She agreed that people would be “surprised” if they had to apply for a short-term visa to visit countries like France but insisted such a scheme could be rolled out. While Rudd did not say whether she thinks this is likely, she did say: “It is a reminder that this is a two-way negotiation”.
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Liam Fox, Minister of Foreign Trade said, according to daily The Times, that the companies of his country seem not to be ready to profit from the alleged opportunities from the agreements being negotiated for the stage of post-Brexit and suggested they could even be sanctioned for their apathy.
Labour leadership contender Owen Smith also appeared on the Andrew Marr Show, saying that if he gained power in 2020 and the United Kingdom was in recession due to Brexit he would reapply to join the EU.
Mr Smith said that he could “potentially” even sign the United Kingdom up to the euro.
Johnson said in a video message endorsing the Change Britain group that Brexit “means restoring United Kingdom control over our laws, borders, money and trade”.
But last week the Prime Minister dodged questions about whether or not she wanted the United Kingdom to stay part of the Single Market.
“Work permits certainly has value”, Rudd told the BBC, saying her department was examining immigration control systems and that no decisions had yet been made.
The Leave campaign’s central message was that the United Kingdom could “take back control” including over the UK’s borders if it left the EU.
She added: “What we’re going to look at is how we can get the best for the economy – driving the numbers down but protecting the people who really add value to the economy”.
She also reaffirmed the Tory manifesto commitment to cut immigration to the United Kingdom to the tens of thousands. Introducing visas would hurt British businesses and families going on holiday.
Labour Party immigration spokesman Andy Burnham says Rudd’s comments “will not have reassured ordinary families about the cost of Brexit”.
“Norway doesn’t have the charge so why should we?”
She said: “We are looking at a number of options but students do make an important contribution”.
Schengen members, of which Britain is not one, will still be free to move throughout the EU.
Ms Rudd admitted British people would be “surprised” to learn the free-and-easy travel to the European Union they have enjoyed for decades was now in peril.
She warned expensive visas to enter the United Kingdom would be “reciprocal” if fees were brought in by European Union chiefs.
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“I fought for Britain to stay together in the Scottish referendum two years ago”.
