Gary Gibbon
EU summit – Barnier calls for calm
Theresa May has 30 minutes to outline her case to EU leaders tonight. She will not be coming with “new concrete proposals” as Donald Tusk requested.
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Gary Gibbon
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4m
Fox bid for Sky faces competition probe
Rupert Murdoch’s £11 billion bid to take full control of Sky has been dealt a blow today after the government said it could ask the competition watchdog to look into the planned takeover by 21st Century Fox.
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5m
UK disability rights criticised by UN inquiry
A United Nations inquiry has accused the government of failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in a whole range of areas, from health and housing to work and education.
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Cabinet unity over a post-Brexit transition
Ministers who have been at polar opposites of the Brexit debate have joined forces to reassure businesses there’ll be no ‘cliff edge’ after Britain leaves the EU.
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3m
Tomassina Hessel: ‘Grenfell residents have endured years of contempt’
North Kensington resident, Tomassina Hessel, and Justice for Grenfell campaigner, Moira Samuels, discuss Kensington and Chelsea Council’s response to the tower block fire.
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4m
Calls for Kensington Council leadership to resign over Grenfell
The council at the heart of the Grenfell Tower disaster is meeting tonight. On the agenda: formally approving a new leader and chief executive. But they’ll also debate a petition signed by more than 1,500 people calling for the entire council leadership to resign, claiming there’s no confidence in their ability to manage public buildings.
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2m
Ben Wallace: ‘I have far right in my sights’
Security Minister Ben Wallace says the Government is giving the extreme right enough attention through the Prevent programme.
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FactCheck: Osborne’s English lessons are no threat
The Chancellor’s threat to take away the benefits of anyone refusing to learn English is given an ‘F’ for fiction by FactCheck.
