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Hundreds of suspected slavery victims left ‘in limbo’ by UK failings
Reuters . London | Updated at 01:26am on January 23, 2019
Hundreds of suspected victims of slavery in Britain are living ‘in limbo’ and risk being retrafficked due to long delays in the system that identifies...
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UK households gloomy for 2019
Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on January 22, 2019
British households’ hopes for their finances over the year ahead remain near a five-year low, due to growing concern about job security ahead of Brexit,...
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Brexit, democracy and the sacred
Jonathan Rowson | Updated at 09:56pm on January 21, 2019
There is no way back to anything resembling a united kingdom without some kind of sacrifice, writes Jonathan Rowson THE philosophical heart of Brexit is...
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‘No injuries of concern’ for Prince Philip, 97, after car accident
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:39am on January 19, 2019
Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip visited hospital for ‘a precautionary check-up’ on Friday that found ‘no injuries of concern’ after a car crash...
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May survives no-confidence vote
Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden | Updated at 12:00am on January 19, 2019
THERESA May’s government survived a no-confidence vote Wednesday night brought by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. MPs voted by 325 to 306 with all 314...
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UK PM May reaches out to rivals in Brexit deadlock
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 01:12pm on January 17, 2019
British prime minister Theresa May faces deadlock Thursday over a new Brexit plan, after narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of...
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British PM May wins confidence vote
Reuters . London | Updated at 01:28am on January 17, 2019
British prime minister Theresa May’s government won a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for her to attempt to forge a consensus...
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British PM faces confidence vote after Brexit humiliation
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:12am on January 17, 2019
Prime minister Theresa May was expected to win a confidence vote on Wednesday despite a crushing defeat over her Brexit deal that triggered warnings of...
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Into the vortex
Anthony Barnett | Updated at 12:00am on January 17, 2019
What does the unprecedented Brexit defeat of the UK government mean? Anthony Barnett writes IT WAS the oddest ‘historic’ day in Westminster politics. What was...
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May faces confidence vote after Brexit humiliation
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 05:19pm on January 16, 2019
British prime minister Theresa May was expected to win a confidence vote on Wednesday despite a crushing defeat over her Brexit deal that triggered warnings...