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• Labour party formally backs new referendum on Brexit

  27-02-2019 23:53 via ft.com
  Jeremy Corbyn announces shift after his own plan is defeated in parliament
  
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• Macron throws doubt on May’s Brexit delay plan

  27-02-2019 21:45 via ft.com
  French president says extension of Article 50 would need new UK exit strategy
  
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• Labour MP Chris Williamson suspended in anti-Semitism row

  27-02-2019 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Williamson had apologised for saying the party had "given too much ground" over the issue.
  
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• Eurosceptics defy May on vote to delay Brexit

  27-02-2019 21:17 via ft.com
  Total 502 MPs in favour of UK PM’s plan while 20 Tories cast ballot against
  
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• Costa amendment passes unanimously: The EU should now listen and change position

  27-02-2019 21:10
  
  With support from all parts o the Tory party and all sides of the House, this demand for citizens' rights has a universal mandate.
  
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• Tory peer gave contract to firm linked to Manafort

  27-02-2019 21:09 via ft.com
  Greg Barker appointed Mercury Public Affairs to push for sanctions to be lifted on En+
  
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• Conservative Party tops donations list

  27-02-2019 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Figures show the Tories received £7.4m in donations in the final three months of 2018.
  
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• Interserve’s biggest investor dismisses sweetened rescue deal

  27-02-2019 20:17 via ft.com
  Contractor struggles to end deadlock between creditors and shareholders
  
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• Steve Bell on Trump and Kim Jong-un's second summit – cartoon

  27-02-2019 20:14
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• Carlyle fund founder calls for new Brexit referendum

  27-02-2019 19:29 via ft.com
  David Rubenstein says second vote is ‘only solution’ for UK’s political travails
  
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• Carlyle co-founder calls for new Brexit vote

  27-02-2019 19:29 via ft.com
  David Rubenstein says second referendum only solution for UK’s political travails
  
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• Labour suspends MP over anti-Semitism remarks

  27-02-2019 18:55 via ft.com
  UK party buckles under pressure after Chris Williamson said party was ‘too apologetic’
  
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• Economic sentiment plummets amid Brexit uncertainty

  27-02-2019 18:10 via ft.com
  Drop driven by fall among services groups while sentiment remained stable in eurozone
  
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• The five fresh Brexit votes Theresa May is facing in parliament

  27-02-2019 18:07 via ft.com
  MPs debate alternative proposals to prime minister’s exit package
  
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• Emmanuel Macron says Brexit delay needs good reason

  27-02-2019 17:47 via ft.com
  Remarks come after Theresa May conceded that UK may need to push back EU exit
  
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• Macron throws doubt on Brexit delay

  27-02-2019 17:42 via ft.com
  Remarks come after Theresa May concedes the UK may need to push back EU exit
  
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• UK water groups should brace for ‘peak intrusion’

  27-02-2019 17:02 via ft.com
  Ofwat chairman warns more intense oversight is needed to get industry back on even keel
  
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• HMRC urges UK taxpayers to reveal their offshore assets

  27-02-2019 16:29 via ft.com
  Tax authority escalates crackdown after receiving data from more than 100 countries
  
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• Which amendments are being considered?

  27-02-2019 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs have put forward their proposals for the next steps in the Brexit process - but what do they want?
  
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• Labour investigates MP over anti-Semitism remarks

  27-02-2019 15:35 via ft.com
  UK party resists calls to suspend Chris Williamson for saying it was ‘too apologetic’
  
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• PMQs: Corbyn and May on Bank of England economic forecasts

  27-02-2019 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn asks the prime minister if "shambolic handling of Brexit, or her failed austerity policies" are to blame for growth forecasts.
  
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• PMQs: Corbyn and Cleverly on anti-Semitism in Labour

  27-02-2019 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative James Cleverly asks if the PM agrees that Labour "can never be too apologetic about anti-Semitism".
  
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• PMQs: May and Hayes on paying for children's funerals

  27-02-2019 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minster announces that councils will waive fees for children's funerals, with the government paying the costs, by the summer.
  
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• UK secures post-Brexit membership of WTO procurement pact

  27-02-2019 14:54 via ft.com
  Agreement maintains access to $1.7tn market and contrasts with trade deal troubles
  
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• Is the ERG backing down?

  27-02-2019 14:49 via ft.com
  Jacob Rees-Mogg strikes conciliatory tone towards UK prime minister
  
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• Conservative MP Alberto Costa leaves government

  27-02-2019 14:45 via ft.com
  Parliamentarian resigns after proposing amendment to guarantee rights of EU nationals in UK
  
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• Javid's surprise over EU citizens move

  27-02-2019 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The home secretary appears surprised when told the prime minister is not supporting a Brexit amendment from a Tory backbencher.
  
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• Interserve sweetens offer in bid to avoid collapse

  27-02-2019 10:58 via ft.com
  Contractor seeks to end deadlock between creditors and equity holders
  
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• Two African-American women in final run-off to be Chicago mayor

  27-02-2019 06:28 via ft.com
  Lead candidate, Lori Lightfoot, would be the city’s first openly lesbian black mayor
  
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• Rees-Mogg softens position on May’s Brexit deal

  27-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Leading Brexiter drops call to leave backstop out of agreement as risk grows of delay
  
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• Brexit: the next set of parliamentary votes

  27-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  MPs will on Wednesday debate alternative proposals to PM’s exit package
  
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• After Brexit U-turn, May faces day of parliamentary challenges

  27-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  MPs will on Wednesday debate alternative proposals to PM’s exit package
  
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• Labour row erupts over Hezbollah ban

  27-02-2019 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Backbench MPs criticised the leadership for not taking a stronger stance against the Lebanese group.
  
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• Brexit: Has anything changed?

  27-02-2019 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Did Theresa May's latest statement rule out a no-deal Brexit, and what might happen next?
  
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