Summary

  • Tributes paid to Labour MP Jo Cox who has died after being shot and stabbed

  • The 41-year-old mother of two became MP for Batley and Spen in 2015

  • Police arrested a 52-year-old-man over the incident in Birstall on Thursday

  • EU referendum campaigning has been suspended

  1. Businessman could 'quit UK' over Brexitpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    A businessman says he is considering moving his business to the continent if Britain leaves the EU.

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  2. Farage warning after German bomb plotpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    UKIP leader Nigel Farage warns Europe and Britain "need to be sensible and careful" about who they let in, following a bomb plot in Dusseldorf.

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  3. Should immigrants have to speak English?published at 19:04 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Times columnist Oliver Kamm argues imposing language requirements on immigrants makes life more difficult for them, rather than easier. Speaking to Giles Dilnot for the Westminster Hour, he said it had "never been part of the British tradition" and should not be pursued by any "liberal, tolerant, cosmopolitan society".

  4. EU leave troubles 'worth it in long-run'published at 18:56 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    A supporter of leaving the EU admits it could cause short-term troubles but claimed it would eventually be worth it.

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  5. PM's EU negotiation 'hopeless' - MPpublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    MP Jacob Rees-Mogg described David Cameron's renegotiation of the EU deal as "hopeless" in a debate about the forthcoming referendum.

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  6. UK diplomat suggested Turkey visa movepublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    A British diplomat has suggested visa-free travel for some Turkish nationals should be extended to the UK, documents obtained by the Sunday Times show.

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  7. Sunday round-uppublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Here's a round-up of the day's big developments in the EU referendum campaign:

  8. Farage allegations of bias 'untrue' says IFSpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that claims about it by UKIP leader Nigel Farage are "untrue".

    Speaking to Andrew Marr earlier, Mr Farage questioned the neutrality of organisations like the IFS, saying that three quarters of its funding came from the UK government and the European Union.

    In a blog on its website,, external the organisation said: "We are an independent charitable organisation and do not in any sense 'work for' the UK government."

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    Mr Farage’s comments are an attack not just on the IFS but suggest that academic independence does not exist."

  9. Politicians and commentators react to Orlando mass shootingpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Conservative, Labour and SNP politicians are among those tweeting about Saturday's mass shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando.

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  10. Would Brexit mean cuts to pensions, defence and the NHS?published at 17:01 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    In the past few days, voters have been warned that leaving the European Union would have severe effects for different areas of public spending.

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  11. No Clash for Mitchell as he opts to stay in EUpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    The Sunday Times

    Andrew MitchellImage source, Conservative Party

    Andrew Mitchell, one of the few Conservative MPs yet to say which way he will vote in the EU referendum, has come down on the side of Remain - but admitted he felt "queasy" about what he described as the British establishment's lining up behind a Remain vote.

    The former international development secretary and chief whip told the Sunday Times, external that "for all the romance and pluckiness there is something of the past about arguments for leaving the EU". 

    His experience in government and his understanding of the economic forces shaping the world led him to the conclusion that the future lay in "deeper international co-operation". 

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    Membership of this club has always been a two-way street. But a prosperous and secure future for our children demands a vote to 'remain'. To quote the punk band The Clash: 'Should I stay or should I go now? If I stay there will be trouble - and if I go it will be double.'"

    However, Mr Mitchell urged the Remain side to refrain from personal attacks on their opponents, singling out Energy Secretary Amber Rudd for criticism following her questioning of Boris Johnson's motives for backing Brexit in last week's ITV debate.

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    Were I still chief whip, my friend Amber Rudd would be summoned to my office for an interview without coffee."

  12. Lord Howard alleges EU court overruled government over French terror suspectpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Lord Howard

    Former Conservative leader Michael Howard says he knows of a case in 2005 when the then home secretary wished to refuse entry to a French citizen known to be involved in terrorism.

    However, Lord Howard claims, the home secretary was overruled by the European Court of Justice.

    Lord Howard - a Leave campaigner and a former Conservative home secretary - made the comments during a BBC South East EU referendum debate in Dover.

  13. EU exit an 'act of destruction' for NIpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    A vote for the UK to leave the European Union would be "an act of wanton destruction" of Northern Ireland's economic viability, a former head of the World Trade Organisation says.

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  14. EU referendum: The 1975 'don't know' campaignpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

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    BBC News

    1975: The ins, the outs - and the don't knows
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    1975: The ins, the outs - and the don't knows

    This year's EU referendum has spawned a plethora of campaign groups for and against Brexit - but in 1975 there was a third camp, the "don't knows".

    Farel Bradbury, a design engineer from Ross-on-Wye, founded the small but lively Don't Know Campaign after a conversation with a friend in which they discovered neither of them had read the Treaty of Rome, which paved the way for the European Economic Community (EEC).

    He decided to print up a leaflet which asked signatories to confirm they had not read the Treaty of Rome and that they paid taxes to government for these matters to be decided on their behalf.

    The campaign was run by Mr Bradbury and six other intrepid volunteers, who printed pamphlets and posters bearing slogans such as "pass the buck back to Westminster - where it belongs".

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  15. Preparations for BBC debates in English regionspublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

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  16. EU referendum: Voters face 'lies and scaremongering'published at 15:30 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Melanie Onn, Benjamin Zephaniah, Robin Limb and Jane Collins
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    The panel was made up of (l-r) Melanie Onn, Benjamin Zephaniah, Robin Limb and Jane Collins

    Poet Benjamin Zephaniah says he's being "battered by scaremongering" on both sides of the EU discussion.

    He was speaking during a BBC debate about the forthcoming EU referendum filmed at the University of Lincoln.

    "I'm a neutral, but I'm being battered on both sides by half-truths, lies and scaremongering," he said.

    Also on the panel, to be aired on Sunday, were UKIP MEP Jane Collins for Leave, Labour MP Melanie Onn for Remain, and journalist Robin Limb.

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  17. John Mann: EU is 'fundamentally broken'published at 15:30 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Labour MP John Mann has said the EU is "fundamentally broken", adding that he asked himself if it could be "reformed from the inside" and concluded that it could not.

    Speaking on Sunday Politics, he was joined by fellow MP Khalid Mahmood, who had supported Leave but has decided to campaign for Remain.

    He called for engagement with the EU and argued that member states need to support each other on immigration and "work together in terms of restricting borders".

  18. How is the referendum affecting the pound?published at 15:15 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Reality Check

    Nigel Farage saying: Sterling is up since March. Since Brexit became a possibility, sterling is up and FTSE is exactly the same level it was in March.

    The claim: The pound and the FTSE 100 are at the same levels as they were in March.

    Reality Check verdict: Nigel Farage is right about the levels compared with March, but looking a few months further back and considering options markets may give a more useful view of concerns on the currency markets about the risks of a Brexit.

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  19. Reality Check: Are five more countries about to join the EU?published at 15:14 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

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  20. EU referendum: How will London vote?published at 15:08 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    BBC London talks to residents, business leaders and experts on how they will vote in the EU referendum.

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