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• Police to get new powers to tackle illegal drone use

  07-01-2019 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Exclusion zones around airports will be extended and drone users will have to be registered under the plans.
  
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• Six-day Dover queues feared under no-deal Brexit

  07-01-2019 22:30 via ft.com
  Government-ordered research finds just 80-second customs checks would mean permanent gridlock
  
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• UK to test counter-drone tech to avoid Gatwick repeat

  07-01-2019 21:31 via ft.com
  New laws could enable police to land and seize drones and search premises
  
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• May seeks to put NHS on a firm footing

  07-01-2019 20:46 via ft.com
  But critics doubt PM’s extra funding will be sufficient to underpin reform plan
  
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• EU reforms to tighten rules on investment firms

  07-01-2019 20:26 via ft.com
  Package would set prudentialcapital standards and closer supervision for some 6,000 companies
  
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• Prevention and cure: a good plan for the NHS

  07-01-2019 19:32 via ft.com
  The health chief has set the course, now government must do its part
  
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• Sharp rise in UK families losing child benefits

  07-01-2019 19:03 via ft.com
  Threshold does not rise in line with inflation, leaving 1m with no payout
  
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• May sets out new long-term NHS plan

  07-01-2019 18:48 via ft.com
  500,000 lives set to be saved in decade to come
  
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• A melancholy time for everyone in the Rudolph jumper chain

  07-01-2019 18:47 via ft.com
  Time to put away the decorations and sadden retailers with return of unwanted gifts
  
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• Lorry convoy sent on roundabout route in Brexit test

  07-01-2019 18:37 via ft.com
  Haulage industry says 89 HGVs heading for Kent airfield ‘too little too late’
  
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• Dover Brexit test: trucks sent on roundabout route

  07-01-2019 18:37 via ft.com
  In government planning exercise, trucks diverted to holding area at Manston Airport
  
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• The Brexit battle to be the last plan standing

  07-01-2019 18:35 via ft.com
  With 12 weeks until Britain leaves the EU, there is still no consensus among MPs
  
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• Abe set to back May’s Brexit deal on UK visit

  07-01-2019 18:28 via ft.com
  Japanese PM to meet British counterpart as MPs debate compromise plan
  
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• Fold-up bike maker Brompton stockpiles £1m in parts

  07-01-2019 18:14 via ft.com
  Company doubles inventory of components such as rims to guard against shipment delays
  
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• Anna Soubry urges police action after 'Nazi taunts' outside Parliament

  07-01-2019 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Anna Soubry was verbally abused outside Parliament by protesters during a live BBC interview.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the no-deal Brexit rehearsal – cartoon

  07-01-2019 17:49
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• Brexit: Corbyn's urgent question calling for EU talks update

  07-01-2019 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM needs to say "exactly what legal assurances have been given" by EU leaders, Jeremy Corbyn says.
  
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• Brexit: Anna Soubry MP shouted down by protesters on TV

  07-01-2019 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A Conservative MP briefly stops a live BBC interview in Westminster as protesters chant "Soubry is a Nazi".
  
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• May claims Brexit bonus will help fund new NHS plan

  07-01-2019 16:14 via ft.com
  Prime minister announces increased spending but avoids waiting time targets
  
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• Mark Drakeford could back staying in EU if new referendum called

  07-01-2019 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  But the first minister set hurdles in the way of outright support for a new referendum.
  
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• Second Seaborne boss has unpaid bill owing to liquidation

  07-01-2019 15:39 via ft.com
  Revelation follows news that company’s chief also ran a business that was liquidated
  
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• Seaborne Freight director’s company has unpaid tax bill

  07-01-2019 15:39 via ft.com
  Revelation follows news that company’s chief also ran a business that was liquidated
  
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• Brexit: Operation Brock lorry park A256 trial 'too little too late'

  07-01-2019 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Nearly 90 lorries left a disused airport near Ramsgate to follow a route in convoy to Dover.
  
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• May pins hopes on last-minute EU offer on Brexit

  07-01-2019 15:25 via ft.com
  PM pushes for commitment to trade deal by a certain date to avoid Irish backstop
  
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• Brexit: PM 'working to get further EU assurances'

  07-01-2019 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM says plans specific to Northern Ireland will be among those set out ahead of next week's vote.
  
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• James Graham's TV drama recalls EU referendum campaign

  07-01-2019 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  A Channel 4 drama with Benedict Cumberbatch looks back to some of the key figures and moments of the 2016 EU referendum campaign.
  
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• Thornberry 'suspects' Labour will sign no no-deal Brexit letter

  07-01-2019 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour figures are likely to join more than 200 MPs who have signed a letter to Theresa May, urging her to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Brexit: Margot James says Article 50 could be extended

  07-01-2019 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Digital Minister Margot James says that Article 50 could be extended if MPs reject Theresa May’s deal next week.
  
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• MPs manoeuvre against a ‘no deal’ Brexit

  07-01-2019 14:54 via ft.com
  Commons returns with little clarity over how withdrawal saga will play out
  
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• Flood of new UK trains risks distorting market, says railway executive

  07-01-2019 14:03 via ft.com
  AMP Capital boss says network faces ‘anomalies’ due to rapid replacement of rolling stock
  
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• Theresa May to hold talks in London with Japan leader Shinzo Abe

  07-01-2019 13:27 via ft.com
  Brexit and trade between the UK and Japan likely to dominate the agenda
  
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• Sturgeon: MPs have 'duty to decide' on new Brexit plan

  07-01-2019 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Nicola Sturgeon says MPs have a "duty" to unite around an alternative to the UK government's Brexit deal.
  
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• May to hold London talks with Shinzo Abe

  07-01-2019 13:27 via ft.com
  Brexit and trade between the UK and Japan likely to dominate the agenda
  
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• NHS long-term plan: Focus on prevention 'could save 500,000 lives'

  07-01-2019 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Bosses aim to focus on preventing ill-health as part of a plan to create an NHS fit for the 21st century.
  
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• Facebook takes down Britain First ads

  07-01-2019 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Ads for a petition to stop a mosque being built in Kent appeared on Facebook over the Christmas period.
  
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• UK financial services sector shifts £800bn in assets to Europe — EY

  07-01-2019 11:44 via ft.com
  Uncertainty drives operations abroad ahead of Brexit
  
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• UK financial services sector shifts £800bn in assets to Europe

  07-01-2019 11:44 via ft.com
  EY study shows that uncertainty has driven operations abroad ahead of Brexit
  
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• May battles to convince Brexit deal critics ahead of vote

  07-01-2019 11:40 via ft.com
  Senior MPs mobilise to try to prevent a no-deal exit
  
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• Brexit: Date for vote on Theresa May's deal confirmed

  07-01-2019 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Ahead of the vote on 15 January, 209 MPs sign a letter urging the PM to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Sado-unicornism: May confuses self-harm for strategy

  07-01-2019 10:02
  
  Prime minister's latest plan, conducted against a bizarre spectacle of no-deal prep in Kent, is just as meaningless as all her others.
  
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• Should the UK be raising rather than lowering the voting age?

  07-01-2019 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  On the 50th anniversary of 18 year-olds being given the vote - some wonder if this should be reversed?
  
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• NHS reform pledges to save half a million lives

  07-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Biggest ever mental health investment included in programme
  
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• Brexit worries mount for British manufacturers

  07-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Almost three-quarters of companies are less confident about economy than a year ago
  
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• Brexit and cyber security worry British manufacturers

  07-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Industry is much less confident about prospects for the economy than it was a year ago
  
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