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• Brexit Briefing: EU Need To Do Better Than That

  22-06-2017 19:15
  
  All you need to know from the world of Brexit this week.
  You can sign up for this briefing by clicking here, and you’ll receive it straight to your inbox every Thursday afternoon.
  If you like what you read, make sure you subscribe to our Commons People podcast here for even more analysis about what goes on in Westminster.1) At This Rate, David Davis Will Sign Us Up For The Euro. Some 361 days after the UK voted to leave the EU, Brexit talks finally got underway on Monday &nd
  
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• The Nowak murder has lit a match under British politics. This is how we got here

  06-06-2026 13:08 via bbc.com
  
  The police response to the murder of Henry Nowak has triggered a heated transatlantic debate.
  
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• Downing Street hits out after Vance post about Henry Nowak

  06-06-2026 09:04 via bbc.com
  
  The US vice-president wrote the "only response is righteous anger" when referring to Henry Nowak's death on X.
  
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• Working abroad? Here’s how not to fumble your UK pension

  06-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Changes to UK tax rules mean it’s more important than ever to plan ahead
  
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• The Tories, Restore Britain and their ‘shared enemy’

  06-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party leads the polls and is a target for both
  
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• Sturgeon-gate should prompt couples to question their partner’s finances

  06-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Couples who do Excel together can exceed together
  
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• Politicians and the bond markets: lost in translation

  06-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Mutual misunderstanding and panicky commentary mask a joint desire to see the UK economy doing better
  
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• How inheritance tax prompted the great pensions rethink

  06-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  With the rules changing next year, savers need to reconsider what they do with their ‘red money’
  
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• AstraZeneca chief warns group could withhold new drugs in Europe

  06-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Sir Pascal Soriot says countries will have to spend more on innovative medicines following US trade deal
  
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• Number 10 hits out at people stoking ‘division’ after JD Vance’s claims about Nowak case

  05-06-2026 23:17 via ft.com
  Downing Street criticises those trying to ‘interfere’ in UK democracy
  
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• Fake videos of actors target Armenia election

  05-06-2026 20:30 via bbc.com
  
  Actors have had their voices cloned by an AI fueled disinformation campaign that's targeting Armenia.
  
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• Parents force Starmer into embracing social media ban

  05-06-2026 20:12 via ft.com
  Prime minister set to announce restrictions this month despite previous opposition
  
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• Burnham aims to boost social housing if he becomes prime minister

  05-06-2026 20:00 via ft.com
  Labour leadership hopeful sees way to funnel billions of pounds into sector while adhering to party’s fiscal rules
  
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• UK ministers consider lowering university fees for EU students

  05-06-2026 19:43 via ft.com
  Concession would sweeten deal as Starmer looks to get British companies under EU’s ‘economic security’ umbrella
  
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• Pupils asked to walk to school through army firing range, MP claims

  05-06-2026 19:18 via bbc.com
  
  Getting children to school is becoming a thorny issue for councils to deal with.
  
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• Philp labels Hermer's small boats comment a 'disgraceful slur'

  05-06-2026 18:53 via bbc.com
  
  The attorney general suggested some other politicians' policies on small boats amounted to letting people "drown in the sea".
  
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• Sikh MPs say Nowak murder was not about their religion

  05-06-2026 18:26 via bbc.com
  
  11 Sikh MPs say the killing was about "a man carrying an offensive weapon and committing a brutal murder".
  
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• Ten years after Brexit: can the UK deliver change?

  05-06-2026 18:12 via ft.com
  Join a subscriber webinar on Thursday June 25 and put your questions to FT journalists
  
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• How the contest is shaping up two weeks ahead of crucial Makerfield by-election

  05-06-2026 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  What stood out from the Question Time exchanges between candidates in the Makerfield by-election?
  
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• The Nowak murder: when tragedy meets politics

  05-06-2026 15:25 via ft.com
  Plus, Burnham backs electoral reform
  
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• The avoidable tragedy of Henry Nowak

  05-06-2026 15:20 via ft.com
  This case resonates because it plays into two sets of public fears
  
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• UK in most dangerous period I've known, military chief says

  05-06-2026 14:51 via bbc.com
  
  Russian incursions into UK defences risk crossing a line, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton tells the BBC.
  
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• Britain’s Sikhs shaken as murder of Henry Nowak brings sudden tensions

  05-06-2026 13:48 via ft.com
  Backlash after killing of student fuels concern in Kent town with large Sikh community
  
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• Separating Manchester’s truth from the legend

  05-06-2026 10:30 via ft.com
  City’s success was built on a consistent and credible story that was sold by Andy Burnham — but delivery matters too
  
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• Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest

  05-06-2026 09:56 via bbc.com
  
  The Greater Manchester mayor would need to win the by-election in Makerfield to be a possible candidate.
  
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• UK asylum system is on 'the brink', cross-party MPs' report warns

  05-06-2026 07:37 via bbc.com
  
  It said it was "unacceptable" the Home Office could not keep track of all whose asylum claims had failed.
  
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• MP calls for Reform to expel new councillor

  05-06-2026 07:35 via bbc.com
  
  Ben Goldsborough says Karl Catchpole's posts are "unacceptable".
  
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• Starmer can survive a leadership challenge, says attorney general

  05-06-2026 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  The prime minister's future has been called into question following poor election results for Labour.
  
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• The two Andys guarding Europe’s largest defence budget

  05-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  German lawmakers Andreas Mattfeldt and Andreas Schwarz can block arms procurement contracts worth €25mn or more
  
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• Burnham looks at how to boost infrastructure spending within fiscal rules

  05-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Greater Manchester mayor discusses proposal from economist Jim O’Neill to create independent body to assess new projects
  
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