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• New referendum 'undermines democracy'

  13-12-2018 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour frontbencher Angela Rayner says holding another referendum could "make us more divided".
  
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• May seeks help from EU leaders to turn tide on Brexit deal

  13-12-2018 23:32 via ft.com
  PM searches for concessions that could win over Tory Eurosceptics
  
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• Brexit 'delusions' risk putting UK into crisis, warns Ivan Rogers

  13-12-2018 21:40
  Former UK ambassador to the EU outlines his hopes for more honest leadership during a speech in LiverpoolTheresa May has been accused of failing to be honest with the public about Brexit by the UK’s former ambassador to the European Union, who warned that “fantasies and delusions on all sides” risk plunging the UK into a democratic crisis.In an excoriating denunciation of the British political class that goes to the top of government, Ivan Rogers said the Brexit debate had suff
  
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• Eurosceptics still defiant over May’s Brexit deal

  13-12-2018 21:39 via ft.com
  After failing to oust her, Brexiters warn PM they are willing to vote against deal
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May won't lead Conservatives into next election

  13-12-2018 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM is also seeking assurances from EU leaders that the Brexit 'backstop' will be temporary.
  
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• Labour plans to 'throw kitchen sink' to force May's hand on Brexit

  13-12-2018 20:38
  Opposition considering all options to prevent government running down the clockJeremy Corbyn will seek to increase pressure on Theresa May in parliament next week in a bid to prevent the Tories running down the clock on Brexit.As the prime minister urged EU leaders to offer fresh concessions in Brussels on Thursday, senior Labour sources stressed the party was determined to “turn up the heat” at home. Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May's Brexit plea to EU leaders – cartoon

  13-12-2018 20:12
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• Varadkar set to disappoint UK over Brexit backstop

  13-12-2018 19:37 via ft.com
  Grip on premiership has been bolstered but Dublin has little leeway in exit talks
  
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• EU divided on how much Brexit aid to give May

  13-12-2018 19:33 via ft.com
  One premier depicts UK leader as ‘the survivor’ but makes clear limits of bloc’s help
  
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• Hungary complains Brexit will leave it outnumbered in EU

  13-12-2018 19:08
  Foreign minister Péter Szijjártó says Britain brought ‘common sense’ to debate on migrationHungary’s hardline anti-immigrant government has expressed disappointment at the loss of Britain’s “common sense” from the EU immigration debate.Its foreign minister said the UK leaving was “worst possible scenario for us” because “our preference would have been for Britain to stay in and migrants to stay out”.In an interview
  
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• Police funding: Government pledges extra £300m

  13-12-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  One Police and Crime Commissioner says it is still not enough, as crime rises.
  
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• Wales first minister appoints his top team

  13-12-2018 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Rebecca Evans and Eluned Morgan are promoted to cabinet while Alun Davies is sacked.
  
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• The nightmare of no-deal Brexit must be prevented

  13-12-2018 18:35 via ft.com
  Fanatics seek to impose a highly disruptive experiment on their fellow citizens
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon to decide whether to save unlawful Brexit bill

  13-12-2018 18:25
  Holyrood bill breaches law and Westminster holds sway over EU powers, supreme court rulesNicola Sturgeon is facing an urgent decision on whether to salvage an emergency bill on Brexit after the supreme court ruled the Scottish legislation was unlawful.The court, in a significant setback for the first minister, said that key parts of a continuity bill passed by Holyrood to repatriate EU powers in areas such as farming, fisheries and policing, breached UK law. Westminster, it ruled, had the ultima
  
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• Civil service told to ramp up no-deal Brexit plans with 24/7 crisis centre

  13-12-2018 18:03
  Whitehall told to accelerate plans as doubts grow about future of May’s dealCivil servants across Whitehall have been instructed to ramp up their emergency no-deal planning, with preparations including hiring staff for a 24-hour “emergency centre”.The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), one of those likely to be worst hit by a no-deal Brexit, has advertised 90 new posts for civil servants to staff a crisis centre. The centre is being set up to plan for a
  
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• Theresa May confidence vote: What was going on in committee room 14?

  13-12-2018 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The other-worldly aura of the committee room where Mrs May's fate was announced.
  
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• Where now for Brexit after May’s confidence vote?

  13-12-2018 17:41 via ft.com
  PM still faces a daunting task in trying to secure parliamentary approval for her deal
  
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• Tories attacked for restoring whip to MPs accused of sexual misconduct

  13-12-2018 17:18
  Jess Phillips accuses party of putting political power ahead of ‘protecting victims of sexual abuse’Theresa May has been accused on the floor of the House of Commons of putting political power ahead of “protecting victims of sexual abuse” by restoring the whip to two Conservative MPs accused of sexually inappropriate misconduct.Jess Phillips, the campaigning Labour MP, questioned why the Conservative party told Andrew Griffiths and Charlie Elphicke they were allowed to pa
  
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• Why isn't Labour trying to topple May now?

  13-12-2018 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn is being urged to call a no-confidence vote in the PM by other opposition parties.
  
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• Daniel Hannan's MEP group told to repay €535,000 in EU funds

  13-12-2018 16:32
  Exclusive: Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe accused of hosting luxury events of little relevance to EUA European conservative group co-founded by the Tories and led by Brexit campaigner and MEP Daniel Hannan has been asked to repay more than half a million euros of EU funds following an investigation into their spending, the Guardian has learned.In a rare negative finding touching a British political party in government, European parliament senior leaders on Monday night ordere
  
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• England’s police earn cash boost to meet pensions deficit

  13-12-2018 16:23 via ft.com
  Ministers respond to mounting pressure to shore up finances of struggling forces
  
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• Ireland’s prime minister unlikely to change Brexit stance

  13-12-2018 16:03 via ft.com
  It would be difficult for Leo Varadkar to break with other EU leaders on the Irish backstop
  
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• Theresa May confirms she will not lead Tories into next election

  13-12-2018 15:24
  British PM says ‘it is right the party would prefer new leader’ to take them into 2022 pollTheresa May confirmed she will not lead the Conservatives into the next general election as she arrived in Brussels to rescue her Brexit deal.She refused to give a date for her departure from Downing Street, but made public her promise to MPs ahead of Wednesday’s no-confidence vote that she would quit before the next poll in 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Anger as accused MPs get whip restored for May vote

  13-12-2018 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Andrew Griffiths and Charlie Elphicke are being investigated over inappropriate sexual behaviour.
  
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• Will May threaten a second referendum?

  13-12-2018 14:40 via ft.com
  The prospects of the PM getting her deal through the Commons are as dismal as ever
  
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• Number of Britons linked to far-right extremism soars

  13-12-2018 14:28 via ft.com
  Referrals to counter-radicalisation programme Prevent rise by more than a third
  
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• May warns of no ‘immediate breakthrough’ on Brexit

  13-12-2018 14:28 via ft.com
  Prime minister to hold talks with leaders on how to ease concerns of MPs about her EU divorce plans
  
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• May will not fight another general election

  13-12-2018 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May confirms she will not fight another General Election.
  
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• Tory leadership: Who could replace Theresa May?

  13-12-2018 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Despite winning a vote of confidence, the prime minister's future looks far from certain.
  
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• Theresa May’s last path to an orderly Brexit

  13-12-2018 12:23 via ft.com
  UK prime minister has a chance but may not seize it
  
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• Dog meat ban: MPs call for UK to follow the US in outlawing the practice

  13-12-2018 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A group of MPs wants a legal loophole closed to make it illegal to eat cats or dogs.
  
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• ‘Difficult to see’ how May can remain prime minister — Dominic Raab

  13-12-2018 12:02 via ft.com
  The former Brexit secretary was speaking after Mrs May defeated an attempted coup
  
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• Europe media unimpressed by confidence vote

  13-12-2018 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Newspapers on the continent say the UK PM's survival of a no-confidence vote has changed little.
  
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• Supreme Court rules Scottish Brexit law exceeds powers

  13-12-2018 11:23 via ft.com
  Judgment is setback for the SNP government on fishing and farming policies
  
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• Supreme Court holds Scottish Brexit law exceeds powers

  13-12-2018 11:23 via ft.com
  Setback for the Scottish National party government over fishing and farming policies
  
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• The time is here: Labour needs to take a stand on Brexit before it's too late

  13-12-2018 11:10
  
  Labour can now make a decisive intervention in the debate, and pull public opinion behind it.
  
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• May not beaten but bloodied from leadership vote

  13-12-2018 10:51 via ft.com
  The UK prime minister still faces an uphill struggle to sell her Brexit deal to sceptical colleagues
  
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• Pound steadies as Theresa May heads to Brussels

  13-12-2018 09:43 via ft.com
  Analysts warn currency remains fragile amid Brexit turbulence
  
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• Brexit: What does Ireland do if there’s no deal?

  13-12-2018 09:32 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC NI correspondent John Campbell looks at what might happen to Ireland in the event of a no deal.
  
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• Diagnostic tools tackle rail maintenance skills shortage

  13-12-2018 04:45 via ft.com
  Sector faces challenge as train numbers rise, staff retire and EU nationals depart
  
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• David Dimbleby's 25 years on Question Time

  13-12-2018 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  How has the face of public debate changed during the veteran presenter's tenure?
  
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• Brexit gloom to hit housing market into 2019, says RICS

  13-12-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Brexit uncertainty is expected to hit the property market over the next three months, surveyors say.
  
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• May looks to Brussels to defuse backstop row

  13-12-2018 00:13 via ft.com
  EU has resisted UK request for full legal guarantees that measure would be short lived
  
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• Pound sheds some earlier gains as May wins confidence vote

  13-12-2018 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Sterling sheds some of its earlier gains after leadership confidence vote result is revealed.
  
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