Why did the government sign the Chagos deal now?

EPA In a fast-moving world, suffused by conflict and political uncertainty, it might seem odd for the UK government to surrender sovereign British territory in a distant sea. Indeed, the government’s critics go further and say the decision to give up a key strategic foothold in the Indian Ocean is a dangerous weakening of UK…

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Government didn’t want victims to feel harassed

Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The government feared that victims of the Post Office scandal who had not yet sought compensation would feel “harassed” if officials chased them to apply, MPs have been told. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of MPs, which has scrutinised payments, found that many of the wrongly-accused or…

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Monday's Time Schedule

All Times EDT Monday, July 7 MLB Tampa Bay at Detroit, 6:40 p.m. Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Miami at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 7:40 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:38 p.m. Arizona at…

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