British government referred to European court of justice for alleged failure to protect rights of EU citizens in UK

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The European Commission is taking the British government to court over alleged violations of the rights of EU citizens in the UK, a decision that ​casts a cloud over Keir Starmer’s attempted post-Brexit reset.

The commission announced on Monday that it was referring the government to the European court of justice for alleged failure to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK at the end of 2020 – after Britain’s formal exit from the union​. ​