Theresa May has confirmed that EU citizens will not need to pay to stay in the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister confirmed she had scrapped the £65 fee millions of EU citizens were going to have to pay as she urged MPS to back her Brexit deal.
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She told MPs that the £65 Settled Status fee for EU citizens will be scrapped after she had listened to concerned EU citizens living in the UK.
Speaking in Parliament she said: "The Government will waive the application fee so that there is no financial barrier for any EU nationals who wish to stay."
Any paid fees will be reimbursed by those that have applied.
A win for @the3million & @theSNP here. We’ve been campaigning on this since it was announced. Still many, many issues caused by the scrapping of free movement but this is positive news. https://t.co/az5Se8JLmm
— Kirsty Blackman (@KirstySNP) January 21, 2019
The move was welcomed by members of the Opposition.
Under previous plans, now scrapped by the PM, residents living in the UK must have lived in the UK for five years and had told they would pay a fee of £65 each to retain their status.
READ MORE: Theresa May set to reveal plan to ditch Irish backstop in bid to win over Brexit deal critics
Mr Corbyn invited Mrs May to set out which of her Brexit red lines she would rub out to gain consensus.
He said: "The Government still appears not to have come to terms with the scale of the defeat in the House of Commons last week.
"The Prime Minister seems to be going through the motions of accepting the result but in reality is in deep denial.
"The logic is that the Prime Minister must change her red lines because her current deal is undeliverable.
"So can she be clear and explicit with the House - which of her red lines is she prepared to move on?"
Mr Corbyn said: "There is a clear majority in this House to support a deal in principle and to respect the referendum result - but it requires the Prime Minister to face reality and accept her deal has been comprehensively defeated."
He asked Mrs May to clarify what "concessions" she will seek from the EU over the Irish border backstop, adding: "What makes her think that what she tried to renegotiate in December will succeed in January?
"This really does feel a bit like Groundhog Day."
The PM said she would have further discussions with Northern Ireland's DUP and others on their concerns about the Irish backstop.
MPs are due to vote on any proposal next Tuesday, after the PM's original plan was defeated last Tuesday by a record-breaking 230 votes in the House of Commons.
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