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Brexit news: Lawyers blow hole in plan for short extension favoured by May in order to pass her deal
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Brexit news: Lawyers blow hole in plan for short extension favoured by May in order to pass her deal

A Brexit postponement of longer than two months could be illicit except if the UK chooses new MEPs,...

Theresa May under developing weight as priest leaves in challenge at 'mortifying' plan to expand Article 50
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Theresa May under developing weight as priest leaves in challenge at 'mortifying' plan to expand Article 50

Theresa May confronted new weight over her Brexit system in the wake of cultivating clergyman George...

Work will table offer for second Brexit submission inside a fortnight, says John McDonnell
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Work will table offer for second Brexit submission inside a fortnight, says John McDonnell

Work will advance a correction requiring a crisp EU submission inside a fortnight, John McDonnell ha...

Brexit: EU Parliament communist gathering pioneer respects Labor's sponsorship for second choice
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Brexit: EU Parliament communist gathering pioneer respects Labor's sponsorship for second choice

The pioneer of the communist gathering in the European Parliament has respected Labor's support for...

Brexit: Major boost for fresh EU referendum as Jeremy Corbyn gives Labour's backing
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Brexit: Major boost for fresh EU referendum as Jeremy Corbyn gives Labour's backing

Labour leader ends months of prevarication by backing another public vote if – as expected – his own...

Theresa May plays pool with Italian prime minister Conte at Egypt summit: ‘I’ll be hopeless’
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Theresa May plays pool with Italian prime minister Conte at Egypt summit: ‘I’ll be hopeless’

Footage has emerged of Theresa May playing pool with Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte. “I’ll ha...

Momentum chief warns Independent Group pose a threat that could damage Labour
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Momentum chief warns Independent Group pose a threat that could damage Labour

Momentum founder Jon Lansman has admitted that parliament’s new Independent Group of MPs is a threat...

Brexit news: Anger as government admits it will fail to strike Japan or Turkey trade pacts by exit day in event of no-deal
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Brexit news: Anger as government admits it will fail to strike Japan or Turkey trade pacts by exit day in event of no-deal

The government has been accused of breaking its promises after it emerged that key trade deals would...

Brexit: Theresa May hopes to win 'significant progress' towards a new deal in the coming days
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Brexit: Theresa May hopes to win 'significant progress' towards a new deal in the coming days

Theresa May hopes to win “significant progress” towards a new Brexit deal in the coming days allowin...

Brexit: Theresa May heads to Brussels in hope of breaking deadlock with new plan
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Brexit: Theresa May heads to Brussels in hope of breaking deadlock with new plan

Theresa May will fly to Brussels on Wednesday with new plans to change Britain’s EU withdrawal agree...

Hoda Muthana 'deeply regrets' joining Isis and wants to return home
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Hoda Muthana 'deeply regrets' joining Isis and wants to return home

Exclusive: Muthana is only American among 1,500 foreign women and children at a Syrian refugee campM...

Brexit: Majority of people want MPs to have free vote on Brexit deal, new poll shows
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Brexit: Majority of people want MPs to have free vote on Brexit deal, new poll shows

Exclusive: Two-thirds of people want MPs to have a ‘free vote’ in parliament when the opportunity co...

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are causing ‘significant’ civilian deaths in Yemen, damning report by peers says
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UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are causing ‘significant’ civilian deaths in Yemen, damning report by peers says

Theresa May’s refusal to curb weapons exports is ‘on the wrong side’ of international humanitarian l...

Majority of Brexit experts believe Theresa May will get her deal through Commons, poll reveals
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Majority of Brexit experts believe Theresa May will get her deal through Commons, poll reveals

Exclusive: MPs likely to feel their choices are the prime minister's agreement or no-deal, leading a...

Tory Brexiteers could condemn May to defeat again
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Tory Brexiteers could condemn May to defeat again

Members of the European Research Group believe today's procedural vote could rule out a no-deal Brex...

Brexit: MPs launch bids to stop Theresa May running down the clock to no deal
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Brexit: MPs launch bids to stop Theresa May running down the clock to no deal

Cross-party group of senior MPs and Labour leadership both put forward plans that could stop Britain...

Theresa May tells MPs to 'hold our nerve' ahead of new chance to take control of Brexit
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Theresa May tells MPs to 'hold our nerve' ahead of new chance to take control of Brexit

The prime minister urges her Conservative backbenchers to get behind her at this "crucial stage" in...

Theresa May accepts talks offer from Jeremy Corbyn in bid for Brexit breakthrough
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Theresa May accepts talks offer from Jeremy Corbyn in bid for Brexit breakthrough

The prime minister indicates their teams should meet "as soon as possible" with less than 50 days to...

‘Toxic alliance’: Rebel Labour MPs warned that support for government's Brexit deal could cost constituencies £1.1bn a year
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‘Toxic alliance’: Rebel Labour MPs warned that support for government's Brexit deal could cost constituencies £1.1bn a year

Exclusive: Politicians considering a ‘government Brexit bribe for their constituency should think ag...

Brexit backstop: Theresa May to meet Ireland's Leo Varadkar in bid to break deadlock
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Brexit backstop: Theresa May to meet Ireland's Leo Varadkar in bid to break deadlock

The prime minister is to fly to Dublin to resolve a dispute over the Irish backstop after spending T...