However, a spokesman declined several opportunities to say whether Parliament will be given a formal vote on the triggering of Article 50 when pressed by reporters on Tuesday.
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Downing Street has said lawmakers will be given “a say”, but adds there’s “no legal obligation” to consult Parliament.
“And I want it to be a society where it’s the talent that you have and how hard you’re prepared to work that determines how you get on, rather than your background”.
The UK’s future outside the European Union will be a key issue during the Prime Minister’s first full week back at work following her summer holiday in Switzerland as she travels to the G20 summit in China at the weekend.
A Tory MP has come out fighting passionately for open immigration after Theresa May sacked her as a business minister.
Norway has been put forward by some commentators as a possible template for the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU.
“The PM added that as we embark on those discussions, we should consider what is going to work best for the United Kingdom and what is going to work for the European Union, rather than necessarily pursuing an existing model”.
Mrs May has tasked her colleagues with setting out the opportunities that leaving the European Union (EU) will create in each of their portfolios.
There is also confusion over the responsibilities of different government departments in any negotiations with Brussels, particularly between the foreign, worldwide trade and Brexit ministries.
“I think even if there was some electoral damage, we should be clear about it”, he told The Independent.
But EU leaders have warned that Britain can not have “single market a la carte” and free movement of people remains a fundamental principle of the economic and political union.
“That’s a faultline that needs to be addressed before we begin to negotiate anything”.
“Access to the single market, free of tariffs, free of custom duties”.
The new premier has appointed a trio of anti-EU ministers to the most important Brexit departments, including Boris Johnson as foreign minister.
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He told World at One: “They will get on”.
