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Liam Fox: Customs union 'would not deliver Brexit'
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Liam Fox says that staying in a permanent customs arrangement with the EU would "not be delivering Brexit". The international trade secretary said he did not believe the UK could have an independent trade
Angela Merkel
Brexit: High-profile Germans plead with UK to stay in EU
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Leading German figures have written to the UK asking it to stay in the EU. The letter, published in the Times, is signed by 31 people, including the leader of the Christian Democratic Union - and likely
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Hitachi's Wylfa nuclear project delay 'a small number of years'
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The £13bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear power project will be delayed by "potentially a small number of years", the Welsh secretary has said. Alun Cairns said he was "confident" the plant would still be built the
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Coventry City Council is UK's slowest to fill potholes
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Coventry City Council has the longest response time in Britain for filling in serious potholes, new research has revealed. Figures released by motoring charity the RAC Foundation shows the authority aim
Theresa May
Brexit: Leavers and Remainers watch vote on PM's deal
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Politicians and the media were watching every minute of the political drama which saw Theresa May's Brexit plan rejected by a majority of 230 - but so were many more millions of viewers at home. Three
Financial Services
Where the Conservative tribes stand on Brexit
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Theresa May faces a daunting task to get her Brexit deal ratified by Parliament after it was rejected by 230 votes. It has not been made easier by the fact that the 118 Tory rebels who voted against her
Rory
Rory Stewart: Brexit red lines 'could shift'
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Rory Stewart suggested there could be some give and for the PM when it came to Brexit talks with other parties. Speaking on BBC Question Time, the prisons minister said if other parties were "serious"
Downing Street
Speaker Bercow 'could be denied peerage'
bbc.co.uk - By Chris Mason
Such is the anger with the Speaker at senior levels of government, it has been suggested he could be blocked from getting a peerage when he retires. Ministers are furious at what they see as John Bercow's
Armed Forces
Brexit: Military reservists call up plan in event of no deal
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Reserve military officers could be called up for a year of service as part of government plans for a no-deal Brexit. It comes after the defence secretary said 3,500 troops were "held at readiness" to if
Tony Blair
Brexit: Tony Blair on calling for another EU referendum
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Tony Blair said he was not "inserting" himself into EU negotiations, but believed another referendum is in the UK's interests. The former UK PM told Andrew Neil that Brexit was a "really bad idea for country".
Tommy Robinson
YouTube suspends ads on Tommy Robinson channel
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YouTube has suspended adverts on the account of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson. Mr Robinson had broken the site's advertising rules, said YouTube, adding that his channel covered issues
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Theresa May urges Jeremy Corbyn: Let's talk Brexit
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Theresa May has urged Jeremy Corbyn to discuss his Brexit plans with her, after he said he would not take part in talks until "no deal" was ruled out. In a letter to the Labour leader, the PM wrote that
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Bruno Le Maire: British people paying for Brexit lies
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The campaign to leave the European Union was "based on lies", and is something that the British public are now paying for, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said. The issue of Brexit was causing
Philip Hammond
Brexit: Ministers back my plan to block no-deal - Nick Boles
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A Tory MP who has put forward a plan to block a no-deal Brexit says ministers have told him they will quit, if they are ordered to vote against it. His cross-party bill would force Theresa May to request
Downing Street
Brexit: Which MPs have had talks in Westminster?
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Prime Minister Theresa May has been holding talks with MPs in the aftermath of the heavy defeat of her Brexit deal in the Commons - and following a slim victory in a no-confidence vote. Environment Secretary
Sturgeon
Sturgeon to set out indyref2 plans even if Brexit extended
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Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to set out her plans for a second independence referendum "in the coming weeks" even if the Brexit deadline is extended. The first minister and SNP leader had previously said
Women's History
'Practising women's history is how I do my feminism'
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Giant pink posters of feminist icons have been popping up across London. Alice Wroe, who founded Herstory, a company that runs educational workshops about female historical figures, and Scarlett Curtis,
Nick Boles: Ministers back my bid to block no deal
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Conservative MP Nick Boles tells Nick Robinson's Political Thinking podcast that government ministers are prepared to resign if they are forced to vote against his plan, which could delay the UK's departure
Asia
Nuclear plant in Anglesey suspended by Hitachi
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Hitachi has said it will suspend work on a multi-billion-pound UK nuclear project because of rising costs. The decision puts thousands of jobs at risk if the £13bn plant at Wylfa Newydd in Anglesey, north
Elections
Brexit: Rule out no-deal, Jeremy Corbyn tells Theresa May
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he will not hold talks with Theresa May until she rules out a no-deal Brexit. He dismissed the prime minister's offer to meet him and other party leaders - to discuss
Peterborough
Fiona Onasanya: Peterborough MP appeals against conviction
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An MP has appealed against her conviction for perverting the course of justice after lying about who was driving a speeding car. Fiona Onasanya was found guilty by an Old Bailey jury of lying about who
Northern Ireland
Brexit talks: What does the DUP want?
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On Wednesday, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) held up its end of the confidence-and-supply pact it shares with the Conservatives and helped the government rebuff a no-confidence vote. But just a day
Tony Blair
Tony Blair: No deal Brexit 'catastrophic' for UK
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Threatening a no deal Brexit "is a problem for the EU", but a "catastrophe" for the UK, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the Today programme. He said it would cause "enormous" and "profound damage"
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Wylfa: Decision on future of nuclear power station expected
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A decision is expected about whether work to build a new nuclear power station on Anglesey will be halted. Japanese media has reported that Hitachi will suspend construction of its £20bn Wylfa Newydd -
European Union
How does Theresa May proceed with Brexit?
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BBC political correspondent Nick Eardley gives a round up of the options Theresa May has in order to proceed with Brexit. It follows her slim victory in a no-confidence vote won by 325 to 306, a margin
Labour Party
Brexit: Theresa May says MPs must 'work together' to deliver Brexit
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Downing Street
Brexit: Theresa May gives Downing Street statement
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The prime minster has called on MPs to "put self-interest aside" and "work constructively together" to find a way forward for Brexit. Theresa May said she had met with the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and
Liberal Democrats
May's government survives no-confidence vote
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May has seen off a bid to remove her government from power, winning a no-confidence vote by 325 to 306. Rebel Tory MPs and the DUP - who 24 hours earlier rejected the PM's Brexit
Theresa May
No confidence motion: Theresa May survives vote
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Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a bid to remove her government from power. She won by 325 votes to 306. Giving her reaction to the result, Mrs May told MPs she would start talks with other party