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By Bethany Wales Troubled shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has dismissed reports that the government will reject its request for a £200m loan guarantee. The Belfast-based shipyard, which is best known for building the Titanic, said it had “not received any decision from [the] government in relation to its application” and that it continued to “provide information and updates on a regular basis” to aid its decision making process. The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that Labour had deemed approval of the guarantee an inappropriate use of public funds. One Whitehall figure told the paper it would…