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    Tens of thousands of EU citizens left in the year to March 2017, driving net migration down to its lowest level in three years. Net migration to the UK has fallen to the lowest level for three years as thousands of EU citizens have left the country after the Brexit referendum. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed net migration stood at 246,000 in the year ending in March 2017 down 81,000 compared to the previous 12 months. The figures were the first to be released since the General Election in June. More than half the drop was due to an increase in the number of EU citizens leaving Britain and fewer arriving. Net migration of EU citizens fell by 51,000 to 127,000 its lowest lever since December 2013. The number of EU citizens leaving the country in...

    Theresa May The prime minister has admitted the Home Office made an unfortunate error when it mistakenly sent up to 100 letters to EU nationals living in the UK ordering them to leave the country or face deportation. The Home Office was forced to apologise after one of the letters was publicised on social media by a Finnish academic who believed she was about to be forced to leave. The government admitted it had sent 100 or so letters threatening recipients with deportation, and warning that they could face detention under the Immigration Act. The Home Office could not confirm how many went to EU nationals, but said that all addressees were from within the European Economic Area. Later on Wednesday Theresa May described the situation as an unfortunate error, adding: I unde...

    The proportion of entries gaining at least a C grade or 7 under the new English system - falls to 66.3%, the lowest since 2008. Overall GCSE pass rates have fallen this year after a new grading system was introduced in England in the biggest overhaul in a generation. Traditional A* to G grades have now been replaced with a 9 to 1 system, with 9 being the highest mark. The grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an A under the old system, while a 4 is broadly equivalent to a C. Three core subjects - maths, English language and English literature - are the first to be tested using the new numerical grading. :: New GCSE grades system: All you need to know Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the proportion of C/4 grades or above awarded to 16-year-old pupils is down 0.6% to 6...

    The Home Office is investigating after 100 deportation letters were sent in error to EU citizens living in the UK. A Home Office spokesperson said a limited number of letters were sent by mistake and the department is urgently looking into why this happened. They added: We are contacting everyone who received this letter to clarify that they can disregard it. We are absolutely clear that the rights of EU nationals living in the UK remain unchanged. Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg One of those who received a letter was Finnish academic Eva Johanna Holmberg, who tweeted: "Home Office wants to deport a Finnish academic who is married to a Brit and pays taxes in Britain, i.e. me. She wrote in a Facebook post that the absurd nonsense has aged me at least five years and added the ordeal...

    Theresa May was accused of a climbdown over the future sovereignty of British courts after a newly published government paper appeared to leave open the possibility that the European court of justice would influence UK law after Brexit. The latest of a flurry of Brexit policy papers, due to be published on Wednesday, will repeat the government’s insistence that the direct jurisdiction of the Luxembourg-based ECJ must end when Britain leaves the EU in March 2019. But it will set out a range of options for resolving future disputes between Britain and the EU over the rules of any new trade deal, for example – some of which are likely to involve European judges, or the application of ECJ case law. A UK government spokesperson said: We have long been clear that, in leaving the...