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• May woos Labour MPs with pledge on workers’ rights

  05-03-2019 23:44 via ft.com
  Hammond promises consultation on post-Brexit ‘shared prosperity fund’ to replace EU aid
  
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• Rudd promises more benefits support for disabled

  05-03-2019 21:15 via ft.com
  Older people to face fewer assessments in shake-up of McVey approach
  
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• Business attacks tax crackdown on self-employed

  05-03-2019 20:35 via ft.com
  HMRC looks to extend contentious off-payroll measures to private sector
  
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• Javid calls for funds to tackle knife crime

  05-03-2019 20:30 via ft.com
  Cabinet appeal by home secretary follows shock over teenage deaths
  
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• Carmakers ramp up warnings over no-deal Brexit

  05-03-2019 20:12 via ft.com
  BMW to consider moving Mini production as Toyota raises doubts over building new models
  
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• IAG chief says lack of Brexit progress ‘quite shocking’

  05-03-2019 19:38 via ft.com
  Willie Walsh warns in annual report of damage to consumer confidence
  
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• BoE sets up banks buffer in case of chaotic Brexit

  05-03-2019 19:23 via ft.com
  Weekly euro auctions are part of plan to ensure financial system functions smoothly
  
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• Macron’s Europe: Old and new ideas to start EU campaign

  05-03-2019 18:27 via ft.com
  Calls for strengthening of Schengen, but eurozone reforms dropped to keep Germany onside
  
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• Concerns raised over Labour’s sexual harassment policy

  05-03-2019 18:03 via ft.com
  Campaigners say party’s new complaints procedure should be ‘completely independent’
  
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• The endless Brexit lies have left us in an Orwellian nightmare

  05-03-2019 17:01
  
  From divorce bills, to an 'implementation phase', to non-existent trade deals, to extending Article 50: The Brexit lies now are not forgotten as soon as they're uttered.
  
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• Northern Ireland warned of ‘grave’ impact of no-deal Brexit

  05-03-2019 16:33 via ft.com
  Letter from regional civil service head signals risks to jobs and food, and the threat of unrest
  
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• UK’s breakaway political group moves towards party status

  05-03-2019 16:26 via ft.com
  The Independent Group starts talks with elections watchdog as it paves way to upgrade
  
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• Europeans are watchful but calm about Brexit

  05-03-2019 15:10 via ft.com
  Attitudes towards the UK’s impending departure differ quite a lot across continental Europe
  
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• Hodge claims Corbyn misled her over anti-Semitism

  05-03-2019 13:46 via ft.com
  Jewish Labour MP questions opposition leader’s assurances on addressing issue in party
  
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• UK services employment falls at fastest pace in 7 years

  05-03-2019 10:51 via ft.com
  Companies hold back on hiring replacements for departing staff, survey shows
  
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• Tory Eurosceptics handed ultimatum on May Brexit deal

  05-03-2019 10:26 via ft.com
  Back PM in Commons or face being forced to stay in customs union, chief whip warns
  
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• Insurer Direct Line slashes dividend as it braces for Brexit impact

  05-03-2019 09:11 via ft.com
  Company looks to strengthen balance sheet, citing ‘political uncertainty’
  
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• Toyota warns on building new UK models after Brexit

  05-03-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Group says no-deal makes it ‘extremely complicated’ to expand British factories
  
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• Toyota warns building new models in UK threatened by Brexit

  05-03-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Group says a hard EU exit would make it ‘extremely complicated’ to expand British factories
  
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• SNP currency plan for independent Scotland draws sharp rebuke

  05-03-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Critics say continued use of the pound would imply loss of economic sovereignty
  
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• Fox’s trade department cancels business Brexit briefings

  05-03-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Halt to roundtables after details on lack of deals leaked by infuriated participants
  
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• Fox’s trade department cancels Brexit briefings with business

  05-03-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Halt to roundtables after details on lack of deals leaked by infuriated participants
  
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• Second minister resigns in Canadian political crisis

  05-03-2019 02:15 via ft.com
  Departure follows allegations of interference by Trudeau government in corruption case
  
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• Consumers hold off on spending over Brexit worries

  05-03-2019 01:05 via ft.com
  BRC says shoppers reluctant to increase expenditure despite rising incomes
  
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