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| Theresa May says Brexit deal 'cannot mean membership of single market' | Theresa May says Brexit deal 'cannot mean membership of single market' |
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| Britain will pull out of the single market when it leaves the European Union, Theresa May said today - finally ending months of uncertainty and confusion. | |
| In her landmark Brexit speech, the Prime Minister said the deal she would be pursuing when the negotiations get underway "cannot mean membership of single market". | |
| She pointed to the EU's demand that all members comply with ‘four freedoms’ – including, crucially, freedom of movement of EU citizens. | |
| It would also mean “complying with EU rules and regulations that implement those freedoms without having a vote on what those rules and regulations are," Ms May told her audience at London's Lancaster House. | |
| The Prime Minister said single market membership would also mean the European Court of Justice having “direct legal authority in our country”. | |
| In her most significant comments on her Brexit strategy yet, she said: “What I am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market.” | |
| She added: "It would, to all intents and purposes, mean not leaving the EU at all”. | |
| Ms May claimed that “both sides” in the referendum debate had “made clear” that a ‘No’ vote would mean leaving the single market. | |
| She said her aim would be the “greatest possible access” to EU markets through a “comprehensive free trade agreement” – although, critics say, that could take many years to achieve. | |
| Britain would continue to pay into the EU budget for “specific EU programmes” of its choosing, adding: “The days of making vast contributions to the EU every year will end”. | |
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