«But actually we have to make sure that we do not throw away access to the single market just because that means talking
about free movement of labour.»
EU is all
about free movement of labour and resources among the member states.
Not exact matches
A final concern,
about which I have written elsewhere, is the pressure
of unregulated EU
free movement of labour on the wages and job opportunities
of low - skilled British workers.
Corbynites have until now argued that
Labour's Brexit stance, including ending
free movement, allowed them to shut down the issue on the election doorstep and - in a phrase once beloved
of Blairites - earned them «the right to be heard» on the issues they really wanted to talk
about.
Labour said it would not be shifting ground to curtail the
free movement of workers within the EU, but would say more, on its own timetable,
about the trio
of immigration issues
of integration, exploitation and contributions.
In the past,
Labour spokespeople have said they will accept the end
of free movement when the transitional period finishes, but phrases such as «easy
movement» have been bandied
about - possibly an agreement that citizens could move between the UK and EU with minimum red tape to take up job offers, but not simply to look for work.
The senior MP, who will be in charge
of Labour's policy on Brexit, said her preference would be for Britain to remain in the single market, which is likely to mean accepting unfettered
free movement, but she added: «I have been talking to people
about how one could control immigration across the UK.