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A permit scheme limiting the number of EU workers coming to Britain after Brexit could see a cut in immigration figures.

Alp Mehmet from Migration Watch UK and Open Britain executive director James McGrory looked at what the UK could and should be doing about immigration, and free movement from EU and non-EU nations.

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The former minister spoke to presenter Jo Coburn, offering advice for those who want a career in politics, after a film with archive from reporter Ellie Price,

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Debating changes to Labour's ruling body and the end of the leadership campaign with Darren Williams, a member of the NEC and Luke Akehurst, a former NEC member.

They spoke to Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn and former Labour MP Chris Mullin.

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Margaret Thatcher's divisions with her chancellor and foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe are revisited in a play touring the country.

Daily Politics reporter Mark Lobel spoke to the cast of Dead Sheep at their final rehearsal, which focuses on Sir Geoffrey, rather than the leader he helped bring down.

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There has been little impact from the Brexit vote on the UK economy so far, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

"The referendum result appears, so far, not to have had a major effect," its chief economist Joe Grice said., external

Official figures have not yet reflected the collapse in confidence predicted by some surveys since the referendum.

But the ONS warned that we have not yet had official figures for the service sector, which are due next week.

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It's not an argument we've heard for a while but the Daily Telegraph's James Kirkup has been making the case for Tony Blair to return to the domestic political arena to fill what he says is a gaping hole in the centre - or perhaps more accurately, the metropolitan centre - of British politics. 

Yesterday, the former Labour politician announced he was winding up the bulk of his commercial ventures to focus on charity and philanthropic work, sparking a little murmur of speculation about his future intentions. 

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A member of Labour’s National Executive Committee tells the Daily Politics he supports local party members' right to remove Labour MPs who have been disloyal to Jeremy Corbyn.

“Where MPs have been consistently and publicly disloyal to and hostile the leader, where they’ve briefed against him in the media and openly plotted against him, if I were a party member in those MPs’ constituencies, I would be interested in finding an alternative representative frankly,” Darren Williams says.

He adds: “In my view we should be in a position where selections should be as open as possible and members have a genuine choice.

"Given the evident disconnect between the views of our MPs and the views of ordinary members that have emerged in recent months, it would a good thing for that choice to be made available.”

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French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy was in Calais earlier, telling local residents if he were elected he would "fix" the problem of the refugee camp there by the end of next summer.

He reiterated that immigrants seeking to come to Britain should be processed in the UK - a stance which BBC reporter Nick Beake describes as part of his effort to attract support away from rival presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

But French commentator Agnes Poirier cautions that it should be "taken with a pinch of salt" as the agreement between the UK and France on juxtaposed border controls  "is not going to be revised any time soon". 

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Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale tells Radio 4 that after the new leader is elected "we need to unite around that leader," admitting "there's a bit of work to be done" before that can happen.

Ms Dugdale, who voted for Owen Smith in the leadership contest, describes her relationship with Jeremy Corbyn as "absolutely fine... we are grown-ups". 

She also welcomes plans approved by the NEC to devolve control over policy, constituency parties and Westminster candidate selections to Scotland and Wales.

"It's been very clear that I'm in charge in Scottish Labour, and I'm very pleased this will be written into NEC rules," she says. 

Professor John Curtice has told a briefing on public opinion and the referendum that voters are showing few signs of “buyer’s remorse” at the decision to leave the EU made in June.

YouGov polls suggest that about 52% of voters think the decision was right, whereas 48% think it was a mistake - in line with the original vote. 

Professor Curtice, president of the British Polling Council, external, said there was little evidence of a “significant rethink” by voters despite the hopes of some pro-EU politicians.

He also said twice as many people are currently opposed to a second EU referendum than back one.

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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell thinks it will be "really tough" for Jeremy Corbyn to match his victory margin in last year's leadership contest, the Huffington Post reports, external.

Speaking at a phone bank in Clapham, he told supporters:

Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith, asked in an interview in the final hours of the campaign whether he would serve in a Jeremy Corbyn shadow cabinet, said: "I won't be serving in Jeremy's cabinet but I will do what I've always done which is be Labour, vote Labour, loyally serve this party, make sure that from the backbenches I continue to make the arguments I've made during this campaign." 

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Pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum have set up an activity group for children, aimed at supporting parents and carers and engaging the children in politics. Natasha Josette, one of the founders of Momentum Kids, explains she wants children to be aware of the political process, not to make them into "mini-Jeremy Corbyns". 

And psychologist Dr Sam Wass and children’s author Eleanor Levenson discuss with presenter Nick Robinson whether young children are receptive to politics.

The Liberal Democrats lost more than four million votes between 2010 and 2015. What would it take to win these voters back? And can Tim Farron do it? David Grossman reports.

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The BBC's Mark Lobel says that, according to the website LabourList, external, there has been a very large turnout.

If Mr Corbyn wins, Mark adds, he is expected to "offer an olive branch" to anti-Corbyn MPs at the Labour conference next week - and we might be "very surprised by the type of people who are being asked to come back into his tent".

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BBC polticial reporter Mark Lobel tells the Daily Politics that "deputy leader Tom Watson's attempt to in his words 'put the back back together' hit a bum note" at Tuesday's meeting of Labour's national executive.

Proposals for Labour MPs to elect members of the shadow cabinet - which some saw as "crucial" for unity - have been "kicked into the long grass", Mark says.

There is a fine balance between pro- and anti-Corbyn members on the NEC at the moment, he adds.

An agreement for two new places for the Scottish and Welsh parties could lead to more anti-Corbyn members, while more pro-Corbyn members are likely to come in as well.