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https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-s ... t-strategy
UK charities will lose £258m of EU money after Brexit. Where's the plan?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42255840
"Big 'end state' Brexit discussion looming for PM"

141.There is still a risk of a chaotic ‘no deal’ Brexit, and for the reasons we have set out in this report, we are not confident that a legally certain and binding transition deal can be reached by March 2018, the point at which the existing uncertainty is likely to inflict more serious damage on the UK economy. While the EU as a whole may appear to have less to lose, specific sectors and regions in the EU could also pay a heavy price for this uncertainty.

142.While we reiterate our support for the Government’s goal of securing a comprehensive agreement by October 2018, the uncertainty over the feasibility of that aim means that the overriding UK and EU interest is now to secure an orderly and legally certain transition, as early as possible. To this end, we call on the Government, alongside its consideration of the legal basis for transition, to review the options for securing a time-limited extension to the UK’s EU membership that are legally available under Article 50; to open discussions on these options with the EU negotiators; and to report its conclusions to Parliament at the earliest opportunity, and at all events before the end of March 2018.

Charlotte Leslie to join Celebrity Big Brother

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5 ... e-tory-mp/

Isn't that stretching the definition of "celebrity" just a tad?

"How's it feel coming home?"

"Home's South London,mate"

The British Retail Consortium warned that the average tariff on food products
imported from the EU would be 22%, with tariffs on Irish cheddar of 44% and
on beef of 40%. Its research pointed to potential rises in the price of cheese
in the order of 6–32%, on tomatoes of 9–18%, and on beef of 5–29%. Non-
tariff barriers would be burdensome in relation to customs checks, and health
or veterinary checks stemming from sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.

House of Lords Impact Assessments

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/l ... /46/46.pdf

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Saboteurs !

@AnatolyKapsarov

Sorry to have taken so long to get back to you -

Yesterday, you asked me a question about John Curtice.

It's not so much what he says but more the way that he says it. It's all rather subjective, I'm afraid. Although I admit he is better than most, and is undoubtedly very intelligent.

"Hammond's comments that disabled people's engagement in the workforce is reducing productivity is entirely contrary to evidence which shows disabled people have far better retention & lower sickness/absence rates than average. In case anyone was in doubt."

Indeed.

Another pause, I see

Damn freezing again, isn't it?

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Former Chancellor George Osborne says "I don't rule it out" a return to Parliament as an MP. #pressgallery lunch

I'll warm up later,going into cold storage.

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Just bumped into a DUP MP, who told me: "We've got loads of Tories coming up to us saying 'keep going, hang in there'. Theresa's problems aren't with us, they're with her own side."

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Incredible that the government has done an impact assessment on the the songs played by ice cream vans but not how Brexit will affect the NHS https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ssment.pdf …

Rumours of a "big announcement" on the EU side tomorrow morning, then. Any guesses?

More than 800 senior Asda shopfloor staff face pay cut or redundancy

In document seen by the Guardian, retailer tells staff it needs to cut operating costs to ‘close price gap’ with rivals Aldi and Lidl

Store staff have been briefed this week on a proposal that could mean 842 section leaders being removed from its store management teams. Thousands of other workers will also be affected by a wider move to cut the number of hours spent on stacking and tidying shelves at 600 supermarkets. (Guardian)

May poised for early morning dash to Brussels over Brexit

Work continuing through the night on a post-Brexit border deal that would satisfy the DUP and the Irish government

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.@JunckerEU was on the phone with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and then with @theresa_may. We are making progress but not yet fully there. Talks are continuing throughout the night. Early morning meeting possible with press/point thereafter. Tonight more than ever, stay tuned, gsms on.
7:35 PM - Dec 7, 2017 (Guardian)

And we the great unwashed have not a clue what they are discussing. Not an idea of what of our democracy is being negotiated away by a bunch of spivs at 2 in the morning.

What is going on?