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    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...

    More than 2.5 million people have signed a petition calling for a second EU referendum, after the vote to leave. It has more signatures than any other on the parliamentary website and as it has passed 100,000, Parliament will consider it for a debate. The UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in Thursday's referendum but the majority of voters in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed Remain. David Cameron has previously said there will be no second referendum. On Friday he said he would stand down as prime minister by October following the leave result.A House of Commons spokeswoman said the petition was created on 24 May. There were 22 signatures on it at the time the referendum result was announced. She said the petition site had temporarily gone down at one poin...

    As the result of the EU referendum became clear, the poll's divisive effects across generational lines became highly visible online. Some of the most visceral reaction to the Leave vote came under two related hashtags: "Not in my name" and "What have we done" shot into Twitter's top trends list on Friday morning and were used more than 20,000 times combined. Twitter does not reflect the general population's view. The social network's demographic skews much younger than the UK's population as a whole. Pre-vote polls indicated that young people were more likely to vote Remain, and thus many commenters using the hashtags were decrying the result. What does the term Brexit mean? It is a word that has become used as a shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU - merging the ...

    AP File pic of Prime Minister David Cameron and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Stunned EU bosses ordered Britain: Pack your bags and get out now. The strongly worded message in the wake of Thursday’s Leave vote was designed to stop a domino effect of EU exits and calm the ¬frenzied money markets. Brexit reaction and in-depth analysis on our dedicated page Far-right groups in France and Holland seized on the result to demand their own exit referendums. In Brussels, EU chiefs said they regret but respect our decision and that the UK must remain a close partner. PA How Britain voted But in a clear sign of the battles ahead, a statement from bosses including European Council boss Donald Tusk and European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker called on th...

    The Queen has been canvassing opinion on the EU debate by asking dinner companions: Give me three good reasons why Britain should be part of Europe. Her Majesty's biographer, Robert Lacey, reported the Queen's comments and suggested they may mean the Queen favours withdrawal from the European Union. Full EU referendum coverage on our dedicated page Buckingham Palace would neither confirm nor deny that the Queen had been debating the merits of Brexit in private, but royal sources pointed out that the words attributed to the Queen were a question not a statement. However the leading nature of the alleged question adds weight to previous claims that the Queen would like Britain to pull out of the EU. Last month the press regulator found that the Sun newspaper had been guilty ...