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May aims new EU Brexit talks to win Corbyn’s support

Bloomberg Theresa May is promising to reopen Brexit talks with the European Union to try to breathe life back into negotiations with the opposition Labour Party and take the UK out of the bloc by the summer. The prime minister’s office said the government will explore with the EU this week how to rewrite the outline political agreement on future ...

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Single-payer health-care system is no panacea

The popular appeal of a single-payer system to solve the nation’s health care problems is no secret. Everyone would have insurance, recognising — as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., continually tells us — that health care is “a right, not a privilege.” Our medical expenses would be paid by some central agency, eliminating the wasteful overhead of today’s insurance companies that ...

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Italy limbers up for its big fight

If you thought the fight between Italy and the European Commission was over, think again. Brussels produced its latest batch of forecasts for EU countries. For Rome, they paint an ugly picture. Italy is expected to grow by a meager 0.1% this year, the slowest pace in the bloc. Meanwhile, its budget deficit is forecast to reach 2.5% of gross ...

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