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• Defence secretary pledges to keep UK a tier one power

  17-12-2018 23:36 via ft.com
  Gavin Williamson to set out plans for MoD ‘transformation fund’
  
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• Martin Rowson on the political circus of Brexit – cartoon

  17-12-2018 20:44
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• May sets new year date for vote on Brexit deal

  17-12-2018 20:41 via ft.com
  Labour puts down no-confidence motion as PM vows to seek ‘further assurances’ from EU
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn tables no confidence motion in Theresa May

  17-12-2018 20:12 via ft.com
  Move comes after UK prime minister delays vote on Brexit deal
  
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• Corbyn tables motion of no-confidence in May

  17-12-2018 19:48 via ft.com
  Critics suggest move is gimmick after PM put back Brexit vote to mid-January
  
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• UK’s student funding is overdue radical reform

  17-12-2018 19:13 via ft.com
  An accountancy change sheds light on a system lacking clear strategy
  
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• UK gig economy plans bet on power of small changes

  17-12-2018 18:45 via ft.com
  Unions criticise government proposals to improve worker protection while retaining flexibility
  
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• May calls for vote on Brexit deal in mid-January

  17-12-2018 18:14 via ft.com
  Prime minister vows to seek ‘further assurances’ from EU on Irish border backstop
  
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• Is Britain heading towards a second Brexit referendum?

  17-12-2018 18:13 via ft.com
  An idea previously on the fringes of the debate has moved centre stage
  
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• Threat of no-deal pushes ministers to keep May afloat

  17-12-2018 18:11 via ft.com
  Stories of immediate chaos distract attention from the long-term economic damage
  
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• No-deal dreamers could force a Brexit rethink

  17-12-2018 18:11 via ft.com
  Stories of immediate chaos distract attention from the long-term economic damage
  
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• EU watchdog orders banks to improve Brexit communication

  17-12-2018 17:02 via ft.com
  EBA notes better contigency planning but lack of information given to customers
  
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• Cabinet starts to take charge of Brexit

  17-12-2018 14:25 via ft.com
  The problem is that ministers are too divided to impose an agreed approach
  
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• The UK now needs a government of national unity

  17-12-2018 12:05 via ft.com
  A ‘grand coalition’ should govern until March 29 and then give way to new elections
  
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• New EU referendum would break faith with Britons, May to warn MPs

  17-12-2018 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May will warn MPs against having a new referendum if Parliament is deadlocked over Brexit.
  
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• Labour's no-confidence gambit: What happens if they trigger a challenge?

  17-12-2018 10:56
  
  Everything you need to know about the constitutional drama of an opposition-led leadership challenge
  
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• 'Delay to Brexit' if UK wants new deal - Coveney

  17-12-2018 07:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Any "entirely new" proposal from the UK would lead to a delay to Brexit, says the Irish foreign minister.
  
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• Charts of the Year: the UK’s great migration debate

  17-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  As EU migration to the UK dropped ahead of Brexit, the number of non-EU migrants climbed
  
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• Best of the Big Read 2018

  17-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  FT analysis and insight from George Parker, Edward Luce, Madison Marriage et al
  
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• Best of Opinion columns 2018

  17-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Brexit, Trump, Merkel, China and trade, Big Tech — the big stories of the year
  
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• Workplace reforms 'will protect gig economy workers'

  17-12-2018 03:56 via bbc.co.uk
  "Gig economy" workers will be better protected by a package of reforms, the government says.
  
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• HS2: MPs had 'enormously wrong' cost estimate, says whistleblower

  17-12-2018 01:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A former HS2 boss says an early cost estimate MPs had was wrong by hundreds of millions of pounds.
  
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