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06 Feb
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London's homeless increase 13% in 2018

The number of homeless people in London rose by 13% in 2018 even as the total number of rough sleepers in England fell slightly.

31 Jan
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UK pensioners residing in EU request government secure their healthcare

Campaigners for UK citizens living in the European Union have called for the government to secure healthcare payments for pensioners for at least two years after the divorce from the bloc.

31 Jan
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Trump says talks with China 'going well'

Trade talks between the US and China are progressing "well with good intent" but a final deal will have to wait until the American and Chinese presidents meet personally "in the near future", Donald Trump said.

31 Jan
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UK registered ships under review ahead of Brexit

International transport firms including Sweden’s Stena and Bermuda-registered Stolt-Nielsen are reviewing UK-registered ships ahead of Brexit to analyse if the flag will be an issue for future trading.

30 Jan
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May heading for showdown as EU sees no change in Brexit deal

UK Prime Minister Theresa May was on a collision course with the EU over her new withdrawal agreement demands as Brussels insisted the deal was not open for renegotiation.

30 Jan
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No credible Brexit backstop alternatives exist, Ireland insists

Irish deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said the UK government was engaged in "wishful thinking" if it planned to try and renegotiate over the backstop part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

30 Jan
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Pound unmoved as May still 'chasing unicorns' with EU - analysts say

Sterling recovered its poise on Wednesday after stumbling overnight after parliament voted to deny itself the opportunity to delay Brexit, with analysts seeing the risks of a no-deal rising.

30 Jan
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EU to approve visa-free travel for UK citizens after Brexit

A European Parliament committee proposed that UK citizens be granted visa-free travel to Europe after Brexit.

29 Jan
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Ireland ups pressure on May over Brexit backstop

Ireland said the contentious Brexit backstop arrangement would not be renegotiated as British MPs prepared for a crunch vote on the UK's withdrawal agreement tomorrow.

29 Jan
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Denmark calls for EU sanctions against Russia over Azov Sea

Denmark’s foreign minister Anders Samuelsen said on Tuesday that the European Union should impose sanctions on Russia over what he termed as its recent “aggressive behaviour” in the Azov Sea.

29 Jan
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Speaker selects seven Brexit amendments for MPs to vote on

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has selected seven amendments to Theresa May’s statement on the defeat of her Brexit bill for MPs to vote on.

29 Jan
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US heaps pressure on Maduro with new oil sanctions

The United States has approved sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA as it ramps up efforts to force President Nicolás Maduro into relinquishing power of the South American nation.

28 Jan
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Facebook will introduce transparency policy for ads ahead of EU election

Facebook’s vice president, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, said on Monday that the social media platform would introduce its new transparency tools ahead of the next European Union elections in May.

28 Jan
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Northern UK cities suffered the hardest from austerity - report

Cities in the north of England were hit the hardest by austerity in 2018 highlighting the differences between urban areas and rural areas, the latest report from the Centre of Cities highlighted on Monday.

28 Jan
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Shake-up for aluminium giants as US lifts curbs on Putin-ally Deripaska

Commodities trader Glencore has shaken up its holdings in aluminium specialists Rusal and En+ Group after the US partially lifted sanctions on Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska.

28 Jan
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UK business call for politicians to stop arguing and agree to orderly Brexit

British businesses called on Monday for politicians to set aside their differences and finally agree to an orderly Brexit to try and minimise the impact the divorce will have on firms.

28 Jan
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US government reopens after longest shutdown in modern history

All eyes were on the US Monday morning, as the federal government reopened following the longest shutdown in American history.

25 Jan
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Trump signs deal to reopen govt for three weeks

US President Donald Trump on Friday caved in to pressure and agreed a temporary reopening of the government, ending the partial shutdown but failing to extract any funding for his border wall.

25 Jan
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Hammond says no-deal Brexit could be 'default' scenario

UK finance minister Philip Hammond on Friday said a no-deal Brexit was “a default that we could find ourselves in” as MPs prepared for another vote on the Withdrawal agreement next Tuesday.

25 Jan
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US Senate fails to pass bills to fund government

The US Senate failed to gather enough support on Thursday for two proposals backed by White House and by Democrats that would reopen the government after a 34-day impasse.