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• Anti-Semitism row former MP Jim Sheridan reinstated

  25-01-2019 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Former MP Jim Sheridan has Labour Party suspension lifted following an investigation.
  
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• Reversal of fortune for Scotland’s independence champion

  25-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  Charges against ex-SNP leader and Scottish first minister Alex Salmond follow tension with successor
  
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• Curious tale of Johnson’s Irish flight with party backer

  25-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  Ex-foreign secretary availed himself of spare seat on property tycoon’s aircraft
  
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• Troops could return to Irish border, warns Varadkar

  25-01-2019 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish government says there are no plans to put troops on the border following Leo Varadkar's warning.
  
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• Teachers to be helped to job share to prevent classroom exodus

  25-01-2019 21:00
  Workloads will be cut under recruitment and retention strategy, says Damian HindsTeachers will be given more help to job share and a lighter workload in an attempt to prevent experienced staff from leaving the profession, the education secretary has said.Speaking to the Guardian before the launch of a new teacher recruitment and retention strategy next week, Damian Hinds argued that outdated attitudes among school leaders, especially men, may be holding back the adoption of practices such as fle
  
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• Brexit may not happen on March 29, Leadsom warns

  25-01-2019 20:56 via ft.com
  Leader of Commons says delay may be necessary to clear legislation
  
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• Martin Rowson on the Queen's appeal for 'common ground' – cartoon

  25-01-2019 19:53
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• Varadkar admits prospect of troops on Brexit border

  25-01-2019 19:51 via ft.com
  Furthest taoiseach has gone in spelling out potential no-deal implications
  
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• The Guardian view on the Queen and Brexit: a crisis in the making | Editorial

  25-01-2019 19:30
  The palace does not intervene lightly, so even a coded speech alluding to fears for the state of public discourse is revealingA sure sign that political turmoil has tipped into constitutional crisis is a hint that the Queen might get involved. Monarchy can only work in the 21st century if the person occupying the throne upholds a rigorous vow of neutrality. All of the historical, legal precedents behind the weird principle of sovereignty belonging to “the crown-in-parliament” amount
  
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• Rees-Mogg plays his queen as Brexit enters a state of emergency | Marina Hyde

  25-01-2019 19:10
  The plastic aristocrat’s bid to shut down parliament is outshone only by thermonuclear idiocy from Mark FrancoisAlthough he failed to emerge from an Airbus waving it, MP Mark Francois had in his hand a piece of paper. “My father, Reginald Francois, was a D-day veteran,” he thundered to the news cameras on Friday, shortly before ripping up the aforementioned document. “He never submitted to bullying by any German. Neither will his son.”Leaving aside the somewhat bath
  
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• Cabinet Office compares no-deal Brexit to Iceland ash cloud chaos

  25-01-2019 19:07
  Eyjafjallajökull seen as nearest recent example of what civil service could have to cope withThe repercussions for the UK of a no-deal Brexit could be similar to the national emergency faced by Iceland during the volcanic eruptions in 2010 that brought parts of the country to a standstill, according to advice being given to civil servants.The warning comes from the Cabinet Office, which is coordinating training for thousands of staff across Whitehall to help prepare departments for a disord
  
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• Brexit: EU could move on 'red lines', says UK chancellor

  25-01-2019 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  It comes as Andrea Leadsom says the EU would delay Brexit to help get the deal through Parliament.
  
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• The ‘will of the people’ on Brexit was not fixed for all time in June 2016 | Jonathan Freedland

  25-01-2019 18:27
  Theresa May insists that the referendum trumps all and to challenge it is a betrayal. She’s wrongThey have only one argument left. Back in the spring of 2016, the Brexiteers were promising sunshine and riches, untrammelled sovereignty and £350m a week: all the ice-cream of EU membership and none of the spinach. We would head out into the world and recover our destiny as a global trading nation, with more money in our pockets and independence in our hearts. You don’t hear much o
  
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• EU state school in UK could lose year of pupils in no-deal Brexit

  25-01-2019 17:55
  Students at Europa school in Oxfordshire are studying for European baccalaureateAn entire year group at a European state school in Oxfordshire could be forced to abandon their education in the event of a no-deal Brexit, school leaders have said.Year 11 students at Europa school in Culham, Oxfordshire, are studying for a European baccalaureate (EB), but are currently in limbo, with many believing they will not be able to complete their education if the UK crashes out of the EU. Continue reading..
  
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• Theresa May dined with Presidents Club co-chair after sleaze scandal

  25-01-2019 16:54
  Bruce Ritchie met PM after she criticised charity’s men-only event where female staff alleged sexual harassmentTheresa May had dinner with the co-chair of the controversial Presidents Club only weeks after she had criticised the charity’s event at which female staff were allegedly propositioned for sex, new records show.Bruce Ritchie donated at least £50,000 to the Conservatives’ Leader’s Group (CLG), which secures members exclusive access to May at dinners, lunches
  
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• Brexit is about sovereignty and parliament must respect that

  25-01-2019 16:30 via ft.com
  What many voters objected to was a supranational government making some of their laws
  
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• Week in Review: Everything is dead everywhere

  25-01-2019 16:11
  
  The amendments to May's Brexit statement are like a collection of twitching corpses.
  
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• Exhibition shows human face of race relations laws

  25-01-2019 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  A photographic exhibition in Parliament explores the impact of race relations legislation in the UK.
  
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• Brexit: Refunding EU settled status fees costs up to £1.95m

  25-01-2019 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 30,000 EU nationals have applied for post-Brexit settled status, a minister tells the Lib Dems.
  
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• Why identity politics matters to drag queen

  25-01-2019 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  A writer, performer and film maker explains the difference between the terms non-binary, gay and queer - and why some people prefer the pronoun 'they' to 'he' or 'she'.
  
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• Brexiter Tory MP Mark Francois accuses Airbus boss of 'German bullying'

  25-01-2019 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Tory MP Mark Francois tears up the words of Airbus boss Tom Enders criticising Brexiteer "madness".
  
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• Could citizens’ assemblies solve Brexit?

  25-01-2019 14:12 via ft.com
  The idea has been used effectively elsewhere, but extra time and consent are needed
  
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• Brexit stockpiling by UK retailers and wholesalers reaching 2008 levels, says CBI

  25-01-2019 14:12
  Survey, closely watched by Bank of England, finds ratio of stock to expected sales risingBritain’s biggest retailers and wholesalers have raised their stockpiling efforts to the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a key industry report, with little more than 60 days to go before Brexit.According to the latest snapshot from the Confederation of British Industry’s monthly distributive trades survey, retail businesses raised the ratio of their stocks to expected
  
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• Tories praise Queen's common ground 'Brexit speech'

  25-01-2019 13:17
  Ministers laud monarch’s calls for respect for others that were interpreted as Brexit referenceMinisters have praised the Queen after she spoke about seeking “common ground” and “never losing sight of the bigger picture”, remarks widely interpreted as a veiled reference to the toxic debate around Brexit.In a speech to mark the centenary of the Sandringham Women’s Institute (WI), the Queen spoke of the virtues of respecting other people’s points of view.
  
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• Thousands tell HMRC to delete voice data

  25-01-2019 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The tax authority collected voice data over the phone and originally gave people no way to opt out.
  
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• Sterling forecasters begin to get off the Brexit fence

  25-01-2019 12:47 via ft.com
  Banks begin to raise predictions for the pound as fear of a no-deal recedes
  
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• Queen makes plea for Britons to find 'common ground'

  25-01-2019 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The Queen's remarks have been seen as a comment on Brexit, ahead of a key Commons vote next week.
  
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• UK government’s priorities fail homeschooled children

  25-01-2019 12:21 via ft.com
  Local authorities police truancy but are reluctant to protect those who fall off the radar
  
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• MP cancels Brexit public meeting over 'far-right threat'

  25-01-2019 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Cat Smith said she was warned "far-right extremists" were "planning action" for the Brexit meeting.
  
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• No-deal Brexit will disrupt UK economy, says Philip Hammond

  25-01-2019 11:03
  Chancellor says disruption of leaving EU with no deal would ‘settle down’Philip Hammond has warned of significant disruption to the UK economy if Britain leaves the EU without a deal in March, but has said a no-deal Brexit was “a default that we could find ourselves in”.Speaking the day after he told nervous business leaders to accept the result of the referendum, the chancellor said the disruption caused by leaving the EU without a deal would “settle down”. C
  
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• EU will not renegotiate Brexit deal warns Le Maire

  25-01-2019 10:12 via ft.com
  Leaders will not shift from their fundamental position, says French finance minister
  
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• The Norway option is a red herring

  25-01-2019 10:00
  
  Staying in the EEA would still damage our economy, by prolonging uncertainty. It makes more sense to just remain in the EU.
  
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• Tracey Crouch: ‘Westminster is becoming like a football pitch’

  25-01-2019 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Tracey Crouch MP compares verbal abuse of MPs to that received by footballers.
  
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• Brexit: Push for more generous EU no-deal offer

  25-01-2019 09:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Some EU states want to give UK airlines and hauliers more access than that proposed by the European Commission.
  
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• Brexit: David Miliband puts case for new referendum

  25-01-2019 06:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband tells BBC News moves for a fresh EU referendum are needed now.
  
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• Tories struggle with fundraising as donor disquiet grows

  25-01-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Financial backers ‘sitting on their wallets’ until party finds new direction
  
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• Penny Mordaunt says UK shifting towards no-deal

  25-01-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Eurosceptic development secretary says Britain will look back with pride at current era
  
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• EU at odds with member states on no-deal Brexit plans

  25-01-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Brussels fears some arrangements for haulage and aviation are too generous to Britain
  
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• Brussels at odds with EU states over no-deal Brexit plans

  25-01-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Fears some arrangements for haulage and aviation are too generous to Britain
  
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• Tech gains lead Asia stocks up as Brexit angst eases

  25-01-2019 04:12 via ft.com
  British pound on track for best week in a year as Theresa May said to win DUP backing
  
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• Brexit: How many trade deals has the UK done?

  25-01-2019 03:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK says it want to replicate the EU's trade agreements "as far as possible".
  
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• Airbus plans move out of UK

  25-01-2019 03:28 via ft.com
  ‘Birds migrate — so why shouldn’t we?’
  
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• Pound heads for best week in a year as no-deal Brexit risk ebbs 

  25-01-2019 01:38 via ft.com
  Declining expectations for chaotic UK exit from EU provides boost in sentiment
  
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• Ireland central bank warns of ‘immense’ Brexit threat

  25-01-2019 01:11 via ft.com
  Huge damage to economy foreseen should political talks fail
  
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• Restaurant gets death threats over anti-Brexit receipts

  25-01-2019 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A London restaurant owner says he won't remove the message on receipts, which celebrates immigration.
  
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• MPs back ‘passporting’ deals for City beyond Europe

  25-01-2019 01:02 via ft.com
  Select committee studies future of financial services sector after Brexit
  
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• Illegal low pay ‘rife’ in textiles industry, MP warns

  25-01-2019 01:02 via ft.com
  HMRC reveals growing evidence of minimum-wage breaches
  
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