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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

Gove claims Labour would ‘downgrade’ British citizenship with vote reforms

PA Wire

Cabinet minister Michael Gove accused Sir Keir Starmer of planning to “downgrade the ultimate privilege of British citizenship” by giving EU nationals in the UK the right to vote in a general election.

The Labour leader has suggested people who have spent decades living in the UK ought to be able to vote in elections to decide who runs the country.

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