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Jeremy Corbyn says "it would be right" to meet Donald Trump, but argues that "it would be wrong for him to come here".

Asked if he would be prepared to meet the US president, the Labour leader said that the UK "should not be rolling out the red carpet for him".

"My position is Donald Trump should not be coming to the UK," he said. "I think we have to have relations with USA - I'm not sure if he'll want to have a meeting with us."

Pressed on the issue, Mr Corbyn said:

Mr Corbyn had said he thought it would be "useful" for Mr Trump to visit a mosque in his Islington North constituency "so he would understand multi-cultural society".

He added: "I think it would be right to meet the president of the USA but it would be wrong for him to come here."

Peers are urged to do "their patriotic duty" - and warned of the consequences if they block Brexit.

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The resignation of shadow business secretary Clive Lewis in opposition to last night's vote on the Brexit bill "is not a disaster", Jeremy Corbyn has insisted.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour MPs to defy party orders to back the bill and he resigned from the front bench.

Asked if this was a sign of how bad the situation is in the Labour party, Mr Corbyn said: "No, it's not a disaster."

He added: "The majority of Labour MPs voted to trigger Article 50 - 50 odd voted against it, mainly on the basis of the strong message from their constituents.

"My argument is it was a national vote - it was a national referendum and Parliament has to respect that. On all the other votes there is unity, on all the other campaigning points there is unity."

Jeremy Corbyn says claims that he has set a date for stepping down as Labour leader is fake news.

Pressed on the issue by the BBC, after reports that he had suggested he would step down before the 2020 general election, Mr Corbyn said: "That's in 'Imadeitupyesterday.com'."

He added: "I'm really surprised the BBC is reporting fake news."

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A Goldman Sachs hedge fund is closing its London operations and moving staff to New York, the firm has said.

About eight staff members who were part of the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP) Team in London have been told to move.

The decision follows the departure of the team's managing director, Nick Advani.

Goldman Sachs said that the move had nothing to do with the UK's exit from the European Union.

"This is a discrete decision for reasons specific to GSIP, one investment team within Goldman Sachs, and shouldn't be construed as anything but that," it said in a statement.

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The House of Lords has been warned its existence will be put at risk if it attempts to block the Brexit bill, after MPs voted to pass it unamended.

The bill - to give the government the authority to trigger Article 50 - was approved by 494 votes to 122 in the Commons, and now moves to the Lords.

A government source said the Lords will face an "overwhelming" public call to be abolished if it opposes the bill.

Brexit Secretary David Davis called on peers to "do their patriotic duty".

Prime Minister Theresa May wants to invoke Article 50 - the starting gun on the two-year process of the UK leaving the EU - by the end of March.

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Scottish National Party MPs were told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for whistling and singing the EU anthem "Ode to joy" in the Commons chamber as MPs voted on Brexit legislation.

MPs agreed by 494 votes to 122 to let the government begin the UK's departure from the EU.

The Brexit bill clears the Commons by 494 votes to 122 as Labour frontbencher Clive Lewis quits.

52 Labour MPs voted against the Article 50 bill at Third Reading, including a number of frontbenchers:

• Rosena Allin-Khan, Shadow Sports Minister
• Kevin Brennan, Shadow Arts Minister
• Lyn Brown, Shadow Home Minister
• Ruth Cadbury, Shadow Housing Minister
• Thangham Debonnaire, Whip
• Vicky Foxcroft, Whip
• Rupa Huq, Shadow Justice Minister
• Clive Lewis, Shadow Business Secretary (Resigned)
• Chi Onwurah, Shadow Business Minister
• Stephen Pound, Shadow Northern Ireland Minister
• Andy Slaughter, Shadow Housing Minister
• Catherine West, Shadow Foreign Minister
• Alan Whitehead, Shadow Business Minister
• Daniel Zeichner, Shadow Transport Minister

Rachel Maskell, Tulip Siddiq, Jo Stevens and Dawn Butler all resigned from the frontbench last week.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott says why she voted in favour of the government's Brexit bill.

Labour's leader reads out a text message exchange about Surrey's council tax rise during PMQs.

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Clive Lewis' resignation was expected but will still be a blow for the Labour leader.

Lewis is one of the stars of the 2015 intake. Seen by many on the left as a potential successor to Jeremy Corbyn, he quickly established himself as one of the most high profile Corbynite MPs in the shadow cabinet rising from backbencher to shadow Secretary of State in a matter of months. His resignation today will shake the Labour leader as the party continues to grapple with Britain’s exit from the European Union.

In a interview with the Guardian back in August he said his promotion to shadow defence secretary sounded "ridiculous, a nitro glycerine turbo charged boost”. He went on to say “I've been thrust too quickly into the Shadow Cabinet, I want to be in my consistency, I want to be a constituency MP." His exit from the shadow cabinet tonight means he can do that.

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MPs have backed the government's Brexit bill by 494 votes to 122.