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• Peter Schrank on the prospects for refugees in 2019 – cartoon

  26-12-2018 19:22
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• Sajid Javid defends deportation of grooming gang members

  26-12-2018 11:00
  Home secretary says stripping offenders of British citizenship would happen only in extreme casesThe home secretary, Sajid Javid, has defended the potential deportation of convicted grooming gang members to Pakistan even if it risks the chances of them reoffending.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Javid said stripping offenders of British citizenship would happen only in extreme cases involving individuals with dual nationality. Continue reading...
  
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• If we want a different politics, we need another revolutionary: Freud | Suzanne Moore

  26-12-2018 11:00
  Marx is all very well, but to effect real change Sigmund Freud’s modern tools of self-examination hold the answers“If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.” I love that Karl Marx said that. I love his self-knowledge. I love the poetry of The Communist Manifesto. I love that he was a seer, a prophet of what we now call globalisation. I love that he understood that there is no sphere of our lives, public or private, into which capital does not weave its way,
  
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• 'Wrong to ignore' ethnicity of grooming gangs - Javid

  26-12-2018 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  It is clear that a high proportion of abuse gangs have Pakistani heritage, the home secretary says.
  
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• Boxing Day hunts: Labour pledges tougher laws

  26-12-2018 09:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour says it will consult on jailing those who break laws in England and Wales banning hunting with dogs.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt orders review into persecuted Christians' plight

  26-12-2018 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says "we can and must do more" to help Christians around the world.
  
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• Most overdue item from Commons library is 903 days late

  26-12-2018 08:00
  FoI data shows 1,200 books were late in past two years, with book about Irish link in British history top of listAs elected representatives of the people, MPs are supposed to be upstanding pillars of the communities they serve, behaving with honesty and integrity.But it appears the country’s politicians are struggling to uphold the rules when it comes to returning library books on time. Continue reading...
  
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• Jeremy Hunt orders global review into persecution of Christians

  26-12-2018 07:00
  Foreign Office review will be led by Bishop of Truro and is due by EasterThe foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has ordered an independent, global review into the persecution of Christians of all nationalities amid claims that not enough is being done to defend the rights of nearly 200 million Christians at risk of persecution today.The unprecedented Foreign Office review will be led by the Bishop of Truro, Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen, and will make recommendations on the practical steps the governme
  
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• Tories accused over Boxing Day 'rail standstill'

  26-12-2018 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour accuses government of hypocrisy, saying it complained about a lack of trains in opposition.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt orders UK review of global persecution of Christians

  26-12-2018 01:15 via ft.com
  Bishop of Truro to make recommendations on what steps can be taken to tackle problem
  
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• Hunt orders UK review of global persecution of Christians

  26-12-2018 01:15 via ft.com
  Bishop of Truro to make recommendations on what steps can be taken to tackle problem
  
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• Treasury urged to hire woman as Bank of England governor

  26-12-2018 01:01
  Bosses must tackle gender imbalance when replacing Mark Carney, say MPsThe Treasury needs to work harder to find a woman to succeed Mark Carney as governor of the Bank of England, according to two of parliament’s most influential select committee chairs.The Labour MP Rachel Reeves, who chairs the business select committee, and the independent MP Frank Field, the head of the work and pensions select committee, said the central bank also needs to use the appointment of a new governor to reac
  
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• Councils to bid for share of £675m fund to invigorate UK high streets

  26-12-2018 01:01
  The future high street fund is designed to combat impact of online shopping and help turn town centres into community hubsLocal councils are being invited to bid for a share in a new £675m government fund set up to help reinvigorate the country’s beleaguered high streets.The so-called future high street fund was announced by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, in the budget, and is intended to allow high streets to combat the challenges of the growing influence of online shopping by turn
  
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• 'Absolute revolution': UK biotech firms thrive despite Brexit threat

  26-12-2018 01:01
  Booming sector received nearly £1.6bn from investors in first eight months of 2018 Biotech is one of the most promising parts of the British drug industry, not least according to the investors who continue to pump vast sums into the sector despite the looming shadow of Brexit. In the first eight months of 2018 alone it received nearly £1.6bn, compared with £1.2bn for the entirety of 2017.An unassuming building in a science park near the Hertfordshire town of Stevenage is hostin
  
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