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. Paisley to PM: Be the unionist we need you to bepublished at 13:51 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Some in Northern Ireland feel like "foreigners in our own country" an MP tells the prime minister.

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  2. Scottish independence trading costs calculatedpublished at 13:47 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    A new study concludes that the costs of Scottish independence would be greater than the impact from Brexit.

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  3. PMQs: As it happened - 3 Februarypublished at 11:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clashed on government plans for hotel quarantine for travellers arriving to the UK

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  4. PM urges EU action to ease Brexit tensions in NIpublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    The UK wrote to the bloc calling for lighter enforcement of rules as port staff face threats over checks.

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  5. UK begins work on new post-Brexit state aid rulespublished at 00:11 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng wants local and regional authorities to have more power over subsidies.

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  6. Funding pledge to help seafood industrypublished at 23:19 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    A £7.75m Scottish government funding package will offer support to fishermen, businesses and harbours.

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  7. Salmond inquiry will not publish women's messagespublished at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    MSPs say they have concluded that messages they received from the Crown Office are not relevant to the committee's work.

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  8. EU condemns 'threats' against NI Brexit port staffpublished at 21:13 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    All NI parties also criticise threats against staff checking on animal and food products at Larne and Belfast.

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  9. DUP vows to send 'strong message' over NI Protocolpublished at 19:47 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    The party has drafted a five-point plan to address the "growing crisis" over the Irish Sea border.

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  10. Shellfish producers facing block on exports to EUpublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Producers are being told they cannot continue exporting because of the water quality around Wales.

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  11. Animal border post 'too expensive' for portpublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Portsmouth's council said it could not afford the animal inspection post due to a funding shortfall.

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  12. Senior officer urges calm over Irish Sea borderpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    It comes as the EU condemned "threats" against staff making Brexit-related checks at Northern Ireland's ports

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  13. Irish Sea border military travel issues 'resolved'published at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    The UUP claimed customs checks would obstruct the military's freedom of movement between GB and NI.

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  14. Gove calls for extension of Brexit grace periodspublished at 14:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says there are "serious problems" with the NI Protocol.

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  15. DUP and Alliance offices targeted with graffitipublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Another DUP MLA tells the NI Assembly he was told by the police of a threat against him.

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  16. Millions of bees may be 'destroyed' in Brexit rowpublished at 11:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Beekeeper Patrick Murfet says the "monumentally stupid situation" could cost him nearly £100,000.

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  17. Brexit port checks suspended amid safety concernspublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Arlene Foster denounces "threats" against staff checking on animal and food products at Larne and Belfast.

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  18. Brexit: 'These are not just teething problems'published at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    A seafood firm describes the multiple checks, form filling and severe delays in getting their products to the EU post-Brexit.

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  19. Fashion industry warns it faces threat to survivalpublished at 05:03 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    More than 400 industry figures tell Boris Johnson post-Brexit trade rules risk destroying the sector.

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  20. Parties must 'work together' over NI Protocol rowpublished at 00:21 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    SDLP leader Colum Eastwood warns political leaders against "knee-jerk" reactions after vaccine row.

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