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Minister resigns to oppose Brexit
Dr Philip Lee has resigned from his post as a justice minister to oppose Brexit and call for a second referendum. He said he couldn’t look his children in the eye if he didn’t act this way.
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John McDonnell’s misleading stat about Heathrow ‘forced removals’
Labour’s shadow chancellor says “4,000 homes will go” to make way for Heathrow expansion.
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Plane speaking: what have Johnson, May and Cameron said about Heathrow expansion?
Mr Johnson said he’d ‘lie down in front of those bulldozers’ to stop a third runway.
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Gary Gibbon
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How much would a plane for Boris Johnson cost?
We can’t see how Boris Johnson could get his own plane as Foreign Secretary without greatly increasing the amount the taxpayer spends on his international travel.
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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May and Corbyn both claim victory in local elections
Not a quake then for Labour or the Tories, but there were a few tremors. Theresa May claimed victory for her party, and so did Jeremy Corbyn for his. In fact, every party leader claimed victory, apart from the Ukip chairman, who compared his party to the “black death” – but in a good way.…
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Gary Gibbon
Local election votes and Brexit committee penalty shoot-out
On Theresa May’s election victory tour, Channel 4 News’ Anja Popp asked her: “Are you tempted to call a snap general election Prime Minister?” Theresa May laughed and said: “No I think we’ll just enjoy this …” before her ad-lib drifted off. One pro-Remain Conservative told me last night’s results were “a bit of a disaster for our…
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FactCheck: who destroyed the Windrush landing cards?
Both Labour and the Conservatives have blamed each other for destroying “landing cards” from the Windrush generation. But who’s really responsible? And would they have made made a difference to someone threatened with deportation?
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Syria chemical attack: the evidence
President Assad’s government has been accused of launching a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma. But Russia claims the attack was faked by Britain and anti-Assad rebels. FactCheck examines the evidence.
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FactCheck: would Labour’s War Powers Act work?
Jeremy Corbyn is calling for a War Powers Act to require the government to get parliamentary approval before military interventions. But would it actually achieve the accountability Labour want?
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The government’s rules for reporting gender pay gaps are toothless. Here’s why.
By midnight tonight, every employer with more than 250 staff will have published information on how much men and women in their organisations get paid. Or at least, that’s what the law requires. The firms that have published data so far reveal that 78 per cent pay men more than women, while 13 per cent…
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Channel 4 gender pay gap far worse than average
Channel 4 has revealed that its female staff are paid on average nearly 29 per cent less than its male staff. The gender pay gap at the organisation is far worse than the national average and the BBC. Cathy Newman spoke to Channel 4’s new Chief Executive Alex Mahon about the figures.
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MPs bullying allegations
The Prime Minister has said she is concerned about allegations of bullying of Parliamentary staff by MPs – including claims about House of Commons Speaker John Bercow – that were reported last night by the BBC. There have been calls from Downing Street and across Westminster for the complaints to be investigated. MPs weren’t sitting…
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FactCheck: High-profile deaths on British soil with alleged links to the Kremlin
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in hospital after exposure to what is believed to be a nerve agent. There’s no conclusive evidence yet to tell us who’s responsible. But this isn’t the first time that someone with links to the Kremlin has been attacked on British soil.
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How much are MPs paid?
MPs are set to receive a pay rise of 1.8 per cent this year, bringing their total salary to £77,379. Announcing the decision, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said it was increasing wages to keep them in line with public sector pay. FactCheck looks at the bigger picture.
