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Tory Welfare Minister Says Families Hit By Benefits Cap Could Take In A Lodger

Household benefits are capped at £20,000 outside London.
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Ministers Pledge 'Fairer System' After Andy Burnham’s Threat To Stop Housing Asylum Seekers

Figures reveal city region takes in more than anywhere else in the country.
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Tory Remainer Ken Clarke Says He Will Back PM's Brexit Deal

But veteran MP admits plan is a "bit of a dog's breakfast".
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Queen Has 'Duty' To Make Jeremy Corbyn PM If Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Fails, Says John McDonnell

Shadow chancellor says Labour should be given chance at power without an election.
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A Squeeze On Housing Benefit Is Driving More People Into Homelessness

Homelessness has more than doubled since 2010.
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EU Referendum Led To Spike In Antidepressant Use, New Research Reveals

Prescriptions rose by more than 13% compared with other drugs.
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Nicola Sturgeon And Jeremy Corbyn In Talks To Avoid No-Deal Brexit

Parties agree to vote down May's deal, but SNP say Labour stands in way of second EU referendum.
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You Can’t Pretend To Know What A Backstop Is Any More – Brexit's Buzzword Issue Explained

Let's take it back to basics.
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Theresa May Says Brexit Transition Could Be Extended - But Not Beyond Next Election

PM remains under threat of a leadership challenge from Tory MPs.
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Jeremy Hunt Demands Iran Stop Using Innocent Britons As 'Political Prisoners'

Foreign Secretary says jailed British mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be released.
By Press Association