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    Labour MPs have been forced to call in the police over death threats in the last 48 hours after they refused to back Jeremy Corbyn, The Telegraph has learnt. Vicky Foxcroft, a Labour whip, received a call to her constituency office which said: “If she doesn’t support Corbyn I will come down to the office and kick the f*** out of you.” Police officers had to rush her office, close the shutters and attempt to trace the call after the man said he was on his way and hung up. Another MP who resigned over Mr Corbyn’s leadership has received an email naming their child and threatening to kill them. Police have been passed the message and are now investigating. Lucy Powell, the former shadow education secretary, received a message telling her to kill herself after announcing she w...

    One of the myriad of troubling questions posed by the prospect of leaving the European Union is how travel will work in a post-Brexit Europe. Will UK tourists need a new passport – and more importantly, if freedom of movement isn't part of a future deal with the EU, will they need a visa to visit popular destinations such as France, Spain and Italy? In the meantime, there will be no changes to the way we travel around the continent. Until the two-year negotiation period is over – and it won't begin until Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is triggered – free movement will continue as normal. The European Health Insurance cards also remain valid. Even after leaving terms are finalised, there is no guarantee that freedom of movement between the UK and EU member states will come...

    David Cameron has called on Jeremy Corbyn to step down as leader of the Labour party. The Prime Minister made the call at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. "I have to say to the honorable gentleman, frankly he talks about job insecurity and my two months to go," the PM said in response to a question about job insecurity. "It might be in my party’s interest for him to sit there – he’s not in the national interest. I would say: for heaven’s sake, man, go!" MPs of all parties were uncharacteristically quiet during the PMQs session, the first since the EU referendum. Mr Cameron has himself said he will step down by Conservative conference in October, with a new leader in place by then. Mr Corbyn has also come under sustained pressure from MPs to step down, but has refus...

    The pound: what happened? The pound fell to a fresh 31-year-low against the dollar. Today one pound bought just $1.32. That was lower than in any year since 1985 – lower even than the level it sank to last Friday in the wake of the referendum result. What it means The pound’s massive correction last Friday was not a one-off. Boris Johnson, the Leave campaign figurehead said today that markets were “stable”. That was wishful thinking. The markets are still plainly extremely rattled by Brexit and there seems to be further for the pound to fall. Some analysts speculated before the referendum that it could fall 20 per cent before stabilising. So far it is down around 14 per cent. Gilt yields: what happened? 10 year Gilt yields – the interest rate markets effectively char...

    This is the great betrayal. Just about everyone feels betrayed from every possible perspective. As the pound plunges, sending oil and food prices up while wages stagnate, with shares and pension values falling, the country is seeing the consequences of being mortally betrayed – by the self-indulgent members of a government who brought this calamity down on all of us. Some who voted leave will feel betrayed by the unfolding economic tremors after they were told to ignore the warnings of Project Fear. Recession threatens a huge loss of jobs; banks decamping; airport, rail and house-building projects suspended; airlines issuing profits warnings; credit card companies reporting a dive in spending; a quarter of Institute of Directors companies freezing recruitment. I keep findi...

    Anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate at the gates of Downing Street ‘I’m worried Brexit has made me ageist,” a friend said, following the shock of the referendum result on Friday morning. “I saw this older couple in the street and just felt this sudden, enormous wave of fury towards them and their generation. It was almost physical.” In the immediate aftermath of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, emotions have been running high. Since YouGov reported that 75% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 56% of 25- to 49-year-olds voted in favour of remain, versus 44% of 50- to 64-year-olds and 39% of those over 65, the extent of the generational gulf between Generation Y and the so-called baby boomers and their parents has been palpable. As has the anger many younger people includin...

    Two women went temporarily blind from constantly checking their phones in the dark, say doctors who are now alerting others to the unusual phenomenon. The solution: Make sure to use both eyes when looking at your smartphone screen in the dark. In the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors detailed the cases of the two women, aged 22 and 40, who experienced “transient smartphone blindness” for months. The women complained of recurring episodes of temporary vision loss for up to 15 minutes. They were subjected to variety of medical exams, MRI scans and heart tests. Yet doctors couldn't find anything wrong with them to explain the problem. But minutes after walking into an eye specialist's office, the mystery was solved. “I simply asked them, 'What exactly were you doing wh...

    More shadow ministers have announced resignations, heaping growing pressure on Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. The resignations come after a turbulent Sunday, which began with Mr Corbyn sacking shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn on learning he had apparently been planning his downfall. Eleven other members of the shadow cabinet reacted by announcing their resignations during the day. This morning, those members have been followed by shadow foreign minister Diana Johnson, shadow minister for civil society Anna Turley and shadow armed forces minister Toby Perkins. Brexit reaction and in-depth analysis on our dedicated page Just minutes later, the news for Mr Corbyn worsened, with news that Chris Matheson, MP for Chester, was resigning as Parliamentary Private Secretary to ...

    I’m heading on holiday to France in a few weeks’ time. Has our Brexit vote changed anything in practical terms? Currency volatility at one stage pushed sterling to a low of €1.20, 15% less than the rate that families travelling to the continent for their summer break received last year. It then recovered to €1.25, meaning that anyone who spent £500 on holidays last year will now have to spend another £68 to get the same amount of euros post-Brexit. I have been considering studying abroad (within Europe), but have not yet made a decision. Will I be able to do that now? Undergraduates in England pay the highest tuition fees in the world, leading to some going to cheaper European universities. The National Union of Students has said that the effect of Brexit could lead to vis...

    Up to half of the shadow cabinet is set to resign in a bid to force Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to step down, the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg understands. It follows Corbyn's sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. Shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander has said that she is resigning "with a heavy heart". Corbyn faces a vote of no confidence over claims he was "lacklustre" during the EU referendum - but sources close to Mr Corbyn said he would stand again.On the sacking of the shadow foreign secretary overnight, a Labour source told the BBC Mr Corbyn had "lost confidence" in Mr Benn. Benn, who is to appear on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show shortly, said there was concern about Mr Corbyn's "leadership and his ability to win an election". He added: "There is no confidence t...