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Green Party London Assembly Member Sian Berry speaks to the Daily Politics about her claim that London couples would break up if Britain leaves the EU.

"EU immigrants are our friends, our loved ones and our colleagues," she says.

The former candidate for London mayor says 100,000 people in the capital are in a couple consisting of one British citizen and one EU immigrant - "that's one in ten of our couples".

If the UK leaves the EU, some of these people might not be able to remain in the country, she adds.

"I'm one of the 100,000 - I'm married to a Swede," says presenter Andrew Neil. "I only got married last year. Are you saying that if we leave the EU, I'm more likely to get divorced?"

He says that no one in the referendum campaign is saying that people from other EU states would have to leave the UK - but Ms Berry insists she is raising "a legitimate concern".

Jeremy Corbyn insists "he is doing lots" to support the EU Remain campaign, following criticism that he is not making a passionate enough case to stay in.

The Labour leader told supporters in Doncaster that the party wants the UK to stay because it believes in the solidarity of working with people across Europe.

Senior figures in the Labour Party have warned Mr Corbyn that he could be blamed if the Brexit campaign wins on 23 June.

Asked if he was doing enough to campaign for the UK to stay, he said:

Mr Corbyn says his party wants "a very different Europe" that roots out tax evasion, but works to enhance the environment and social protection issues.

But he says, come 24 June his party will be renewing its focus on its campaign for a Labour government in 2020.

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The UK is set to send a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle arms smuggling in Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

He told the G7 summit in Japan the UK was ready to take an "active leadership role" in helping Libya deal with people trafficking and the migration crisis.

The UK already has a survey vessel, HMS Enterprise, operating in the area.

Officials are to seek UN approval for the new warship to seize boats taking arms to so-called Islamic State.

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Vote Leave's Robert Oxley tells the Daily Politics that the campaign chose to offer a £50m prize in its football competition because "that's the amount we hand to Brussels every day".

He rejects presenter Andrew Neil's accusation that the figure is "dodgy" because it doesn't take into account the UK's rebate on the money it pays to the EU budget.

"The rebate's not guaranteed," Mr Oxley says.

To win the £50m someone would have to predict the result of every game in the Euro 2016 championships - but if no one manages that, Mr Oxley says a "guaranteed £50,000" is on offer for the person who gets closest.

He adds that the government spent £9m on its own "propaganda campaign" and the Leave campaign needs "something which is going to level the playing field and I think this is a great way of engaging with voters".

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Jenni Russell of the Times says Vote Leave's choice of a football competition to engage with voters is "ludicrous".

She argues that, while some women follow football, the sport's fan are "overwhelmingly male". She also questions whether the campaign will attract young people.

The competition is "not just about engaging young people - this is about engaging all people," replies Robert Oxley of Vote Leave. He says that male and female friends of his have expressed interest.

Ed Miliband says Labour is in favour of remaining in the EU "because we want a Labour government as soon as possible".

The former Labour leader, who lost last year's general election, said throughout its history the party had "chosen solidarity" and it was "stronger working with others than on our own".

Mr Miliband is sharing a platform in Doncaster with current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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In case you missed it ... UK intelligence agencies say they are recruiting more female staff - and are targeting middle-age and "mid-career" women for jobs.

MI6 and and GCHQ advertised on the Mumsnet website for the first time this year, and MI5 has raised its target for women employees to 45% by 2021.

Flexible working and the importance of "high emotional intelligence" are also being stressed in recruitment.

The agencies were responding to calls from MPs to recruit more women.

Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee reported in March 2015, external that 37% of intelligence agency staff were women and women only make up 19% of senior civil servants in the agencies.

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Ministers should "lift the lid" on the way decisions are made by one of the EU's main bodies, MPs say.

More transparency is needed about the "complex" way decisions are made at the Council of the European Union, the European Scrutiny Committee said.

They want to gauge how much legislation "is simply nodded through" by ministers after talks between officials.

The government said it was "fully committed to high levels of transparency in EU decision-making".

A Foreign Office spokesman added: "That's why we pushed for and recently secured a greater role for national parliaments in scrutinising EU legislative proposals."

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Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has been urged to quit the campaign to keep the UK in Europe "before he does any more damage".

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie made the plea after Mr Salmond said Scotland could vote for independence within two years if it was "dragged" out of the European Union (EU) by a Brexit vote.

While polls across the UK suggest a tight contest between the leave and remain campaigns in the run-up to the 23 June European referendum, research in Scotland shows a clear majority in favour of staying in the EU.

Mr Rennie accused Mr Salmond of "behaving like a not-so-secret agent for the leave campaign" by focusing on Scottish independence, adding that his comments made a vote to leave more likely.

He said:

The chairman of the UK Statistics Authority has again rebuked Vote Leave over its claim that leaving the European Union would save Britain £350m per week.

The figure does not take into account the UK's rebate or money which flows back into the country through payment to groups such as farmers.

In a statement on the authority's website, Sir Andrew Dilnot said that he was "disappointed" that the campaign group continued to claim the full amount could be spent in the UK.

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Labour In campaign chief Alan Johnson has compared Brexit campaigners to US presidential hopeful Donald Trump - as he warned a vote to quit the European Union could see the UK raise its barriers.

Campaigning in Glasgow with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, the former home secretary faced questions on Remain campaign "scare tactics" over a Treasury report claiming pensioners would lose thousands of pounds if the UK votes to leave the EU.

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A declaration at the G7 meeting in Japan says a vote by the UK to leave the European Union would pose a "serious threat to global growth".

In its final statement, external, the group warned that a UK exit from the EU would reverse the trend of increased global trade, investment and jobs.

The meeting brings together the world's leading seven industrialised nations.

The final communiqué set global growth as a priority for dealing with threats to the world's economy and security.

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David Cameron has rejected claims he is a "closet Brexiteer," insisting he is "passionate" about staying in the EU.

Speaking at the G7 summit in Japan, the prime minister, a leading figure in the Remain campaign, denied reports that his "instinct" was to vote Leave.

"I am not a closet anything. I have pretty much had the same view about Europe ever since I got involved in active politics," the PM said.

Boris Johnson told him it was "not too late" to join the Leave campaign.

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The campaign to get Britain out of the EU has launched a contest to win £50m - if you can correctly predict the result of all 51 games in the Euro 2016 football championships.

If no one manages that then there is a £50,000 prize for the person who gets the most consecutive games correct.

Vote Leave has taken out an insurance policy to fund the contest.

The £50m represents the amount Vote Leave says Britain sends to the EU a day, a claim which is heavily disputed.

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Chancellor George Osborne has talked more about his claims that a vote to leave the European Union will have a negative impact on people's pensions.

"If we choose to leave then that's a big leap in the dark. Last night the Leave campaigners were saying they just don't know what will happen if we leave. Well just not knowing is not a good enough answer for the British people when it comes to such a big decision."

Speaking on a visit to Solihull with Pensions Minister Ros Altmann, the chancellor added:

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Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg made his first appearance on This Week overnight with Andrew Neil.

But he did not get an easy ride from panellist Michael Portillo, who accused him of trying to ruin the country, and then took a swipe at the new Liberal Democrat leader, as Mr Clegg said his party was "starting" on the road to recovery.

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In non-EU news, the Daily Telegraph, external reports that Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has threatened to pull out of an appearance before MPs next month after they declined to visit the retailer's main warehouse.

Mr Ashley says he is seeking legal advice over his scheduled appearance at a parliamentary select committee after his offer to show the politicians working conditions at the Derbyshire site was turned down. 

Iain Wright MP, chairman of the House of Commons Business Select Committee, wrote to Mr Ashley saying he expects the veteran retailer to appear before his committee on 7 June, as per an earlier summons, but that his members would not be complying with Mr Ashley's request to visit the Sports Direct site.

The letter sent from Mr Wright said that “the committee has considered carefully your repeated and conditional request that we visit Shirebrook before this date” but that parliamentary committees “do not accept that witnesses attach conditions to attending in response to a summons”.

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