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• Four arrested in connection with Londonderry bombing

  20-01-2019 23:55 via ft.com
  No injuries reported after car destroyed in Northern Irish city centre blast 
  
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• RBI governor under pressure over payout plan

  20-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  New chief at centre of storm over bank’s independence a month after taking charge
  
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• How the Brexit options would affect the economy

  20-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  As the UK weighs up its future relationship with the EU, economists assess the choices
  
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• Rolls-Royce in talks to supply Chinese nuclear plant in Essex

  20-01-2019 22:30 via ft.com
  CGN hopes involvement of UK engineering group will allay security concerns
  
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• 'No solutions' to Irish backstop in May's Brexit call with cabinet

  20-01-2019 20:46
  Statement on Monday expected to focus on finding a remedy to issue that threatens to split Tory partyTheresa May is expected to reject calls to forge a cross-party consensus on Brexit when she lays out her plan B to parliament on Monday, choosing instead to back new diplomatic efforts in Brussels to renegotiate the Irish backstop.The prime minister held a conference call with her bitterly divided cabinet from the country retreat of Chequers on Sunday evening. Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May on Brexit collision course with MPs

  20-01-2019 20:33 via ft.com
  Prime minister refuses to adjust red lines as Ireland dismisses Fox suggestion on backstop
  
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• MI5 named among top LGBT-inclusive employers

  20-01-2019 20:30
  Stonewall says the employers ‘play crucial role in changing society’ by proudly supporting LGBT staffSecurity service MI5, a bank and a fire brigade have been named among the best LGBT employers by an equality charity.Law firm Pinsent Masons is said to be the best lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) employer in the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• Economic confidence nosedives in UK boardrooms

  20-01-2019 20:24 via ft.com
  More than 70% of FTSE 350 company secretaries predict damage from Brexit
  
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• UK housebuilders enjoy calm before Brexit storm

  20-01-2019 19:58 via ft.com
  Concerns grow that sector growth will stall in months ahead
  
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• Labour Brexit spokesman says election ‘unrealistic’

  20-01-2019 19:47 via ft.com
  Keir Starmer exposes opposition rift by contradicting leader Jeremy Corbyn
  
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• Davos, Brexit and a blood moon rises

  20-01-2019 19:37 via ft.com
  Your FT guide to this week’s big events
  
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• The Guardian view on Theresa May’s challenge: no change, no Brexit | Editorial

  20-01-2019 19:25
  At the weekend, two former prime ministers showed they understand the need for new Brexit approaches. Theresa May needs to learn the same lessonOn Monday afternoon in the Commons, Theresa May will update MPs about any progress she may have made on Brexit options following her conclusive parliamentary defeat last week. It is expected to be a holding statement, to enable her to carry on consulting as she hunts for the elusive formula that can win a Commons majority, retain EU agreement and keep he
  
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• MPs to ambush May with amendments to stop no-deal Brexit

  20-01-2019 19:02
  The PM is to present the next stage of her plan to get her deal through on MondayMPs are to ambush Theresa May’s statement on Monday with amendments aimed at stopping a no-deal Brexit, as well as paving the way for “indicative votes” to show whether any proposal can command a parliamentary majority.The Labour frontbench is undecided as to whether to back either proposal. Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee, is planning to put down a tightly worded amendmen
  
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• Carmakers ramp up preparations for a no-deal Brexit

  20-01-2019 18:57
  A host of major manufacturers move their business from UK regulators and stockpile partsCarmakers are ramping up their preparations for a no-deal Brexit, with a host of major manufacturers moving regulatory approval for their vehicles from the UK to other parts of Europe.Manufacturers are preparing alternative regulatory arrangements, a key concern for the closely supervised vehicle industry. Toyota, Honda and Bentley are among the car manufacturers with major British factories who have looked t
  
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• Ben Jennings on Theresa May's control over the Brexit process – cartoon

  20-01-2019 18:56
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• Britain badly needs a dose of nuclear realism

  20-01-2019 18:47 via ft.com
  If it remains a strategic necessity, the UK must find a way to win more bang for its buck
  
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• How admirable that MPs want to amend Brexit. It won’t work | Matthew d’Ancona

  20-01-2019 17:09
  The Commons is coursing with radicalism, but there’s no way to break the impasse that doesn’t involve a fresh referendumConstitutional folklore is notoriously unreliable. Liberal statesman John Bright, for instance, did not, as is so often claimed, declare in 1865 that the British legislature was “the mother of all parliaments”. That particular distinction he accorded to England. Likewise, and more importantly, it is not true that parliament is sovereign. That authority i
  
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• Liam Fox explains failure to replicate EU trade deals

  20-01-2019 16:52 via ft.com
  International trade secretary says foreign countries refuse to believe a no-deal Brexit could occur
  
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• NHS plans alternative transport routes to avoid no-deal medicine shortage

  20-01-2019 16:28
  Letter to pharmacists says plans will ‘maximise the ability for supply to continue unimpeded’Plans have been drawn up for the use of alternative transport routes and prioritisation of medicines as part of contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit, pharmacists have been told by the NHS.The government has been reviewing transport routes for all medicines “to maximise the ability for supply to continue unimpeded” after 29 March, according to a letter seen by the Guardian tha
  
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• A citizens’ assembly is now the only way to break the Brexit deadlock | Gordon Brown

  20-01-2019 16:12
  Let’s extend article 50, and use 2019 to engage with the British people on the country’s futureParliament must inflict a second defeat on the government – by voting next Tuesday to extend article 50 for a year. Not as a delaying tactic, but for a purpose: to enable a process of nationwide consultation and reflection. Key to this would be a series of citizens’ assemblies whose thinking would then lead to constructive reconsideration by parliament of our relations with Euro
  
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• It's heartwarming to hear MPs speaking up for press freedom | Roy Greenslade

  20-01-2019 15:00
  Recent initiatives are a step forward in helping editors and reporters under attackIn too many countries, it is open season on journalists. Ruling politicians, acting like the monarchs of regimes past, openly denigrate the men and women who seek to hold them to account and thereby encourage their citizens to follow suit. The most obvious example is US president Donald Trump and his declaration that journalists are enemies of the people purveying “fake news”.Presidents and prime minis
  
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• Two arrested in connection with Londonderry bombing

  20-01-2019 14:55 via ft.com
  No injuries reported after car destroyed in Northern Irish city centre blast 
  
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• Ireland rejects bilateral Brexit border proposal

  20-01-2019 14:06 via ft.com
  Liam Fox floats ‘alternative mechanism’ to backstop
  
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• The self-fulfilling prophecy of a no-deal Brexit

  20-01-2019 13:56 via ft.com
  The EU will not bend on the withdrawal deal, even through fear of disruption
  
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• Brexit: No 10 hits out at MPs trying to delay article 50 to avert no deal

  20-01-2019 13:19
  Downing Street ‘extremely concerned’ MPs could attempt to override the governmentDowning Street has said it is “extremely concerning” that MPs could attempt to override the government to suspend or delay the article 50 process to leave the EU in their effort to prevent a no-deal Brexit.A slew of backbench amendments are expected to be attached to the prime minister’s statement on Monday on the way forward for the Brexit withdrawal agreement. Continue reading...
  
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• EU plan to cap flights in no-deal Brexit criticised

  20-01-2019 12:20 via ft.com
  Iata says proposal represents ‘a huge step backwards for all European consumers’
  
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• Nigel Farage to lead new pro-Brexit party if EU departure delayed

  20-01-2019 12:06
  Former Ukip leader says he will ‘re-enter the fray’ if Brexit is put back beyond 29 MarchNigel Farage is being lined up as leader of a new pro-Brexit party if Britain’s departure from the European Union is delayed beyond 29 March.The former Ukip leader said he had offered his enthusiastic support to the Brexit party after being sounded out as its potential leader. Continue reading...
  
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• The idea that Britain can develop an independent trade policy is absurd | Will Hutton

  20-01-2019 11:30
  When selling across borders is ever harder, life without European allies will be parlousSo devastated is the British economy beyond Greater London that only two regions are strong enough to be net contributors to the exchequer – the south-east and the east of England. The rest of the country depends on the buoyancy of London’s service-based economy and accompanying tax revenues to support their schools, hospitals and social benefits.It is this same economic and trading weakness that
  
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• Bomb explodes outside courthouse in Londonderry

  20-01-2019 11:06 via ft.com
  No injuries reported after car destroyed in city centre blast
  
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• Will traders’ Brexit bets reflect pessimistic Europe?

  20-01-2019 10:00 via ft.com
  Slumbering volatility and a closely watched ECB meeting take centre stage
  
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