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• Theresa May calls for immigration based on skills and wealth

  24-09-2018 21:43
  Key post-Brexit policy to include no preferential access to UK labour market for EU citizens
  Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed a post-Brexit immigration system that will offer visas to immigrants in a tiered system based on skills and wealth, a flagship policy that is expected to be one of her key announcements to the Conservative party conference next week.Downing Street hopes the migration policy will appeal to party members concerned about May’s leadership and the Brexit negotiatio
  
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• Keir Starmer: second Brexit vote could contain remain option

  24-09-2018 20:57
  Shadow minister says motion being put to Labour conference leaves question openKeir Starmer has been forced to reaffirm that Labour has not ruled out a referendum that could cancel Brexit, after John McDonnell appeared to insist the party could only back a vote on the deal itself.Labour has said it intends to vote against Theresa May’s deal, if it resembles the Chequers proposals set out in the summer white paper. However it is highly uncertain what would happen next if MPs reject her agre
  
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• No-deal Brexit could hit UK-EU flights, says Whitehall

  24-09-2018 20:56
  Papers also show pets would need rabies tests and motorists an insurance green cardFlights could cease between the UK and the rest of the EU if Britain crashes out of the bloc without a deal, the government has said.In its latest set of “no deal” notices, the government said flights could be disrupted because the EU-issued aviation licences would not be valid and airlines would have to seek individual permissions to operate with respective states. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour's People's Vote stitch up

  24-09-2018 11:12
  
  Labour's late-night Brexit manoeuvre is as cynical as you could imagine
  
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