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• Jacob Rees-Mogg comments on concentration camps

  14-02-2019 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The Tory MP compares the death rate in Boer War concentration camps to that of Glasgow at the time.
  
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• Lord Ahmed 'took advantage' of vulnerable women

  14-02-2019 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  He is accused of exploiting his position to pursue sex with women who sought help, Newsnight reveals.
  
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• ‘Gunboat diplomacy’ row upsets China trade mission

  14-02-2019 23:02 via ft.com
  ‘Idiotic speech’ by defence minister riles Beijing ahead of Hammond visit
  
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• May loses control of her MPs in new Brexit defeat

  14-02-2019 21:20 via ft.com
  Setback raises questions about PM’s ability to secure a revised deal with Brussels
  
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• Brexit vote ‘shambles’ blows hole in May’s authority

  14-02-2019 21:20 via ft.com
  Leader who has lost control of her party will struggle to win concessions in Brussels
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May's latest Brexit vote defeat – cartoon

  14-02-2019 20:13
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• May's latest Brexit defeat: The edifice of nonsense comes tumbling down

  14-02-2019 19:46
  
  The government has been defeated by MPs on propositions that they themselves backed two weeks ago. The whole edifice of blather and nonsense is coming tumbling down.
  
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• May suffers Commons defeat on Brexit plan B

  14-02-2019 19:41 via ft.com
  Prime minister has angered pro and anti-EU MPs with her latest strategy
  
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• Head of UK civil service confirms permanent dual role

  14-02-2019 19:38 via ft.com
  Cabinet secretary and national security adviser jobs fused to make a ‘success’ of Brexit
  
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• PM defeat over Brexit strategy announced

  14-02-2019 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May has suffered a fresh defeat in a Commons vote on her Brexit strategy, losing by 303 to 258.
  
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• Theresa May suffers new Commons defeat on Brexit

  14-02-2019 18:50 via ft.com
  Prime minister has angered pro and anti-EU MPs with her latest strategy
  
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• Opposition call for Chris Grayling to step down

  14-02-2019 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour's shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald has called on Chris Grayling to "step down".
  
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• Backing a Tory Brexit could wipe out Labour, warns Clive Lewis

  14-02-2019 18:42
  Shadow minister says party would never be forgiven as calls for second referendum growLabour tensions over Brexit threatened to boil over on Thursday as two shadow ministers broke ranks to call for a second referendum, and others hinted they could quit the party unless Jeremy Corbyn’s position changed over the next fortnight.Clive Lewis, a shadow Treasury minister, warned Corbyn that Labour might never be forgiven and could disappear from UK politics if MPs voted to facilitate a Conservati
  
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• A&E waiting times worsen despite mild winter

  14-02-2019 18:42 via ft.com
  Delays underscore growing strain on the NHS throughout the country
  
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• Brexit amendments: How MPs tried to change Theresa May's course

  14-02-2019 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  How MPs hoped to change the Brexit process when Theresa May brings the issue back to the Commons.
  
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• Regulator warns no-deal Brexit will ‘constrain’ investigations

  14-02-2019 18:27 via ft.com
  Antitrust watchdog says its ability to launch new probes will be affected
  
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• New Tinder-like App Helps Farmers Match Livestock For Love

  14-02-2019 18:12
  
  The new 'Tudder' app lets British farmers swipe right on cattle they like the look of.
  
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• Tom Watson urges unity behind Corbyn amid Labour split rumours

  14-02-2019 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Deputy leader Tom Watson "hopes" a breakaway over dissatisfaction with Jeremy Corbyn is not unstoppable.
  
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• Ministers signal ‘High Noon’

  14-02-2019 14:57 via ft.com
  MPs are doing everything they can to foul up May’s ‘last minute to midnight’ strategy
  
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• The Conservative Party’s Brexit tribes — an interactive guide

  14-02-2019 14:41 via ft.com
  The FT has obtained details of the members of Eurosceptic Tory backbench groups
  
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• May threatens to leave the pub without a meal

  14-02-2019 14:32 via ft.com
  A bar-room Brexit conversation even more explosive than that of Olly Robbins
  
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• Winston Churchill 'villain' over Tonypandy riots, says John McDonnell

  14-02-2019 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The shadow chancellor was referring to the wartime PM's approach to striking miners in 1910.
  
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• Brexit: Andrea Leadsom reads Valentine's ode to deal

  14-02-2019 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom marks Valentine's Day with a "roses are red" poem about leaving the EU.
  
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• Brexit: Fox tells potential Tory rebels they will undermine PM's negotiation if she loses key vote - Politics live

  14-02-2019 11:51
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the latest Commons debate and votes on what should happen next with Brexit 10.45am GMT There are now 10 proper amendments to the government’s Brexit motion on the Commons order paper (pdf), plus an amendment to the Labour amendment. Here is a quick list summarising them:1) The Labour amendment setting 27 February as the deadline for Theresa May to get a deal. 10.13am GMT The SNP’s Westminster leader
  
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• Dutch Brexit 'monster' is Twitter hit

  14-02-2019 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The Dutch government tweets out a furry creature warning to firms about the impact of Brexit.
  
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• These irresponsible Brexit games are dealing a body-blow to the Irish peace process

  14-02-2019 11:02
  
  The absence of a hard border is not the peace, but it makes peace work. Threatening it is an act of historic vandalism.
  
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• McDonnell sparks uproar over Churchill ‘villain’ jibe

  14-02-2019 10:40 via ft.com
  Shadow chancellor condemns former PM for his role in quelling Welsh miners’ riot in 1910
  
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• UK rates should be left on hold says BoE policymaker

  14-02-2019 10:30 via ft.com
  MPC member Gertjan Vlieghe warns that economy has weakened more than he had expected
  
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• Remainers, hold your nerve. May is no nearer to her Brexit deal | Martin Kettle

  14-02-2019 07:00
  Although some plans are being talked up and others talked down, Theresa May knows everything is still to play forEven at the best of times, politics can be a place of deception and a hall of mirrors. High politics and low calculation are inseparable in the way MPs cast their votes. For some of us, that’s part of what makes politics so fascinating. But, over Brexit, the mirrors glint and deceive more than ever.As the Commons prepares for yet another day’s voting on Brexit today, with
  
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• Greg Clark accused of misleading MPs over £61m payment to Nissan

  14-02-2019 07:00
  Labour says business secretary ‘dodged scrutiny’ by failing to tell parliament about state aidLabour has accused the business secretary, Greg Clark, of misleading MPs by failing to tell parliament that a £61m package of state aid had been granted to Nissan, despite assuring the Commons that he would do so.Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, said that as a result the cabinet minister had “dodged scrutiny” over the promises he had made to Nissan in Oct
  
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• From Tahrir to Trump: how rightwing populists usurped the fight for dignity | Ece Temelkuran

  14-02-2019 06:59
  Protesters’ need for recognition has been harnessed to a darker, divisive movement and new heroes promising them greatnessThousands of people in Tahrir Square chanted the slogan: “Bread! Dignity! Freedom!” It was 2011, and the height of the Arab spring. Standing on my own in the crowd, I recalled a middle-aged worker I’d met in Buenos Aires a decade earlier telling me why he and his colleagues had taken over a factory during Argentina’s economic collapse. He rattled
  
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• The heavy cost of May’s Brexit vanity

  14-02-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  There has been nothing in her strategy to advance the national interest
  
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• Brexit: we need to talk about staff concerns

  14-02-2019 05:30 via ft.com
  Employers are providing practical advice to help prevent spread of misinformation
  
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• UK reliance on China nuclear tech tests policymakers

  14-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Britain risks alienating Beijing if it scraps power deals over security concerns
  
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• MPs prepare to vote on May’s Brexit strategy again

  14-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Commons will express its view on her Plan B and rival ideas
  
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• May braced for parliamentary defeat on new Brexit plan

  14-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Eurosceptic MPs are threatening to rebel against PM’s ‘plan B’ negotiation strategy
  
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• Labour centrists prepare to form breakaway party

  14-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  MPs ready to act if Jeremy Corbyn rejects amendment calling for a second referendum
  
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• EU businesses urge clean break from UK or long Brexit delay

  14-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  European manufacturers say a short deferral would hurt contingency plans
  
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• Delay Brexit or make a clean break, industries tell Brussels

  14-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  European manufacturers say a short deferral would hurt contingency plans
  
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• Council tax to rise across England as austerity hits hard

  14-02-2019 01:01
  ‘Chronic underfunding’ forces cuts to services including social care, roads and libraries
  Almost all councils in England plan to increase council tax from April and three-quarters intend to raise it above 2.75%, research reveals.The maximum rise allowed without a local referendum is 2.99%. Similar proportions plan to raise charges and fees. Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Bell on May's advice for dealing with Brexit-related food shortages – cartoon

  14-02-2019 00:04
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