Summary

  • Barack Obama says David Cameron was 'distracted' after the 2011 intervention in Libya

  • In a magazine interview, the US president also says he told the PM to 'pay your fair share' on defence spend

  • The White House issues a statement praising the close relationship between the PM and the president

  • Labour is to announce a new "fiscal credibility rule" to balance "day-to-day" spending with the amount it raises in taxes

  • Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says people worried about immigration are not racists

  1. Lord Frost to join cabinet in Brexit rolepublished at 19:56 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    Downing Street says the UK's Brexit negotiator will help carve out a new relationship with the EU.

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  2. MSPs back calls to reform SQA and school watchdogpublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    The motion before Holyrood said the education bodies were not fit for purpose.

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  3. NI port operators warn of Brexit grace period endpublished at 16:07 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    Arlene Foster says a Swiss-style UK-EU deal would not be a full solution to Irish Sea trade issues.

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  4. EU citizens 'at risk of deportation' post-Brexitpublished at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    EU citizens eligible to stay in the UK risk "slipping through the net", it is warned.

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  5. National Theatre shelves Europe tours after Brexitpublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    The venue says a "lack of clarity" about visas and permits makes such tours "not financially viable".

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  6. Stop-gap for Brexit environmental law changepublished at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    The move is welcomed, although some environmentalists question whether it goes far enough.

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  7. Are freight exports to the EU back to normal?published at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2021

    The government says freight volumes to the EU are back to normal. What do the figures show?

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  8. MSP 'sorry' for swearing at female ministerpublished at 22:12 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Alex Cole-Hamilton apologised after being seen on camera mouthing swear words during a Holyrood committee.

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  9. NI Protocol is 'only solution' despite challengespublished at 22:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    EC vice president Maros Sefcovic says the NI deal is "administratively extremely challenging".

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  10. MP posts emoji bell as cancer treatment endspublished at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    Conservative MP Tracey Crouch writes on social media she now intends to "max out on life".

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  11. Welsh students' return to EU scheme ruled outpublished at 16:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    The EU Commission president says the only way Wales can continue is if the whole of the UK rejoins.

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  12. UK to appeal to EU countries over touring 'crisis'published at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February 2021

    The government says it hopes to open negotiations with individual European nations "very shortly".

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  13. Musicians fear being priced out of European tourspublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 15 February 2021

    Bristol singer Elles Bailey says costs due to post-Brexit travel rules risk making touring unviable.

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  14. 'Lovely, compassionate' ex-MP Hywel Francis diespublished at 18:22 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2021

    The ex-Labour MP for Aberavon and historian died earlier surrounded by relatives, his family says.

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  15. 'Build 420k homes to meet East demand' - analysispublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2021

    About 145,000 affordable homes need to be built each year, but only about a third are being built.

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  16. Can the Northern Ireland Protocol be tweaked?published at 07:07 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2021

    A cross party group of MEPs suggests that the EU should extend the Irish Sea grace periods.

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  17. Post-Brexit trade: Three firms, three problemspublished at 22:02 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2021

    Three traders, three sets of problems, weeks into the UK-EU deal company complaints continue rising.

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  18. 'Bruising time' for Scottish salmon exporterspublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2021

    New figures show that exports fell sharply last year after being hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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  19. Foster 'to keep pressure' on PM to scrap protocolpublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2021

    Arlene Foster says Dublin, Brussels and London must acknowledge the "damage done" by the NI Protocol.

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