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Former Cabinet Minister Nicky Morgan on Tory defections: ‘I will not be the fourth amigo’
Today a letter from the Tory Brexit Delivery Group said “numerous” MPs are prepared to rebel against the Prime Minister and back an amendment tabled by Yvette Cooper and Oliver Letwin. That would give Parliament the opportunity to delay Brexit and prevent no-deal, if there’s no agreement with the EU by mid-march.
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Former cabinet minister Nicky Morgan: ‘If May can’t set out Plan B, parliament will have to do that work’
We talk to former education secretary Nicky Morgan, who will be voting for Theresa May’s deal but is prepared to back a softer Brexit if the Prime Minister loses tomorrow night, and Labour MP Chuka Umunna, who backs a second referendum.
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Could a new law making organ donation compulsory save hundreds of lives?
Hundreds of people could be saved every year, according to ministers, by a new law on organ donation. It’ll make everyone in England a donor unless they explicitly opt out. The government is bringing in the new system after a consultation showed the vast majority of people approve of organ donation – but only a…
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Aid organisations accused of ‘complacency verging on complicity’ over sex abuse scandal
MPs claimed charities were more concerned about protecting their own reputation rather than victims. Their damning report follows revelations that aid workers had abused earthquake survivors in Haiti in 2010. Ramita Navai has been investigating the widespread claims of sex abuse against UN peacekeepers in a documentary for Dispatches on Channel 4.
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Miliband, Clegg and Morgan unite on Brexit
A succession of backbench MPs went in and out of Downing Street today, as Theresa May attempts to stop her party’s infighting over Brexit. Officials have been explaining the pros and cons of the two customs options that have split the cabinet. There was some consensus, but that was between those opposed to a hard Brexit…
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Bereaved Grenfell petition organiser reacts to developments
Karim Mussilhy, whose uncle died in the Grenfell Tower fire, was one of the individuals who started the petition calling on the Prime Minister to take action to build public trust in the inquiry. I asked him how he felt following the developments.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies
The long-time Zimbabwe opposition leader and former prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, has died. His party’s vice president confirmed the news, saying “we have lost our icon and fighter for democracy”.
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Superorganism on coming together via the web
Now to an up and coming band who didn’t let the fact that they lived on different continents stand in the way of writing songs. Infact, Superorganism first got together via the internet despite their origins in Japan, New Zealand, Australia and…Lancashire. Now the eight members have converged to live in a terraced house in…
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Fight against malaria has stalled, World Health Organisation says.
Progress in the fight against Malaria has stalled, the World Health Organisation warned this week. Funding has levelled off and after years of progress, countries where malaria is endemic have become complacent. The W.H.O’s annual Malaria Report finds five million more people died of the disease in 2016 than in the previous year. Many scientists…
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Nicky Morgan: ‘I will not vote for end date in Brexit bill’
The Conservative MP Nicky Morgan, a former cabinet minister, discusses the government’s EU withdrawal bill.
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Exclusive: Neo-Nazi and National Front organiser quits movement, opens up about Jewish heritage, comes out as gay
A white supremacist active as recently as the start of this year says today he is publicly renouncing 40 years of hate. Speaking on Channel 4 News he comes out as gay for the first time – and admits to a violent past.
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Billy Corgan on ‘fake news’
Billy Corgan founded one of America’s biggest Indie bands, the Smashing Pumpkins. He broke it up, started it again, and now as William Patrick Corgan, has made a film called PillBox and released the soundtrack as a solo album. He’s also become a controversial voice in the US alternative media, a libertarian who seems to…
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Labour deputy PM on Sky/Fox takeover deal: ‘There are too many media organisations in too few hands’
I’m joined by the deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson who played a significant role in bringing the News International phone hacking scandal out into the open.
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Fyre Festival organisers hit with lawsuit
It’s been dubbed the most epic fail in concert history: rich young millennials forking out up to $12,000 to hang out with super models and music stars on a luxury island in the Bahamas – only to find none of it was there.
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UK organ transplants: 1,000 a year die while on waiting list
Wales is set to introduce a new system where consent to organ donation is assumed, thus helping to reduce the list of 7,000 people currently waiting for an organ transplant.