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UK's most vulnerable and dangerous inmates live side by side in solitary

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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The PRT study found that almost one in 10 prisoners had spent at least one night in segregation, which it described as “complex places where some of the prison’s most challenging individuals are confined alongside some of the most vulnerable people, within a small enclosed space”.<br /><br />The specialist close supervision centres (CSCs), or “prisons within a prison”, are sometimes referred as “a secret <a href="http://collective-news24.blogspot.com/search/label/World" target="_blank">world</a> within the high-security estate” and described as “like a submarine”, with little light and austere cages for exercise yards.<br /><br />Prisoners’ complaints about their isolation are often couched in terms of mental torture. A recent prison inspectors’ report highlighted concerns about potential mental health problems and the disproportionate number of black and Muslim men held in the <a href="http://freedownload-pc-software.blogspot.com/search/label/Antivirus" target="_blank">system</a>, but also described the humanity and care of staff as impressive.<br /><br />The report concluded that CSCs provided the means to manage the most dangerous men in a way that minimised the risks to others, while offering them decent and safe basic conditions.<br /><br />The PRT report said those in the more general segregation units also experienced a combination of <a href="http://collective-news24.blogspot.com/search/label/Regions" target="_blank">social</a> isolation, inactivity and increased control that was proven to harm mental health and wellbeing.<br /><br />The average stay in CSCs is more than 40 months, but the overwhelming majority – 71% – of those on the general units spend less than 14 days in segregation.<br /><br />They often endure impoverished regimes comprising little more than a short period of exercise, a shower, a phone call and meals. The 20 to 30 minutes of exercise is well short of the UN’s Mandela rules, which require a minimum of 60 minutes.</span></span></div>
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UK's most vulnerable and dangerous inmates live side by side in solitary

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Philippines to sell Imelda Marcos's 'ill-gotten' jewels, worth millions

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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There are three collections, each boasting a dazzling array of different jewels and precious stones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Two of these are still being contested in court, but the Hawaii collection -- seized by US Customs when the family arrived in Hawaii after being overthrown in 1986 -- is now up for sale on the international market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The piece de resistance in the Hawaii collection is a rare 25-carat pink diamond, said to be the size of a grape and worth approximately $5 million. The collection also includes a Cartier diamond tiara, revalued in November, and discovered to be worth up to 10 times the initial estimates of $50,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The jewels, which have deep historical and political significance in the Philippines, will be publicly exhibited prior to auction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"The collection is a critical part of the past," said Richard T. Amurao, Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the agency tasked with recovering the Marcos family fortune.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"We believe that the exhibition of these ill-gotten jewels will be a great vehicle to raise awareness -- especially for the younger generation and those who have forgotten -- and to remind the Filipino people of the perils of the two-decade regime of corruption that was under the Marcoses," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The PCGG wants all three collections, amounting to 300 pieces, to be auctioned before President Benigno Aquino III steps down next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">According to the agency, this has nothing to do with the increasing popularity in the polls of Imelda and Ferdinand's son, Ferdinand Marcos Junior.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"We're just exercising our mandate. In fact, more for us that it's been such a long time so maybe we should hurry it up," said PCGG Commissioner Andrew De Castro. "Plans for this were made even before Senator Marcos declared his intention to run."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Marcoses were accused of stealing billions of dollars from the Filipino people during Ferdinand's presidency. Imelda was renowned for her lavish spending. She is probably best known for her extensive shoe collection. When her husband was ousted she reportedly had to leave more than 1,200 pairs behind.</span></div>
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Philippines to sell Imelda Marcos's 'ill-gotten' jewels, worth millions

The Philippine government has approved the auction of former first lady Imelda Marcos' jewelry collection -- worth approximately $21 m...

Shoulder surgery keeps Paul Stanley from KISS benefit show

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Shoulder surgery has prevented Paul Stanley from performing an intimate show with KISS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss donned their classic stage makeup and costumes to play a four-song set Friday to benefit multiple sclerosis research. KISS was the headlining act at the 23rd annual Race to Erase MS fundraising gala held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Former "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson introduced the band and explained Stanley's absence. Jackson said the lead singer would be recovered in time to tour with KISS this summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Other performers at the fundraising dinner included Eric Benet, David Foster and "The Voice" winner Jordan Smith. The event raised more than $250,000 toward finding a cure for the nervous system disorder.</span></div>
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Shoulder surgery keeps Paul Stanley from KISS benefit show

Shoulder surgery has prevented Paul Stanley from performing an intimate show with KISS. Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss don...

Tech company to give employees half-day off to watch 'Game of Thrones' premiere

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A company is giving its employees a half-day off on April 24 — so they can stay up late and watch the “Game of Thrones” premiere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The tech company, +rehabstudio, surprised its United Kingdom staff earlier this week when it announced they would get next Monday morning off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“We’re always trying to look after our guys and make sure we’re giving them the best work environment and social life as well,” said the company’s founding partner Tim Rodgers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The sixth season of HBO’s hit show premieres next Sunday and airs in the US at 9 p.m., but it doesn’t make it overseas until 2 a.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Many of Rodgers’ 68 employees at the Belfast office are obsessed with the award-winning series, especially because parts of it are filmed in Ireland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“They are massive fans,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The half-day is now included in the company’s official holiday policy in its handbook, which was shared on LinkedIn by London operations director Emma Willis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The announcement has caused some “friendly banter” between the overseas offices and those back in the US, who are planning their own watch parties with their co-workers, Rodgers said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the policy has been good for business, too, with a 20 percent increase in job applications this week following the news of the “GoT” perk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“Looking after what you have and bringing great people in is super important to us,” Rodgers said. “We have a work hard, play hard atmosphere.”</span></div>
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Tech company to give employees half-day off to watch 'Game of Thrones' premiere

A company is giving its employees a half-day off on April 24 — so they can stay up late and watch the “Game of Thrones” premiere. The ...

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' takes top prize at MTV Movie Awards

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" took the top prize at the 25th annual MTV Movie Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The audience at Warner Bros. Studios waved what looked like red and blue lightsabers as star Daisy Ridley and director J.J. Abrams accepted the final golden popcorn trophy at Saturday night's ceremony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The prize capped off the irreverent awards show, which presents fan-voted film awards and touts upcoming releases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart hosted the show, opening it "Mad Max" style by riding through Warner Bros. Studios strapped to the front of a tricked-out truck. Later, they performed a rap song about the year's films that repeated the refrain "Leo got (expletive) by a bear" in reference to "The Revenant."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Will Smith and Melissa McCarthy each received special honors, and their heartfelt speeches were respites of sincerity in an expletive-laden show that featured more F-bombs than awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Smith told the audience that he is "dedicated to being a light in this world" when he accepted the show's highest honor, the Generation Award.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"I want to help people," Smith said after being introduced by Queen Latifah and Halle Berry. "I want to be a light. I want to display love. I want to play roles that have dignity. I want to help in this world."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">McCarthy, who crowd-surfed her way to the stage to claim the Comedic Genius Award, said that while she is the first woman to receive the recognition, "I am certainly, certainly not the first one to deserve it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She thanked everyone who buys tickets to her movies or watches her shows. "You are absolutely the single reason I get to keep doing what I love doing so much," she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Charlize Theron won the first award of the night: best female performance for "Mad Max: Fury Road." She thanked the film's director, her son, Jackson, and daughter, August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"The story of 'Fury Road' is in part a story of the power of women and the power to create our own destinies," Theron said as she accepted the award in her daughter's name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Pitch Perfect 2" co-stars Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine created an intimate destiny for themselves as they claimed the prize for best kiss, pretending to be overcome with passion and collapsing in an embrace on the stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The 75-year-old “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” star was driving her black Lincoln SUV when she allegedly veered into oncoming traffic in front of The Great Greek restaurant, according to TMZ.</span></div>
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'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' star Lainie Kazan reportedly hospitalized after car crash

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Justin Moore on Trump: He has to 'tone down some things'

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Justin Moore made some waves recently when he told CMT After Midnite he supported Donald Trump for the presidency. The singer knew it was a polarizing opinion, but he said he liked the moguls attitude of winning and his out of the box approach. He delved a little deeper into those comments with Taste of Country behind the scenes at the ACMs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“There’s not a whole lot of good options to be honest with you", he added with a laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Moore isn't ashamed of anything he's said so far, though, as he says he simply told the truth about what he thought, and his genuine nature is the reason he's gotten where he is today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"If you ask me a question you're going to get an honest answer," he said. "That's why I have a career.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Moore also chatted about his upcoming album, which he says will be finished in about two weeks. He hopes to release it in early September. The record is expected to include a collaboration with Brantley Gilbert called More Middle Fingers, along with another one about which Moore stayed mum.</span></div>
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U.S. Government 'Worse Than All Major Industries' on Cybersecurity

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">U.S. federal, state and local government agencies rank in last place in cybersecurity when compared against 17 major private industries, including transportation, retail and healthcare, according to a new report released Thursday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">President Barack Obama has made improving cyber defenses a top priority of his remaining year in office. His administration asked Congress to dedicate $19 billion to cybersecurity in its fiscal 2017 budget proposal, which would include $3.1 billion for technology modernization at various federal agencies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Federal agencies scored most poorly on network security, software patching flaws and malware, according to SecurityScorecard, which said they may be more vulnerable to risk due to their large size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Of the 600 government entities tracked, NASA performed the worst, the report found. The space exploration agency was vulnerable to email spoofing and malware intrusions, among other weaknesses, according to SecurityScorecard's analysis.</span></div>
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Grace rallies for first U.S. win at RBC Heritage

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Branden Grace has already won seven times on the European Tour, but now the South African can add PGA Tour champion to his credentials. Here's how things ended up at the RBC Heritage, where Grace rallied for a two-shot victory:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Leaderboard: Branden Grace (-9), Luke Donald (-7), Russell Knox (-7), Bryson DeChambeau (-5), Kevin Na (-5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Biggest disappointment: It was another close call for Donald at Harbour Town, as the Englishman has now finished T-3 or better six times since 2009 without winning. He began the day with a one-shot lead but failed to make a single birdie over the closing nine holes, shooting an even-par 71 to extend his PGA Tour victory drought that dates back to the 2012 Valspar Championship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Quote of the day: "This is pretty much where my year kicked off last year. This put me on the map a little bit, finished top-10...I was really amped to get back to this place." - Grac</span>e</div>
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Grace rallies for first U.S. win at RBC Heritage

Branden Grace has already won seven times on the European Tour, but now the South African can add PGA Tour champion to his credentials. He...

Brazil's Lower House Votes to Impeach President Dilma Rousseff

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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Brazil's Chamber of Deputies voted Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader who has repeatedly argued that the push against her was a "coup."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With at least 342 of 513 deputies, or two-thirds, voting in favor of impeachment, the measure passed late Sunday, sending the proceedings move to the Senate for a possible trial. Several lawmakers had yet to vote, so the final tally could be even wider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"The fight continues now in the Senate," Jose Guimaraes, the leader of Rousseff's Workers Party in the Chamber of Deputies, told reporters Sunday night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Rousseff faces impeachment over allegations that she broke fiscal laws to boost her government's floundering popularity amid a tanking economy and a widespread corruption scandal. She has denied wrongdoing, saying previous presidents used similar accounting techniques.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Chancellor issues warning in Times article as Treasury claims Britain’s economy would shrink 6% by 2030. Britain would be “permanently poorer” if voters choose to leave the EU, George Osborne has warned, as a Treasury study claimed the economy would shrink by 6% by 2030, costing every household the equivalent of £4,300 a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Osborne will embark on one of the government’s most significant moves in the referendum campaign on Monday when he publishes a 200-page Treasury report which sets out the costs and benefits of EU membership.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In a Times article the chancellor wrote: “The conclusion is clear for Britain’s economy and for families – leaving the EU would be the most extraordinary self-inflicted wound.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Osborne warned that the option favoured by Boris Johnson – a deal along the lines of the EU-Canada arrangement – would lead to an economic contraction of 6% by 2030. Supporters of Britain’s EU membership say the EU-Canadian deal would be a disaster for the UK because it excludes financial services, a crucial part of the British economy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The chancellor asked whether this was a “price worth paying” as he said there was no other model for the UK that gave it access to the single market without quotas and tariffs while retaining a say over the rules.........................................</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Osborne continued: “Put simply‎: over many years, are you better off or worse off if we leave the EU? The answer is: Britain would be worse off, permanently so, and to the tune of £4,300 a year for every household.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“It is a well-established doctrine of economic thought that greater openness and interconnectedness boosts the productive potential of our economy. That’s because being an open economy increases competition between our companies, making them more efficient in the face of consumer choice, and creates incentives for business to innovate and to adopt new technologies.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Treasury report is understood to examine three options for a post Brexit deal, according to the BBC:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• A Norwegian-style deal in which the UK has access to the EU’s single market. The UK would still make contributions to the EU budget but has no say over the rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• The so-called “clean break” or World Trade Organisation option, in which the UK trades with the rest of the EU and other nations along the rules laid down by the WTO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The three options all have downsides, according to the report. The prediction of a 6% drop in GDP is drawn from the middle option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The chancellor wrote: “The treasury analysis shows that under all plausible alternatives to British membership of the EU we would have a less open and interconnected economy – not just with Europe but, crucially, with the rest of the world. There would be less trade, less investment and less business. Leave the EU and the facts are: Britain would be permanently poorer. Britain’s families would be permanently poorer too.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">John Redwood, the former Tory cabinet minister campaigning for Brexit, dismissed the chancellor’s warnings. Redwood said: “The prime minister was one of the senior advisers working in the Treasury while John Major’s government tried to keep this country in the EU’s disastrous exchange rate mechanism. The ERM destroyed jobs and caused misery for families across the country. The remainers were wrong then, and they are wrong now – people should not trust their judgment on the EU.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The attempt by the chancellor to paint an exit from the EU as a dangerous step was reinforced by the French economy minister, Emmanuel Macron, who said the UK would be “completely killed” in global trade negotiations if it voted to leave. Macron told the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1: “I think UK is not about becoming Jersey or Guernsey. Today, you are strong because you are part of the EU. When you discuss your steel industry with China you are credible because you are part of the EU, not because you are just UK. You will be completely killed otherwise.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">David Davis, the former Europe minister, said David Cameron could remain as prime minister after a vote to leave the EU but would have to hand the breakup negotiations with Brussels to a minister who had supported exit. Davis took issue with the former chancellor Kenneth Clarke, who said Cameron would be out of No 10 in 30 seconds if Britain left the EU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Davis said: “If we vote for Brexit then it is clear that David Cameron can’t lead that bit of his government’s activities, the renegotiations. He would have to appoint somebody who the public had faith in, his party had faith in but, most importantly, who believed in the negotiation. If he did that I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t go on.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Downing Street is hoping the campaign to keep Britain in the EU will receive a boost this week when Barack Obama endorses Britain’s membership of the EU. Boris Johnson has accused the US president of hypocrisy because Washington would never agree to surrender sovereignty in the way EU member states do. Grayling said Obama did not understand the nature of the pooling of sovereignty among EU member states.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The head of BHP Billiton, one of the biggest mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, has also warned of the uncertainty an exit would provoke. Andrew MacKenzie, the Scottish-born BHP chief executive, will say in a speech on Monday night that the “unknowns of Brexit are unwelcome at a time when Europe and the world economy need certainty and stability”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Chris Grayling, the leader of the Commons and one of a handful of cabinet ministers backing Brexit, questioned the way in which Downing Street and the Treasury were using government resources to campaign for a pro-EU vote. He highlighted the recent £9.3m leaflet, due to be sent to all UK households before the referendum. “It is certainly not being treated by voters as an independent, authoritative document. Therefore it is right and proper they should be very sceptical about some of its contents.”</span></div>
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Brexit would leave UK ‘permanently poorer’, says George Osborne

Chancellor issues warning in Times article as Treasury claims Britain’s economy would shrink 6% by 2030. Britain would be “permanently poo...