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The persistent refusal of the UK economy to collapse in ruins following the vote to leave the European Union must be rather frustrating to diehard Remainers, but, to the rest of us, statistics showing unemployment at an 11year low are quite cheering. That more people have jobs in Britain than ever before — 31.8 million — is another reminder of the success of open markets and labour laws that curb the power of trade unions...

The status of around three million EU citizens in the UK when we leave is still uncertain. Some argue that any EU national resident in the UK on the day we leave should be entitled to stay; others say that right should be conferred only on those in the country before June’s referendum. Theresa May says she must first have assurances about the future status of Britons living elsewhere in the EU before she can say how she will deal with Europeans here...

Ms May faces allegations from EU leaders that her Brexit policy lacks clarity, charges that reek of hypocrisy given the political crisis that grips the continent...

Britain alone has the chance to create an immigration system that allows this country to admit and retain the best talent while meeting the public’s demand for controls. Ms May should waste no time in setting out the principles that will underpin that system...

Theresa May should explain how she will seize the opportunity of Brexit on immigration