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    There's got to be a time we "get a bit tougher" with the EU and "this should have been the time" - David Davis tells , follow latest developments

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    BREAKING: Dominic Raab is the new Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.

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  3. "Prime Minister, I'm going to be the odd man out on this" - lifts the lid on the exchange with Theresa May at Chequers that led to last night's resignation

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  4. "I like Theresa May, I think she's a good prime minister. She's got to have a Brexit secretary that will deliver on her strategy," says . "She deserves support but on this we have a different strategy."

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  5. "I proposed one approach, she chose another one that is more conciliatory to the EU. My fear is they'll take what we're offering and demand some more ... We're giving too much away, too easily, and that's a dangerous strategy." on the Chequers deal

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  6. "It's not for me to make other people's decisions - they have career-ending consequences ... It's different for me - I'm the one who would have to deliver this - and that's not a tenable position for someone who believes in Brexit." on resigning

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  7. "This was the sort of thing you have to think carefully about and do properly" says on his resignation. These things are "complex and subtle - this is not a simple or easy decision, it takes time".

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  8. "Prime Minister, as you know I'm going to be the odd man out on this" - says these were his opening words at the Chequers summit

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  9. Conservative MP and Leave supporter Bernard Jenkin says there has been a "massive haemorrhaging of trust" in the last few days with "vicious briefing" against pro-Brexit members of the Cabinet.

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    Jul 8

    This is well worth a listen. Prof Lucy Dorrell on progress towards a vaccine for HIV

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  11. Jul 6
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  12. Jul 6

    How difficult will it be to strike a trade deal with other countries after leaving the EU? Cabinet Minister David Lidington says the UK will have a choice and a voice

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  13. Jul 6

    "There will be a range of views" and "frank" discussion at Chequers, says minister David Lidington, but he is "pretty confident" they will end up with a "concrete position that everybody will be able to sign up to"

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  14. Jul 6

    Cabinet Minister David Lidington says: "It is categorically not the case to suggest that we would be unable to strike a trade deal with the US or any other country" under Theresa May's Brexit plan

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  15. Jul 6

    Cabinet minister David Lidington says it is wrong to think that Theresa May's plans to align regulations with the EU mean the UK won't be taking back control from Brussels

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  16. Jul 5

    What's quicker, the Spitfire or the Hawker Hurricane? ✈️

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    Jul 5

    Up next on : How do spiders do it? Ballooning that is. It fascinated Darwin on the Beagle and now Dr Erica Morley thinks she may have the answer

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  18. Jul 5

    Tory MP , who voted Remain: Discussions should be forthright but if someone can't live with an agreed decision, which there needs to be by this evening, they should consider their position

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  19. Jul 5

    Former Brexit minister David Jones, who voted Leave: "I know a Canada-style deal will be acceptable to the EU so let's press for something realistic rather than the 'pie in the sky' that is being proposed today."

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  20. Jul 5

    Today: on the crunch Brexit meeting at Chequers (0810). and former Brexit minister David Jones (0710). MPs to discuss legalising medicinal cannabis, we speak to a mum who used it for her son (0720). And how spiders float great distances (0740)

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