2. DavidCameron in showdown
with Germany over EU
David Cameron is on course for a
showdown with Angela Merkel over her
demands
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3. Britain to review power of EU
in 30 reports which will take
two years
The Government is to review the
amount of power the EU exerts over
Britain in more than thirty separate
reports which will take more than two
years to carry out.
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4. Obama weeps as he hands over
to voters
A single tear rolled down President
Obama‟s cheek during the final
campaign speech of his political career.
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5. Revolt over May’s immigration
plan
Theresa May faces pressure to
water down Tory election pledge to
reduce migrants to “tens of thousands”
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6. Warning on more punitive
community sentences
Plans to make community sentences
more punitive will drive up costs by
tripling the elections tagging market to
£350m a year
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8. UK wellbeing still below
financial crisis level
Government data shows that decline in
living standards has been more
pronounced and longer lasting than in
the UK's two previous recessions
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9. Anger grows over large
companies’ tax bills as
attention turns to eBay and
Ikea
Companies come under pressure after
revelation that Starbucks has not paid
UK corporation tax for three years
Simple instead of Past
Compound Sentences
10. China’seconomy to overtake
US in next four years, says
OECD
China‟s eonomy will be biggest in world
by end of 2016, says leading
international thinktank
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11. Greece unlikely to secure its
delayed bailout payment next
week
Eurozone minister will not release
next tranche of rescue funds before it
has been established that Greek debt
is sustainable
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12. Amazon, Google and Starbucks
accused of diverting UK
profits
Committee of MP‟s described a
director from Amazon as being
„delibaretly evasive‟ and displaying
„outrageous ‟ ignorance
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