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“This abuse of power by those who have chosen to remain silent for so long is a gross betrayal of trust and cannot be allowed to stand. We have no faith in Fifa, no trust in this World Cup” - England and Wales’s LGBTQ+ supporters’ groups condemn Fifa’s decision to sanction players wearing armbands from the anti-discrimina­tion One Love campaign at the World Cup.

“I would never destroy real money, I would never be so irresponsi­ble. In fact, the £10,000 had already been donated to LGBTQ+ charities before I even pressed send on the initial tweet last week” Comedian Joe Lycett admits he did not shred £10,000 in protest against David Beckham’s involvemen­t in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

I voted for Brexit, I believe in Brexit and I know that Brexit can deliver, and is delivering, enormous benefits and opportunit­ies for the country – migration being an immediate one where we have proper control of our borders and are able to have a conversati­on with the country about the type of migration that we want and need” - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK will not realign with EU laws under his watch.

“The prime minister started to lay out a vision for a new approach. But what we didn’t get today are the details of the measures to achieve it. Businesses are making investment decisions now and need to hear more on this agenda as soon as possible” - Tony Danker, director-general of the Confederat­ion of British Industry (CBI) urges Mr Sunak to be more specific about his plans to drive growth in the UK.

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