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Morning top 5: Theresa May faces prospect of fresh Brexit rebellion

Theresa May's facing the prospect of a fresh Brexit rebellion from hardline Conservative MPs in a...
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06.56 14 Feb 2019


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Morning top 5: Theresa May faces prospect of fresh Brexit rebellion

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06.56 14 Feb 2019


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Theresa May's facing the prospect of a fresh Brexit rebellion from hardline Conservative MPs in a key Commons vote later.

It comes as European Council President Donald Tusk expressed frustration at the lack of 'concrete, realistic proposals' from London.

Some MPs in Westminster, meanwhile, have accused the PM of 'playing for time' to 'run the clock down'.

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Today's motion asks politicians to "reiterate its support" for what was agreed in a previous set of votes two weeks ago.

However, a group of Brexiteers have said they cannot vote for the motion later, if in doing so they would be tacitly rejecting a no-deal Brexit.

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The Government has said more than 4,000 social homes were built in 2018 - with the same number again being brought into the system through other means.

It says that's an 85% increase on the amount of new builds in 2017 - but was also 4% below target.

Almost 5,000 social homes were under construction in December of last year.

The Housing Minister said it's a sign their plan is working - but acknowledged much more needs to be done.

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Opposition TDs say it's incomprehensible that no one in the Department of Public Expenditure was asking questions about the new National Children's Hospital.

Minister Simon Harris took questions in the Dáil last night about the €450 million overrun.

He defended the government position and said they will look for answers about who is responsible.

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The most commonly reported reason for unmet childcare needs was a lack of affordability.

That's according to a new ESRI study commissioned by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

The report found that households with unmet needs for home care are more likely to report poverty and basic deprivation.

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Students with higher Leaving Cert points are less likely to drop out of college.

Research by the Higher Education Authority has found that more than four out of five students who start a level 8 degree will graduate.

Just 9% of students who got over 555 points didn’t complete the course they set out to do.

However, a quarter of students who got between 355 and 400 points dropped out.

Main image: House of Commons/PA Wire/PA Images

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