious frontrunner, and a number of people will fancy their chances. Here are the likely main challengers: Continue reading...
  
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• What next for Brexit after May’s confidence vote?

  12-12-2018 15:30 via ft.com
  Five possible outcomes of the Conservative party’s leadership challenge
  
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• Labour must seize this moment to bring down May’s government | Zoe Williams

  12-12-2018 15:21
  Corbyn can no longer stand back and watch. This is the time to champion a vote of no confidence in the governmentYou know we’re in a crisis because the Today Programme, on BBC Radio 4, was extended by 15 minutes this morning – it’s not long enough to get any clarity, because there is no clarity to be had. It was merely enough to signal the extremity of the situation by mucking up the schedule.Forty-eight letters have gone in to Graham Brady, which means a motion of no confidenc
  
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• Lex Letter from London: Bank’s balm as politics crumbles

  12-12-2018 15:10 via ft.com
  The Old Lady remains cautious in the face of Brexit omnishambles
  
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• Theresa May could stand down before election, No 10 suggests

  12-12-2018 15:01
  Downing Street spokesman hints prime minister may stand aside even if she wins voteMay vows to fight challenge ‘with everything I’ve got’
  Who will be prime minister in the morning?Follow the day’s political developments – live
  Downing Street has dropped a heavy hint that Theresa May would not seek to lead her party into the next general election, even if she wins Wednesday night’s confidence vote.As May embarked on a series of face-to-face meetings with her ba
  
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• PMQs verdict: good May performance – but not one for history books

  12-12-2018 14:44
  Corbyn misses opportunity as PM conjures up memories of Thatcher’s speech before fall• Follow the last political developments - live updatesBoth Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn condemn Tuesday’s deadly attack in Strasbourg. Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit cliff-edge looms as Tories wage 40-year-old civil war

  12-12-2018 14:29
  Even if May wins confidence vote, Conservative MPs may feel no obligation to accept her deal• Follow the day’s political developments – live
  • Brexit in chaos as Tory MPs trigger vote of no confidence in May
  • How Conservative leadership challenges workTheresa May will be hoping that if she wins Wednesday night’s confidence vote the haemorrhaging of her authority will finally end. However, in practice the gridlock in parliament that made it impossible for her to
  
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• Theresa May PMQs: ‘General election not in UK's interest’

  12-12-2018 14:17 via ft.com
  UK prime minister Theresa May takes questions in parliament
  
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• London pulls away from rest of the UK economy

  12-12-2018 14:16 via ft.com
  Britain’s capital has grown four times faster than poorest region
  
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• Will Theresa May be deposed?

  12-12-2018 13:54 via ft.com
  Mood of the Conservative benches is more volatile than it was a few weeks ago
  
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• May insists she is fighting for a better Brexit deal

  12-12-2018 13:48 via ft.com
  Prime minister answered questions hours before a vote of no confidence in her leadership
  
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• Brexit delay for a Brexiter PM is 'unrealistic', says EU

  12-12-2018 13:41
  Delaying UK’s exit beyond March ‘not probable and not realistic’, says one diplomatFollow the day’s political developments – liveTory leadership challenge: the main contendersEU leaders will want to see who emerges as British prime minister from the Conservative party’s leadership contest before considering an extension of the negotiating time allowed under article 50.A special summit could be held in January to assess the situation, EU diplomats said, but agr
  
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• Cheat sheet: What on earth is the UK up to?

  12-12-2018 13:29 via ft.com
  A quick look at the state of play in British politics and markets
  
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• What does this vote of no confidence mean? | Ian Birrell and others

  12-12-2018 13:15
  Our panel discuss the chaos in the Conservative party as Tory MPs trigger a vote of no confidence in Theresa May Continue reading...
  
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• May’s leadership challenge: all bets are on

  12-12-2018 13:11 via ft.com
  Punters race to speculate on whether the prime minister will survive the confidence vote
  
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• EU to grant derivatives traders market access in Brexit no-deal

  12-12-2018 13:07 via ft.com
  Brussels seeks to avoid financial turmoil should Britain crash out of the EU
  
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• Derivatives traders to get one-year market access in no-deal Brexit

  12-12-2018 13:07 via ft.com
  Brussels seeks to avoid financial turmoil should Britain crash out of the EU
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May faces 'self-indulgent' vote of confidence

  12-12-2018 13:06 via ft.com
  The FT's Sebastian Payne says the cards are in the UK PM's favour
  
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• Pound faces liquidity test with late-night vote on May

  12-12-2018 13:02 via ft.com
  Result of leadership vote is expected at a time when trading in sterling is thinner
  
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• Pound faces liquidity test with late-night May vote

  12-12-2018 13:02 via ft.com
  The result of the leadership vote is expected at a time when trading in sterling is thinner
  
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• Anthony Lester quits House of Lords, citing health toll of sexual misconduct claims

  12-12-2018 12:32
  Former Lib Dem, who denies offering woman a peerage for sex, will step down immediately, reports sayA former Liberal Democrat peer found to have sexually harassed a woman and to have promised her a peerage if she slept with him has resigned from the House of Lords, shortly before a report concluded that the investigation against him was fair and robust.Anthony Lester, 82, a human rights barrister who was to be suspended until June 2022 for harassing and making “corrupt inducements” t
  
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• May leadership battle: We're the hostages of a Tory party that has gone insane

  12-12-2018 12:15
  
  Every option is now catastrophic. This is the behaviour of a party which is simply not fit for government.
  
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• Who will be PM in the morning? All your questions answered

  12-12-2018 11:49
  Who can topple Theresa May and how? All your questions answeredFollow the day’s political developments – live
  Brexit in chaos as Tory MPs trigger vote of no confidence in MayTory leadership challenge: the main contendersTheresa May would be expected to remain in post, even if she was defeated by a majority of her MPs on Wednesday evening. Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May: "I will contest that vote with everything that I’ve got."

  12-12-2018 11:47 via ft.com
  UK prime minister vows to fight Conservative party leadership challenge
  
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• This is a national crisis – not the time for a pointless Tory feud | Jonathan Freedland

  12-12-2018 11:20
  As we approach the Brexit cliff edge, the Conservatives are turning inwards and squandering the precious time we have leftSo begins an epic waste of time and a monumental exercise in displacement activity. The Conservatives have taken a look at the scale of the crisis facing the country and decided their best response is to turn inwards and talk about themselves. With the Brexit clock ticking ever louder, they have retreated into the comfort zone to engage in their favourite pastime – a ro
  
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• Brexit: Your simple guide to the UK leaving the EU

  12-12-2018 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Feeling a little lost about what's going on with Brexit? Here's our basic guide.
  
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• A successor to Theresa May might not automatically become PM

  12-12-2018 10:53
  
  A party without a majority is about to have an internal leadership contest and that poses some constitutional problems
  
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• Theresa May leadership challenge is a high-risk strategy

  12-12-2018 10:38 via ft.com
  Even if the rebels prevail, the Brexit fundamentals remain the same
  
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• Tory leadership battle: who could replace May?

  12-12-2018 10:24 via ft.com
  Most potential successors come from the Conservatives’ pro-Brexit wing
  
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• May defiant in battle against Brexit critics to save job

  12-12-2018 09:14 via ft.com
  Tory Eurosceptics trigger vote of confidence to seize control of EU divorce
  
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• News from the I’m a Celebrity jungle: goodness thrives in strange places | Fiona Sturges

  12-12-2018 09:00
  Love Island, Strictly, Bake Off and the rest are the unlikely refuge of decency and democracy in these troubled timesIt is natural, in these testing times, that we should all seek moments of escape. Given the nonstop disaster movie that is the news, a bottle of wine and a bubble bath doesn’t cut it – and sometimes a full purging of the brain is in order. And so we turn to TV, specifically the wilfully shallow, disposable kind in which, say, celebrities are rolled in glitter and thrus
  
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