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Irish people living in UK should have citizenship offer without fees, MP says

Source: PA Wire

People born in the Republic of Ireland who have settled in the UK should be offered the right to claim British citizenship without the need for tests and fees, ministers have been told.

DUP MP Gavin Robinson called on ministers to change the law so people born in the Republic who had lived all their lives in Northern Ireland could easily claim British citizenship.

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove gave

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