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    Brexit: Theresa May scraps £65 fee for EU citizens to stay in UK

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    Media captionTheresa May says fees axed for EU citizens wanting to stay in UK

    Theresa May has scrapped the £65 fee millions of EU citizens were going to have to pay to secure the right to continue living in the UK after Brexit.

    She also vowed to seek changes to the Irish backstop from the EU.

    But she again rejected calls to rule out a “no-deal” Brexit – and warned another EU referendum could threaten the UK's “social cohesion”.

    Conservative rebels and Labour accused her of being in denial about the scale of opposition to her Brexit deal.

    Mrs May had been forced to make the statement setting out her for how to proceed after MPs rejected her Brexit deal with the EU by 230 votes last week – her “plan B”.

    MPs are due to vote on a modified version of the deal next Tuesday, although she gave few details about how it would be changed.

    Between now and then, MPs will table a series of amendments – proposed changes to the PM's deal – in an attempt to through alternatives to her Brexit deal. The Commons Speaker John Bercow will choose which amendments are put to a vote.

    Mrs May promised to seek the views of Northern 's Democratic Unionist Party – who keep her minority government in – and others on the proposed Irish backstop.

    She said she would then “take the conclusions of these discussions back to the EU”.

    She said she was exploring potential…

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