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PRIME MINISTER Theresa May has confirmed ditching plans that would have allowed a free vote in Parliament to end the legal ban on fox-hunting.
She did this even before starting to rearrange the deckchairs for the reshuffle of her fast-sinking cabinet.
This U-turn has angered some Tory Party members and supporters in its rural heartlands.
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