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NEW: Amid cabinet row universities minister Chris Skidmore confirms government proposal to raise tuition fees for EU students and says no final decision has been made
Jacob Rees-Mogg backs government plan to raise fees for EU students after Brexit – says UK taxpayer subsidy should be given to students from poorer non-EU countries, not richer EU nations
Labour's @AngelaRayner, who asked the UQ: "It is not in our interests to build walls between our world class universities and our nearest neighbours, yet this government is committed to doing exactly that."
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EXCLUSIVE: Theresa May is to reject the British Muslims APPG definition of Islamophobia on free speech grounds

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In the Commons tomorrow ministers will oppose the definition which states “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness" buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/th…
The definition has been formally adopted by Labour, the LibDems and the Scottish Conservatives.

But the government will reject it on free speech grounds and because Islam is a religion not a race
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EXC: Who is behind the controversial facial recognition software used by the government to register EU citizens post-Brexit, which has been condemned by Remainers and privacy campaigners?

Two five-figure donors to Change UK. You couldn’t make it up...

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Privacy International says the Home Office app equates to “border guards knocking on every door in the U.K. and forcing EU nationals to show documentation“ and that "such use of biometrics across our lives is incredibly dangerous”
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Remain campaigner David Lammy warned it put the government “on track for another Home Office scandal on the scale of Windrush” buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/ch…
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NEW: The Brexit Party's most senior election official says Tommy Robinson has been "persecuted" and Islamophobia is "made up"

Nigel Farage has distanced himself from his own election agent tonight:

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Nigel Farage has attempted to detoxify the Brexit Party and distance it from UKIP rhetoric.

But its most senior election official:
- said Tommy Robinson was "persecuted"
- backed Robinson's rally at the BBC
- repeatedly mocked the concept of Islamophobia
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Noel Matthews is the third senior Brexit Party official to be ditched by the leadership for their comments on Islam.

@wesstreeting: "It shows that Farage and his party are no more respectable than the racism he left behind in UKIP" buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/br…
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