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Sunday newspaper round-up: No-deal Brexit, Novichok, pensions deficits, United Utilities, BAE Systems

By Josh White

Date: Sunday 22 Jul 2018

Sunday newspaper round-up: No-deal Brexit, Novichok, pensions deficits, United Utilities, BAE Systems

(Sharecast News) - Theresa May is facing an unprecedented political crisis, according to a new poll that reveals voters are implacably opposed to her Brexit plan and are prepared to turn to Ukip or parties of the far right. - The Sunday Times
The Salisbury man struck down by the Novichok nerve agent which killed his girlfriend was contaminated when the container containing the chemical weapon splintered in his hand, his brother revealed on Sunday. - Sunday Telegraph

A cross-party group of MPs is demanding new powers that would force witnesses to give evidence before parliament or face possible imprisonment, as anger grows over the refusal of the former Vote Leave director, Dominic Cummings, to answer claims that the organisation that helped to deliver Brexit broke electoral law. - Observer

A black hole of more than £1.5billion has opened in the pension schemes of some of Britain's biggest High Street chains. Household names including John Lewis, Dixons Carphone, Mothercare, Carpetright and Topshop owner Arcadia are nursing shortfalls in their pension schemes. - Mail on Sunday

Scotland Yard is embroiled in the largest police corruption inquiry for 40 years, with 14 officers under investigation for "serious corruption and malpractice" by the police watchdog. - The Sunday Times

MPs have called for a consultation to ban the sale of real fur after finding that retailers and Trading Standards were "complacent" about it being labelled as fake. - Sunday Telegraph

The UK could refuse to pay its £39 billion divorce bill to Brussels if it does not get a trade deal, the Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab, has signalled. Raab said there had to be "conditionality" under the Article 50 withdrawal mechanism between settling Britain's exit payment and creating a new relationship with the EU. - Observer

The water giant set to impose a hosepipe ban on seven million customers is poised to lavish shareholders with a dividend payment of more than £180 million. United Utilities will hand out the bumper cash payment on August 3 - just two days before the use of garden hoses is outlawed in the North West of England. Most of the money will be given to big City institutions. - Mail on Sunday

The chief executive of Airbus has opened the door to a merger of the aerospace giant's jet fighter business with that of BAE Systems to create a pan-European military aircraft company with the might to take on America. - The Sunday Times

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles boss Sergio Marchionne has been replaced with immediate effect by the company's US chief Michael Manley. Executives at the company held urgent meetings on Saturday to appoint a successor to Mr Marchionne after he suffered complications from surgery. - Sunday Telegraph

Millions of TV viewers have been unable to watch UKTV channels including Dave and Gold after Liberty Global brand Virgin Media removed the network from set-top boxes. Talks between the firms failed to solve an impasse over fees and 10 channels, including five which are free-to-air, disappeared from subscribers' televisions at midnight on Sunday. - Observer

Theresa May will mobilise her most senior Cabinet Ministers this summer to try to sell her Chequers deal in sceptical EU capitals. Amid growing concern across Europe over the political impasse in London, Mrs May hopes to put the onus on Brussels to ramp up the pace and intensity of the negotiations. - Mail on Sunday

Investors in Hammerson have warned its boss he has months to improve its performance or face being ousted, as the owner of shopping centres such as London's Brent Cross prepares to reveal a plan to boost its flagging share price. - The Sunday Times

Britain's largest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is thought to be considering a break-up after facing pressure from some of its shareholders to focus on its pharmaceuticals operations. - Sunday Telegraph

Sterling's plunge after the Brexit vote helped attract record numbers of overseas visitors to Britain last year, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics said visits to the UK by overseas residents reached 39.2m last year, while also finding more Brits than ever before heading abroad - suggesting hopes for a staycation boom may have been overblown. - Observer

They are hardly the most controversial of bands, with their upbeat songs and wholesome Scandinavian image - but it appears that even Abba have fallen foul of modern sensibilities. For the Swedish supergroup have changed the lyrics to some of their classic hits to make them more acceptable to today's audiences. - Mail on Sunday

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