Sentences with phrase «to remain in the single market»

My conversations with businesses across the south west over the past year have made it clear that they are strongly in favour of remaining in the single market.

The UK can not remain in the single market without accepting the four freedoms (movement of goods, people, capital, services); this has been pointed out multiple times by Mr Barnier *, the negotiator, and other eminent European politicians such as Guy Verhoofstadt and Martin Schultz among many others.

[3] It is also campaigning for Britain to remain in the Single Market as part of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.

Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell revealed in a meeting that he has reviewed the party's last manifesto to assess whether its proposals - its planned nationalisations of energy, rail and Royal Mail for example, or its desire to set up a National Investment Bank that would support small businesses and innovation - would become impossible if the UK remained in the single market or indeed inside the EU.

Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure to clarify Labour's position on Brexit as a new poll reveals overwhelming support for remaining in the single market among the party's voters.

Opinion polls indicate that the left had closed on the Conservative lead — May's party — thus increasing the possibility of a so - called «soft Brexit,» in which the country would negotiate to remain in the single market trade zone.

Adonis has also been highly critical of his own party's stance on Brexit, urging the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer's team to advocate remaining in the single market, and suggesting Labour would eventually end up backing a second referendum.

Hence there will likely be a transitional arrangement, modelled on the current rules for trade, perhaps with the UK effectively remaining in the Single Market during the period (although perhaps under a different name).

The Labour leader faces a battle within his own party on the issue - with 87 % of Labour members wanting to remain in the single market according to a recent YouGov poll.

But Iain Duncan Smith, the former work and pensions secretary and a prominent advocate of leaving the EU, said remaining in the single market was not on the agenda.

«Despite the Welsh Assembly voting overwhelmingly in favour of Wales remaining in the single market, Theresa May has carried on regardless, with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour in tow.

Former Tory leader said we shouldn't remain in the single market if it means surrendering control to Brussels

We will continue to argue that Scotland and the wider UK should remain in the single market in order to minimise the damage Brexit will involve,» the minister added.

Scotland's Brexit minister, Michael Russell, told BI there is a «compelling» case for Britain remaining in the single market.

Ms Sturgeon has long argued that Scotland could remain in the single market as the rest of the UK leaves.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to say whether Labour is in favour or not of remaining in the single market and customs union post-Brexit.

The UK will remain in the single market and customs union until the end of 2020.

The Lancaster House speech was the moment when she could have declared an ambition to remain in the single market, proposed a workable strategy for keeping the Irish border open, and squared with voters about the realities of a no - deal exit.

Therefore, we must remain in the Single Market and in the Customs Union.

We will almost inevitably have to remain in the single market and customs union in the long term.

Ms Sturgeon's public priorities run the opposite direction: she wants Scotland to remain in the single market, and she is willing to exploit every opportunity to increase the odds that that happens.

To remain in the single market would be best for the economy.

In line with our September 2016 annual conference policy, Labour should lead the drive to remain in the single market and the customs union.

On the Conservative side of things, after the short - term honeymoon for Theresa May, it is inevitable that a clash will eventually occur between the proper Brexiteers who campaigned for Leave and those that hold a softer, watered - down Brexit position within the Conservative Party, and who would be quite happy for us to maintain open borders and remain in the single market.

On the one hand, during the negotiations, the Liberal Democrats will campaign for Britain to remain in the single market.

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith said he wanted to see Labour commit to remaining in the single market and the customs union.

Pushed on whether he would prefer Labour's policy to be remaining in the single market and the customs union, he simply said: «Yes.»

Even this technically still meant we could remain in the single market.

«Brexit poses a real risk to the agricultural community and industry in Wales, which is why the Welsh Liberal Democrats are campaigning for Wales and the UK to remain in the single market.

On Thursday, Richard Angell, the director of Labour's centrist pressure group Progress, wrote an editorial arguing that policy of remaining in the single market would be the best move by Corbyn to unite all Labour members across the political spectrum as well as in leading trade unions.

Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long - Bailey insisted Labour's plans were to remain in a single market and a customs union, but did not rule out joining the existing blocs.

Shadow cabinet members are expected to demand clarification on Tuesday over Labour's Brexit policy, particularly about whether the party would negotiate to remain in the single market.

«In this election, a vote for the Welsh Liberal Democrats is a vote to remain in the single market, a vote to invest in our NHS and social care services, a vote for our children, and a vote to protect our environment.

As he had hoped — and as he and fellow Brexiters had urged after seeing earlier versions — the prime minister ruled out remaining in the single market or aiming for full membership of the customs union.

Our negotiations had been entirely hopeless — «I don't remind you of this to be critical,» he lied — and the Tories were now in the process of dismantling the Northern Ireland peace agreement, that had begun when when he was in power, by ruling out remaining in a single market and a customs union.

Labour has sacked three shadow ministers who joined dozens of their colleagues in defying the party to back a Queen's Speech amendment calling for Britain to remain in the single market and customs union.

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.

The government has suffered its 14th defeat in the House of Lords on the Brexit Bill after Peers voted for the UK to remain in the Single Market.

Earlier this week, Lord Hain failed to persuade a majority of Peers to back an amendment committing the government to negotiating Brexit on the basis the UK would remain in the single market.