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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has said it is "highly likely that Russia was responsible" for the Salisbury nerve agent attack.
The Prime Minister has been been updating MPs on the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, following warnings from a senior Tory MP that the incident amounted to "state-sponsored attempted murder".
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Labour politicians could be banned from appearing on the Russian-backed TV station RT in light of the nerve agent attack on the former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said that “discussion” would happen in the party because of what he said was a “change in coverage” on the channel since the poisoning.
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has denied suggesting that Brexit supporters are racist after he delivered a speech to his party's spring conference attacking white nostalgia.
Sir Vince faced criticism for saying those who backed Brexit were "driven by a nostalgia for a world where passports were blue, faces were white, and the map was coloured imperial pink".
Conservative MPs said the remarks were "unfair" and demanded he apologise.
Sir Vince told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he "didn't suggest that at all" but insisted that "nostalgia for that world" was a factor in how people had voted.
"One of the factors was indeed nostalgia," he said. "Why else has so much fuss been made about the change in the colour of the passport?"
He said one of the most effective pieces of "propaganda" during the referendum had been an advertisement unveiled by then Ukip leader Nigel Farage showing a queue of non-white people with "breaking point" written in large letters.
Interesting polling here from Survation, showing Labour has risen to 44% while the Tories have fallen to 37%.
Philip Hammond has refused a plea by the widow of murdered Alexander Litvinenko for the Tories to pay back more than £820,000 donated by Russian oligarchs, insisting the cash is legitimate.
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Downing Street has said it does not recognise the reports that the Cabinet was split over the response to Russian spy attack.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman told a Westminster briefing: "You have seen words from the PM, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary and they are very clear that this is an ongoing investigation, that it is important that we allow the police to get on with their work, that we gather all the evidence and if we get to a position when we are able to attribute this attack then we will do so and the Government will deliver an appropriate response."
A no-deal Brexit would cost companies in the UK and the EU £58bn a year, with Britain’s financial services sector taking the biggest hit, according to new research.
A “millennial” railcard is going on sale nationwide, entitling travellers aged between 26 and 30 to one-third off train tickets — but only if they are among the first 10,000 to apply.
The Independent estimates five million British people are eligible for the 26-30 Railcard, which means there is only one for every 500 people in the 26-30 cohort.
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Downing Street also backed the handling of the Salisbury incident by chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies and Public Health England, after criticism over delays in warning customers to wash their possessions to avoid traces of nerve agent.
The PM's spokesman said: "She explained that they only received the latest piece of scientific analysis on Saturday and they put in place an information programme making sure they had a website ready so that the public were able to access all the information they needed early on Sunday morning."
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Controversial plans to force people to prove their age before watching pornography online have been delayed by the Government.
Ministers had long been hoping to introduce age checks to ensure that only over-18s can watch adult content. Those plans were due to go into force this April, and would see people who didn't properly check who was viewing their sites charged up to £250,000.
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