Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

All EU citizens lawfully living in the UK will be able to continue staying here for up to two years after Britain leaves the European Union, under proposals put forward by the Government.

Ministers are suggesting a period of "blanket residence permission" to give officials time to process applications to stay in the UK. A government policy document says the "grace period" is expected to be "up to two years" - therefore probably 2021.

Decisions on whether EU citizens are granted the right to live in the UK permanently - "settled status" - will depend on how long they've been in Britain when a cut-off date, known as a "specified date", is set.

The "specified date" has yet to be agreed, but will be between 29 March 2017, when Article 50 was triggered, and the formal date of Brexit, expected to be in 2019. EU nationals who've been in Britain for at least five years at the specified date and are still living here will be entitled to apply for "settled status", the equivalent of indefinite leave to remain.

They will be able to live, work, study and claim benefits and use services, just as they can now. They can apply for UK citizenship and a passport after six years. Those who haven't been here for five years at the specified date will be able to continue living and working in the UK after Brexit.

They'll be able to apply for temporary residency after the "grace period" has elapsed; and once they've been here for five years they can apply for settled status. Officials anticipate that the process of administering "settled status" will be a huge challenge, with some 3.2 million potential applications.

Those EU nationals who've been assigned residency cards already will have to apply again under the new system, though the process for them is expected to be "streamlined".

It's thought applications for settled status will start to be processed from mid-2018. Officials say they intend to put in place a new, online, simplified system - but say they are used to dealing with large volumes of applications - 2.5 million visas each year and 7 million passports. Criminal record checks will be carried out on those who apply for settled status, just as they are now for those who apply for residency cards.

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Parliament

Theresa May is on her feet making a statement on the recent EU Council meeting and the arrangements being made for EU nationals living in the UK.

She says that a deal for EU nationals will be given on a "reciprocal basis" and will offer "reassurance and certainty" to EU citizens.

Mrs May says that the vote last year was to take back control of our laws, our money, and our borders and reclaim a sense of self determination, but tells MPs that the vote was not a vote to "turn our backs on our friends and neighbours".

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Speaker John Bercow kicks off the day with a brief statement, which deals first with the attack on Westminster bridge, telling MPs that he and the Lord Speaker commissioned an external review on perimeter security and that the report is now available.

He then talks about a "sustained and determined" cyber attack on Parliament over the weekend - saying that the estate has "robust safety measures" in place.

Lastly, he tells MPs about arrangements for the election of deputy speakers, for which nominations are due tomorrow.

"This Tory-DUP deal is clearly not in the national interest but in May’s party’s interest to help her cling to power," according to the Labour leader.

"Austerity has failed. Cuts to vital public services must be halted right across the UK, not just in Northern Ireland," Jeremy Corbyn said.

"The government must immediately answer two questions. Where is the money for the Tory-DUP deal coming from? And, will all parts of the UK receive the much needed additional funding that Northern Ireland will get as part of the deal?"

Beyond the complaints about money for Northern Ireland, what could the Conservative-DUP deal mean for Wales?

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Helen Lewis, deputy editor for the New Statesman, says that a flirtation between a politician and the music world usually "doesn't survive contact with political reality".

At the time of his election victory in 1997, "Tony Blair was talking to rock stars, he was genuinely cool", she tells the World at One.

"That lasted for about a millisecond after he became prime minister."

She adds that Jeremy Corbyn's appearance on the One Show before the election, when the Labour leader discussed jam and allotments, among other things, meant he reached a "very Bake Off, very middle class" audience.

Parties need to appeal to the middle class to win elections, she argues.

Damian Green says Northern Ireland is getting money "to help the reformation of devolved government".

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"It's cash for votes in Northern Ireland," SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford tells BBC News.

"I welcome investment in Northern Ireland... but this has to be done under the Barnet rules," he adds, with consequential funding for Scotland as well.

He accuses the Conservatives of "riding roughshod over the rules".

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"The test for the next few days is whether we can get that power-sharing up and running," says shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith.

If devolution is restored, the Northern Ireland executive will make the decisions on spending extra money from the UK government resulting from the Tory-DUP deal, he tells the BBC News channel.

"We need a stable UK government but we also need a stable devolved government in Northern Ireland," he says, warning against sacrificing one for the other.

The deal to support the Conservative government is in the national interest, the DUP leader Arlene Foster says in a statement after concluding the deal in 10 Downing Street.

Labour's former Northern Ireland Secretary Lord Hain condemns the Conservative-DUP agreement for ignoring the interests of Wales, Scotland and the English regions.

The World at One
BBC Radio 4

Guardian journalist John Harris says he "can't think of any Labour leader in the past" who would have had a festival crowd chanting his name.

"We all live in bubbles and Glastonbury is as much a bubble as anything else," he tells the World at One, but argues that the festival is now "a mainstream event".

He thinks "it does tell you something about the wider public mood" though what it will mean in electoral terms is "a moot point".

Read more about Jeremy Corbyn's Glastonbury appearance

The heart of this financial package is infrastructure spending - £400m over two years - says BBC News NI's John Campbell.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

It wasn't quite five days in May, but at last Theresa May can say she can confidently form a government. The sober-faced DUP trio came out of the famous black door just before noon. They have plenty, however, to be happy about. Their negotiations have secured an extra £1bn for Northern Ireland over two years - roughly £800 for every voter in the province.

They have forced the Tories to give up some of their more controversial manifesto commitments. They'll have a "coordination committee" - a frequent direct line to the top of the Tory party, all with the chance of going back for more in two years - who knows what will have happened by then.

The Tories now face a bumpy day of criticism, about how the DUP have been bought off - £100m for each of their ten votes in Parliament. The other devolved nations will cry foul. Some Tories too are deeply uncomfortable about the association with the DUP brand of unionism.

And if the cuts are to be eased in Northern Ireland, what about other parts of the country? But the money that's been found down the back of the Number 10 sofa for Northern Ireland may be worth it for Theresa May as the price of holding power, for now. She now has her majority, whatever the cost, and a dividend could be the conclusion of a deal to get power sharing at Stormont up and running too.

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