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The Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said her department is "looking closely" at introducing work permits for EU citizens as a means of controlling immigration post-Brexit.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr programme, Ms Rudd said she believed the work permit system "certainly has value", but stressed that she "isn't ruling anything out at the moment."

However, she did say she had discounted the points system "because it simply doesn't work."

Speaking to Andrew Marr, the Home Secretary said her main priority was ensuring that the people who come here from across the world "really add value to the economy."

She didn't rule out continuing to pay for visas for family reunions, or for student visas.

But she did say the government remained committed to its target of reducing annual net immigration to the tens of thousands.