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| Corbyn says Labour would back EU citizens' rights amendment | Corbyn says Labour would back EU citizens' rights amendment |
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| Theresa May is facing a fresh Brexit showdown after Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would support an amendment to secure EU citizens’ rights that already has the backing of 130 MPs, including 60 Conservative backbenchers, some of whom are Eurosceptics. | Theresa May is facing a fresh Brexit showdown after Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would support an amendment to secure EU citizens’ rights that already has the backing of 130 MPs, including 60 Conservative backbenchers, some of whom are Eurosceptics. |
| The amendment tabled on Tuesday morning by the Tory backbencher Alberto Costa seeks to ringfence the rights of all British nationals settled in the EU as well as EU citizens in the UK, regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. | The amendment tabled on Tuesday morning by the Tory backbencher Alberto Costa seeks to ringfence the rights of all British nationals settled in the EU as well as EU citizens in the UK, regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. |
| It has been signed by the Eurosceptics Jacob Rees-Mogg, Sir Edward Leigh, Steve Baker and Sir Graham Brady, but also by staunch pro-EU backbenchers including Sir Oliver Letwin and Dominic Grieve. | It has been signed by the Eurosceptics Jacob Rees-Mogg, Sir Edward Leigh, Steve Baker and Sir Graham Brady, but also by staunch pro-EU backbenchers including Sir Oliver Letwin and Dominic Grieve. |
| May's deal, no deal or Brexit delay: what happens now? | May's deal, no deal or Brexit delay: what happens now? |
| The Labour leader confirmed he would be backing the amendment minutes after May moved to head off the rebellion in her statement to the House of Commons, committing to votes on a no-deal Brexit or a delay. | The Labour leader confirmed he would be backing the amendment minutes after May moved to head off the rebellion in her statement to the House of Commons, committing to votes on a no-deal Brexit or a delay. |
| May urged the remaining 27 EU member states to match the UK’s “guarantee” it had made to EU citizens. “The EU does not have the legal authority to do a separate deal on the EU citizens’ rights without a mandate … If it’s not within that withdrawal agreement then it is a matter for individual states, and we have already taken that up with individual states,” she said. | May urged the remaining 27 EU member states to match the UK’s “guarantee” it had made to EU citizens. “The EU does not have the legal authority to do a separate deal on the EU citizens’ rights without a mandate … If it’s not within that withdrawal agreement then it is a matter for individual states, and we have already taken that up with individual states,” she said. |
| Costa’s amendment, tabled at noon on Tuesday, aims to force May to go back to Brussels and ask the EU to seek a new mandate for a bloc-wide deal. The Speaker, John Bercow, will decide whether to select the amendment on Wednesday. | Costa’s amendment, tabled at noon on Tuesday, aims to force May to go back to Brussels and ask the EU to seek a new mandate for a bloc-wide deal. The Speaker, John Bercow, will decide whether to select the amendment on Wednesday. |
| It calls on her to see at “the earliest opportunity a joint UK-EU commitment to adopt part two of the withdrawal agreement on citizens’ rights and ensure its implementation prior to the UK’s exiting the European Union, whatever the outcome of negotiations on other aspects of the withdrawal agreement”. | It calls on her to see at “the earliest opportunity a joint UK-EU commitment to adopt part two of the withdrawal agreement on citizens’ rights and ensure its implementation prior to the UK’s exiting the European Union, whatever the outcome of negotiations on other aspects of the withdrawal agreement”. |
| The South Leicestershire MP is concerned that between 3.5 million and 3.8 million EU citizens will ultimately lose some family reunion and immigration appeal rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and up to 1 million British nationals in the EU could be left without significant rights, including the ability to work or offer services in another EU country. | The South Leicestershire MP is concerned that between 3.5 million and 3.8 million EU citizens will ultimately lose some family reunion and immigration appeal rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and up to 1 million British nationals in the EU could be left without significant rights, including the ability to work or offer services in another EU country. |
| British pensioners in EU member states may also be left without healthcare paid for by the NHS in their country of residence. | British pensioners in EU member states may also be left without healthcare paid for by the NHS in their country of residence. |
| A spokesman for the EU said the best way to protect citizens’ rights was to seal a deal but that it had been doing much to secure legislation in member states to cover British nationals in the event of a no-deal exit. | |
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