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• Brexit: Cameron told me 'no risk of referendum', says Tusk

  21-01-2019 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  European Council President Donald Tusk describes a conversation with former British Prime Minister David Cameron.
  
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• US puts great power rivalry at centre of foreign policy

  21-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  Washington emphasises a new and ominous theme
  
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• Brexiters feel heat as prospect of exit delay grows

  21-01-2019 21:26 via ft.com
  Eurosceptics look for reasons to back May’s deal if terms are improved
  
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• How MPs are seeking to take control of Brexit

  21-01-2019 21:07 via ft.com
  Senior backbenchers aim to set the agenda and prevent the UK crashing out of the EU
  
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• Londonderry attacks spark Brexit violence fears

  21-01-2019 20:54 via ft.com
  Warnings that introduction of hard border would mean possibility of new unrest
  
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• Felixstowe Port boosts capacity ready for Brexit

  21-01-2019 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Hutchison Ports to invest in new infrastructure to increase roll-on, roll-off freight capacity.
  
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• 'People's Vote' MPs had 'constructive' talks with top minister

  21-01-2019 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs who support a second referendum spoke to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg after the meeting.
  
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• Brexit: David Cameron warned by Donald Tusk over 'stupid referendum'

  21-01-2019 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Donald Tusk tells a BBC documentary he told the ex-prime minister to "get real" before the referendum.
  
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• Spain and UK guarantee post-Brexit voting rights

  21-01-2019 19:17 via ft.com
  Accord is an indicator of patchwork of bilateral deals likely after Britain leaves EU
  
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• Manchester seeks powers to run bus services

  21-01-2019 19:16 via ft.com
  Andy Burnham to invoke new law in bid to reverse decline in passenger numbers
  
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• Martin Rowson on Theresa May's latest attempt to revive her Brexit plan – cartoon

  21-01-2019 18:56
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• Question Time is broken – here are five ways to fix it

  21-01-2019 18:41
  We live in serious times, yet the BBC’s flagship political debate show is filled with whooping mobs looking for confrontation. This is what needs to be done
  The blistering row over the treatment of Diane Abbott on last week’s BBC Question Time has put it back where channel bosses most like it to be: at the centre of attention. The Labour party has made a formal complaint after one audience member’s complaint on Twitter went viral.It is true that the initial critic was Jyoti Wil
  
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• Domestic abuse: Non-physical and economic abuse included in law

  21-01-2019 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Economic abuse will be included in legal definition and abusers stopped from cross-examining victims.
  
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• Brexit: May announces her Brexit plan B

  21-01-2019 17:49 via ft.com
  UK prime minister rules out people's vote
  
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• Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn on PM's statement and offer of talks

  21-01-2019 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the prime minister is in "deep denial" and must change her red lines over a Brexit deal.
  
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• Corbyn is failing the Brexit test

  21-01-2019 16:42 via ft.com
  The Labour leader’s refusal to step into the vacuum left by May’s defeat is misguided 
  
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• Ferry firm amends bookings for extra Brexit crossings

  21-01-2019 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Brittany Ferries said about 10,000 passengers were affected by the Brexit initiative.
  
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• Brexit: France fears no-deal blow to farms

  21-01-2019 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Food and drink producers worry about future exports to the UK if there is no deal on leaving the EU.
  
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• Barnier rebuffs UK move to renegotiate backstop plan

  21-01-2019 14:57 via ft.com
  Polish offer to limit Irish border measure highlights tensions among EU27 over Brexit
  
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• May’s Plan B is really Plan A

  21-01-2019 14:03 via ft.com
  The numbers look daunting for boxed-in PM as she tries to get her deal across the line
  
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• Diane Abbott rejects BBC's response to Question Time claims

  21-01-2019 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The shadow home secretary says she had a 'horrible experience' as a guest on the BBC's Question Time.
  
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• Brexit: New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern says trade deal 'a priority'

  21-01-2019 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand "ready and willing" to sign post-Brexit trade deal with the UK, says its prime minister.
  
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• May will not change Good Friday Agreement says Downing St

  21-01-2019 13:16 via ft.com
  PM due to give statement on how to break Brexit parliamentary deadlock at 3.30pm
  
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• Iranian expats saddened by UK tone on Channel migrants

  21-01-2019 12:58 via ft.com
  ‘We were very much welcomed’ after fleeing revolution 40 years ago but times have changed
  
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• The civil war between Norway and People's Vote is insane

  21-01-2019 11:53
  
  Both campaigns seem intent on fighting each other rather than the real enemy.
  
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• We can’t leave a no-deal decision in the hands of wiped-out Theresa May | Gina Miller

  21-01-2019 09:30
  That’s where a bruised prime minister is leading us – what a horrifying epitaph it will make. It’s time to ask the people againIt is nothing less than despicable that, when our opposition and our government can clearly see they need to work together to get us out of this Brexit chaos, they are refusing to do so. And that means Theresa May could quite conceivably allow Britain to exit the EU without a deal, without any serious plans in place, and without reference to parliament.
  
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• It’s the defining issue of Brexit, but who understands Northern Ireland? | Matthew O’Toole

  21-01-2019 09:00
  When I worked at No 10, Westminster was oblivious to it – and is now content to have all its complexity represented by the DUPHave you ever visited Northern Ireland? You should go – it’s a fascinating place. In fact, if it were less fascinating – that is to say, less complicated – then the UK’s departure from the EU would have been easier. You have that to thank us, or resent us, for.Before you visit you should familiarise yourself with some of the basic geogr
  
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• UK warehouse space nears capacity as firms stockpile for Brexit

  21-01-2019 07:00
  Three-quarters of warehouse owners say they have no space as inquiries soar by up to 25%Three-quarters of UK warehouse owners say their space is full to capacity and storage costs have soared by up to 25% in the past three months after a surge in Brexit-related inquiries.The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), whose 750 members have more than 9.3m sq metres (100m sq ft) of space nationwide, said there was a shortage of space close to major cities for stockpiling goods in case of holdups at ports
  
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• England’s rebel spirit is rising – and it wants a no-deal Brexit | John Harris

  21-01-2019 07:00
  In the face of political stasis, the seductive myth of Britain standing alone against its oppressors is taking holdIn my innocence, I didn’t expect many people to be in a central Portsmouth Wetherspoons at 10.30am on a Friday morning. But there they all were, in their droves: passionate supporters of Brexit, there to hear the pub chain’s founder and chairman, Tim Martin, make the case for Britain leaving the EU with no deal. Martin has been on the road since November, with the aim of
  
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• Labour complains over Diane Abbott treatment on Question Time

  21-01-2019 01:36
  Party says it is ‘appalled’ and demands to see footage of audience from pre-show warm-up The Labour party has lodged a formal complaint with the BBC over the treatment of the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, by the new Question Time presenter, Fiona Bruce during Thursday’s show.Last week, Abbott accused the programme of legitimising racist abuse, claiming she was repeatedly interrupted and singled out before the show, with Bruce stepping in to correct her, wrongly, over the
  
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• Post-Brexit settlement scheme ‘well on track’, UK insists

  21-01-2019 01:02 via ft.com
  It will be ‘easy and straightforward’ to use, minister says despite warnings of ‘new Windrush scandal’
  
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• Financial coercion to be classified as domestic abuse

  21-01-2019 01:02 via ft.com
  Those who deny a partner access to their own or joint accounts will risk prosecution
  
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• EU citizen registration in UK could become 'new Windrush', say migration experts

  21-01-2019 01:01
  Critics warn many could be left without legal status to stay if settlement scheme failsMigration experts have warned that the post-Brexit system for registering EU citizens living in the UK could become a new “Windrush scandal” as the scheme to register an estimated 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK begins.From Monday, the third phase of testing will open to EU residents in the UK, who will be able to register for the new post-Brexit “settled status”. The Home Offi
  
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• Bisexual and trans acceptance lags in the workplace

  21-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Lesbians and gay men find it easier to be out at work, says LGBT+ organisation Stonewall
  
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• Corbyn holds back from conceding to calls for second EU referendum

  21-01-2019 01:00
  Labour leader seeks to balance pressure from rival wings of party before PM reveals her Brexit plan BJeremy Corbyn is likely to refrain from making fresh moves towards backing a second referendum until after the government’s Brexit plan B is voted on later this month, as he seeks to balance pressure from rival wings of his party.Labour strategists believe there is a firm majority both in the shadow cabinet and in parliament against an immediate shift towards full-throated support for a ref
  
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