UK MP backs calls for visa deal for EU artists
Prominent 'leave' campaigner Bernard Jenkin has said musicians "need to know where they stand" on free movement, urging government not to delay the process until 2019
News By IQ | 4 October 2017
British member of parliament Bernard Jenkin has called for immediate government action to safeguard free movement for musicians after Brexit, warning of a “paralysis” gripping the music industry as negotiations between the UK and EU rumble on.
Speaking at a fringe meeting at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, veteran Eurosceptic Jenkin (pictured) said Britain does not have to wait for a deal with the EU to set up a visa system for European musicians visiting the UK.
His comments…
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