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• May pushes through post-Brexit immigration curbs

  18-12-2018 21:36 via ft.com
  Bitter cabinet battle over skilled-worker threshold in long-awaited white paper
  
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• Brexit: Cabinet 'ramps up' no-deal planning

  18-12-2018 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Businesses are told to put contingency plans in motion while 3,500 troops will be put on standby.
  
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• MoD puts 3,500 personnel on standby for no-deal Brexit

  18-12-2018 21:14 via ft.com
  Rift in cabinet over plans as Treasury readies spending details for preparations
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May and the ticking Brexit clock – cartoon

  18-12-2018 19:44
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• UK unveils plans to stem pensions crisis for self-employed

  18-12-2018 18:52 via ft.com
  Report steps back from proposing auto-enrolment and is attacked by former minister
  
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• Plans to boost self-employed pensions under attack

  18-12-2018 18:52 via ft.com
  Ex-minister says stepping back from auto-enrolment ‘profoundly disappointing’
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May to hold a series of MPs' votes on options

  18-12-2018 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May wants to give MPs the chance to vote on alternatives to her Brexit plan, sources say.
  
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• Labour MPs denounce ‘shambolic’ Corbyn confidence gambit

  18-12-2018 18:02 via ft.com
  Differences over second Brexit referendum stoke tension between leader and MPs
  
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• Diplomatic immunity: Rape accused among nine suspected of serious crime

  18-12-2018 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  An embassy official accused of rape was able to leave the UK last year, the foreign secretary says.
  
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• MoD puts 3,500 troops on standby for no-deal Brexit

  18-12-2018 16:41 via ft.com
  Treasury to detail spending on preparing EU exit as PM says deal is still top priority
  
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• May’s cabinet discusses no-deal planning in extensive meeting

  18-12-2018 15:14 via ft.com
  Prime minister’s ‘top priority’ is still negotiating a Brexit pact with Brussels
  
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• Government still committed to net migration target - Brokenshire

  18-12-2018 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A minister says the 100,000 target has not been ditched despite being left out of draft immigration laws.
  
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• Should MPs hold ‘indicative votes’ on Brexit?

  18-12-2018 14:19 via ft.com
  With Theresa May’s deal in trouble, the idea is likely to continue being raised by ministers
  
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• SEC chief urges action to prevent no-deal Brexit havoc

  18-12-2018 12:00 via ft.com
  Jay Clayton wants to see UK and EU commitments to ensure markets will not be disrupted
  
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• SEC chief urges action to prevent no-deal Brexit causing havoc

  18-12-2018 12:00 via ft.com
  Jay Clayton wants to see UK and EU commitments to ensure markets will not be disrupted
  
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• I'm Broken, Britain: Judgement day at a disability tribunal

  18-12-2018 10:00
  
  The anonymous blog on Britain's arcane disability benefit system continues, as the tribunal hearing finally arrives.
  
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• Tories ready to abandon 100,000 immigration target

  18-12-2018 09:39 via ft.com
  Long-standing commitment omitted from draft white paper
  
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• Government eyes ditching target to cut immigration numbers

  18-12-2018 09:39 via ft.com
  Theresa May has long promised to cut net new arrivals to under 100,000
  
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• May challenges Corbyn to put forward no-confidence vote

  18-12-2018 08:41 via ft.com
  Parliamentary showdown comes as cabinet prepares to ramp up plans for a no-deal Brexit
  
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• Calls for second referendum getting louder

  18-12-2018 07:29 via ft.com
  ‘Are you quite certain you want to go ahead with Xmas?’
  
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• Year in a Word: Backstop

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Blooming in bewildering variety, the Brexit block jargon often befuddled
  
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• Small business fears cost of EU clampdown on unsafe goods

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Companies will need an agent in the bloc to take responsibility for dangerous products
  
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• Credit Suisse advises super-rich to move assets out of UK

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Lack of clarity around Brexit prompts suggestion by private bankers to top clients
  
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• Credit Suisse advises clients to consider moving assets out of UK

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Lack of clarity around Brexit prompts call by private bankers to top clients
  
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• C Suisse advises clients to consider moving assets out of UK

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Lack of clarity around Brexit prompts call by private bankers to top customers
  
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• Business fears squeeze from EU clampdown on unsafe goods

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Plan to require agents in bloc shows how barriers to trade can spring up
  
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• Best reader comments and contributions of 2018

  18-12-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Thank you for making us laugh, cry, roll our eyes and change our minds
  
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• Treasury and transport ministry in rift over ferry charters

  18-12-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Whitehall ramps up Brexit spending on trade, border security and safe drinking water
  
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• How UK businesses are planning — or not — for a no-deal Brexit

  18-12-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Preparation is patchy and smaller companies face some of the biggest challenges
  
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• Dispute over cash for Brexit contingency plans for ferries

  18-12-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Whitehall ramps up spending on trade, border security and safe drinking water
  
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• Schoolchildren safety fear over fewer lollipop men and women

  18-12-2018 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC research shows British councils now employ 1,500 fewer wardens than five years ago.
  
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• Brexit: How Europe does second referendums

  18-12-2018 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  As calls for a second vote on Brexit grow, the BBC looks at other countries which have voted twice.
  
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• UK plans code of practice to curb workplace sex harassment

  18-12-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Ministers reject call by MPs to also impose new sanctions for non-compliance
  
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• Producers to pay more to dispose of own packaging

  18-12-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Gove’s waste and recycling strategy seeks to raise up to £1bn a year to boost recycling
  
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