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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week

25 February 2016

3:00 PM

25 February 2016

3:00 PM

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David Cameron, having continued talks through the night in Brussels, announced that he had achieved a ‘special status’ for Britain in the European Union and would call a referendum on it for 23 June. One concession he had wrung was that, for seven years, Britain could decide to limit in-work benefits for EU migrants during their first four years in Britain.

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