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• New group elects Shuker as 'convener'

  25-02-2019 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  But the eight former Labour MPs and three ex-Conservatives do not elect a leader at first meeting.
  
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• Corbyn finally yields to party on new EU referendum

  25-02-2019 22:31 via ft.com
  Labour leader’s shift followed defections from pro-European MPs
  
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• Corbyn finally yields to his party on a People’s Vote

  25-02-2019 22:31 via ft.com
  Policy shift on a second referendum is final twist in a series of Brexit contortions
  
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• Competition watchdog wants to be consumers’ champion

  25-02-2019 22:05 via ft.com
  New CMA chair seeks wider powers to tackle poor business practices
  
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• Independent Group rules out electing leader until end of year

  25-02-2019 20:52
  MPs expected to make decision once group fulfils ambition to become a political party A leader may not be elected to the newly formed Independent Group of MPs until the end of the year when it hopes to have become a political party.The 11 former Labour and Conservative MPs’ first meeting in Westminster selected Gavin Shuker to act as its convener and organise future meetings but while there were initial conversations about roles and responsibilities, there was no serious discussion as to w
  
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• Ben Jennings on Theresa May and Brexit delays – cartoon

  25-02-2019 20:42
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• Karren Brady faces questions over Philip Green allegations

  25-02-2019 20:36
  Outgoing chair called on to tell ‘what went on under her watch’ at tycoon’s retail empireKarren Brady has quit as chair of Sir Philip Green’s retail empire and faced immediate questions over what she knew of alleged sexual and racial harassment by the disgraced business tycoon.Brady walked away after two years in the job and a fortnight after she vowed to remain in her post out of a “sense of duty” to look out for the firm’s staff, including her daughter
  
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• Chagos Islands dispute: UK obliged to end control - UN

  25-02-2019 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Mauritius says it was forced to give up the Indian Ocean islands in exchange for independence.
  
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• Labour backs second referendum: Is this really happening?

  25-02-2019 20:01
  
  The answer is mostly yes with a tiny sprinkling of no.
  
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• Labour party to back second Brexit referendum

  25-02-2019 20:00 via ft.com
  UK opposition party favours public vote ‘to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit’
  
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• Behind the façade, the UK economy is faltering

  25-02-2019 19:56 via ft.com
  Brexit uncertainty threatens jobs boom and strong public finances
  
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• Hub in Belgium to keep NHS supplied in event of no-deal Brexit

  25-02-2019 19:50
  Drugs and other medical supplies to be shipped over on seven new ferry routes
  The government has created a logistics hub in Belgium where vital medical supplies will be stockpiled to stop the NHS running short of equipment if there is a no-deal Brexit.Stents, implants and other products needed to ensure that patient care is not disrupted will be stored at the hub, the exact location of which has not been disclosed. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour cannot be saved as long as Corbyn is in charge

  25-02-2019 18:22 via ft.com
  Secretly hoping the leader will cost his party electoral success is not much of a strategy
  
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• UK extends terrorist label to Hizbollah political wing

  25-02-2019 17:14 via ft.com
  Imposition of ban on entirety of Lebanese Shia movement aligns with US
  
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• Bank of Ireland/Brexit: remainer gainers

  25-02-2019 16:48 via ft.com
  Unless the UK crashes out, the force will be with the periphery
  
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• Bank of Ireland/Brexit: remainer gainer

  25-02-2019 16:48 via ft.com
  Unless the UK crashes out, the force will be with the periphery
  
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• Hezbollah to be added to UK list of terrorist organisations

  25-02-2019 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Supporting the Lebanese group will be a criminal offence, carrying a sentence of up to 10 years in jail.
  
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• Persimmon shares hit by fears over Help to Buy

  25-02-2019 16:15 via ft.com
  Housebuilder to announce full-year profits of £1bn after benefiting from scheme
  
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• May seeks to quell rebellion by Europhile ministers

  25-02-2019 15:44 via ft.com
  Prime minister tries to reassure cabinet members over threat of no-deal exit
  
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• EU’s Tusk calls Brexit delay a ‘rational solution’

  25-02-2019 15:44 via ft.com
  Theresa May rejects mounting pressure to put off divorce date before next month’s deadline
  
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• Donald Tusk calls on UK to ask for Brexit extension

  25-02-2019 15:40 via ft.com
  European Council leader says delay ‘rational step’ given parliament deadlock
  
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• Theresa May rejects call to delay Brexit

  25-02-2019 15:23 via ft.com
  Prime minister says it is within the UK’s ‘grasp’ to strike exit pact before March 29 deadline
  
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• The final Brexit countdown begins

  25-02-2019 14:57 via ft.com
  The dates on which key decisions must be made are now becoming clear
  
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• Tom Watson creates centrist group in UK Labour party

  25-02-2019 14:42 via ft.com
  Deputy leader seeks to give moderate MPs more say over policy
  
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• Tom Watson creates centrist group in Labour party

  25-02-2019 14:42 via ft.com
  Deputy leader seeks to give moderate MPs more say over policy
  
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• No-deal Brexit risks 'full-blown economic crisis'

  25-02-2019 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The aerospace trade body joins other business groups in warning over continuing Brexit uncertainty.
  
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• MP Dan Poulter wins damages over Sunday Times sex assault claims

  25-02-2019 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The Sunday Times says there was "no truth" in the claims and offers "sincere and genuine apologies".
  
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• UK competition regulator seeks more power on behalf of consumers

  25-02-2019 14:17 via ft.com
  Chair wants to compel businesses to tackle public ‘erosion of trust’
  
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• UK competition regulator seeks more power

  25-02-2019 14:17 via ft.com
  Chair wants to compel businesses to tackle public ‘erosion of trust’
  
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• Labour group planned for unhappy MPs

  25-02-2019 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Deputy leader Tom Watson says the move can hold the party together and prevent further resignations.
  
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• Tusk calls on May to request Brexit extension to avoid ‘chaotic exit’

  25-02-2019 14:10 via ft.com
  European Council president says delay ‘rational step’ given deadlock in parliament
  
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• Anglo-Irish relations are a casualty of Brexit

  25-02-2019 14:05 via ft.com
  The convergence between the two countries has been disrupted by the UK’s vote to leave the EU
  
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• May goes to the wire with new Brexit deadline of March 12

  25-02-2019 13:28 via ft.com
  Gambit to win fresh concessions dismays business, Europhile MPs and EU leaders
  
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• This Brexit trade bill threatens parliamentary sovereignty

  25-02-2019 12:57
  
  Liam Fox's desperate efforts to salvage Britain's trading regime rides roughshod over parliament and the public.
  
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• US and UK strike long-term derivatives deal

  25-02-2019 11:05 via ft.com
  Accord seeks to minimise Brexit disruption to markets
  
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• US and UK strike long-term deal over derivatives

  25-02-2019 11:05 via ft.com
  Eleventh-hour accord seeks to minimise Brexit disruption to markets
  
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• What The Hell Is Down There? Centuries-Old 'Witch Marks' Found In Ancient Cave

  25-02-2019 09:49
  
  Hundreds of wall etchings were created to trap "evil forces" at Creswell Crags in England.
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May under pressure to consider Brexit delay

  25-02-2019 09:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Tory backbenchers propose a two-month postponement, as Theresa May prepares to meet EU leaders.
  
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• Fund sector wishlist for the post-Brexit world

  25-02-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Strong support from Westminster must continue after March 29
  
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• Big banks divided on provisions for Brexit defaults

  25-02-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Some have set aside more than £500m, others are not so pessimistic on outlook
  
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• Big banks divided on defaults strategy after Brexit

  25-02-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Some have set aside more than £500m, others are not so pessimistic on outlook
  
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• Small businesses steel themselves for no-deal Brexit

  25-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Strategies vary widely but companies are united in calling for more information
  
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