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Flood Warnings Remain In Place As First Snow Of The Season Is Recorded

Jeremy Corbyn visited a flood-hit community in South Yorkshire and warned the UK could expect more extreme weather due to climate change.
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As A Hong Kong Protester In Exile I Still Fear China's Reach

I have lived in the UK for over 10 years but I'm still scared for myself and my family, pro-democracy activist John Song* writes.
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Tory Chairman Insists No-Deal Brexit Is 'Default Setting' For UK

Cabinet minister appears to pitch to Brexit Party voters, after No.10 rule out extension to transition period at end of 2020.
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2,500 Jobs At Risk As Mothercare Reveals Plans To Put UK Business Into Administration

The company currently has 79 stores in the UK.
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The Strongest Economies Of The Future Will Be Those Stepping Up To Climate Change

The world has rightly come a long way since climate concerns were a fringe issue, Chancellor Sajid Javid writes.
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Re-electing Boris Johnson Won't Fix The Country – Things Will Only Get So Much Worse

The Tories have been in power for nine years. The electorate must see their election plans for exactly what they are: momentary damage limitation, author Maya Goodfellow writes.
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Everything You Need To Know About Registering To Vote In A General Election

Everything you need to know to ensure you can cast your vote at the polls.
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Here's What Will (Probably) Happen With Brexit This Week

Will the UK crash out of the EU in three days time? Are we going to have a general election? What on earth is actually happening?
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After The Essex Lorry Deaths, What Will It Take To Realise Harder Borders Cause These Tragedies?

Pointing the finger at traffickers for the deaths of 39 people in Grays is not the whole story, former adviser to the UK Anti Slavery Commissioner Emily Kenway writes.
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Politics Is The Main Driver Of Transphobic Harassment Online In The UK

A new report by Ditch The Label shows that politics is the main driver for harassment of the trans community online in the UK. The study assessed over 1.5 million instances of transphobia online in the past three and a half years. It found that while race is the most common driver in the US, in the UK the majority of abuse, 27 percent, was motivated by politics. CEO Liam Hackett points to the UK Government consultation on the Gender Recognition Act in 2018 as a driver for transphobia becoming politicised in the UK.
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