09/02/2017

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The mystery around Surrey County Council’s “sweetheart deal” over social care funding has been solved. Yesterday evening the DCLG disclosed that Surrey will be joining a number of other councils piloting the move to retaining 100% of business rate revenue locally. Jonathan Carr-West is the chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit think tank.

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Provisional data leaked to BBC News suggests that England's A&E units suffered their worst performance last month since the four hour target was introduced thirteen years ago. Faye Kirkland is a reporter and practicing locum GP.

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Is there a serious chance that the National Front in France will win the presidency in the coming elections? Katya Adler is our European editor.

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The alarm calls of our closest ape relatives could reveal the origins of the first words in human language. Serge Wich is a professor at Liverpool John Moores University and co-author of the study published in Nature Human Behaviour.

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MPs have overwhelmingly agreed to let the government begin the UK's departure from the EU as they voted for the Brexit bill. Laura Kuenssberg is our political editor.

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MPs are to debate the governance of the Football Association in the Commons this afternoon. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee have tabled a motion of no confidence in the organisation's ability to "comply fully with its duties". Adrian Bevington is the former FA director and Damian Collins is the chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport committee.

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Latvia's foreign minister will be coming to the UK to meet Boris Johnson to talk Brexit and the future of Latvia's political and economic relationship with the UK. Edgars Rinkēvičs joins us.

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Provisional data leaked to BBC News suggests that England's A&E units suffered their worst performance last month since the four hour target was introduced thirteen years ago. Dr Tajek Hassan is the President Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Baroness Camilla Cavendish is the former head of David Cameron's Policy Unit at No 10 who as part of her role headed up cross-party talks shortly after the 2015 election on health and social care.

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The Oscar nominated adaptation of August Wilson's play Fences is released in UK cinemas tomorrow. The film is directed by and stars Denzel Washington and explores race relations in 1950s America. Will Gompertz is our arts editor.

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The phrase 'Greek debt crisis' is rearing its ugly head again. The Telegraph reported yesterday that the EU faces a new Greek debt crisis and that the IMF is running out of patience. Yianis Varoufakis is the former Greek finance minister and Jochen Andritzky is the general secretary of the German Council of Economic Experts.

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The mystery around Surrey County Council’s “sweetheart deal” over social care funding has been solved. Yesterday evening the DCLG disclosed that Surrey will be joining a number of other councils piloting the move to retaining 100% of business rate revenue locally. Graham Chapman is the deputy Leader of Nottingham City council.

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Since Donald Trump took over as US President his State Department which is responsible for the administration’s foreign affairs have received resignations from the entire senior level of management as well as officers from some of the department’s regional bureau. Anne Applebaum is the Visiting Professor at LSE Institute of Global Affairs and Washington Post columnist and Christopher Meyer is the former UK ambassador to the US.

All subject to change.