So we will decide on our borders, our laws and the taxpayers’ money.
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“It means getting the best deal for Britain – one that is unique to Britain and not an “off the shelf” solution”. They wanted some control in movement of people from the European Union into the United Kingdom.
‘This government is looking at every option but the simple truth is that if a requirement of membership is giving up control of our borders, I think that makes it very improbable.’
“If the government doesn’t have a clear idea of what it wants the banks will just go”, said one senior banking source, who asked not to be named. The Conservative premier has also risked a backlash from Brexit backers after ruling out adopting an Australian-style visa system, an initiative endorsed by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and the Vote Leave campaign ahead of the European Union referendum.
Mrs May said there were “various ways” for the Government to assert control over migration into the UK. “Any watering down from that will lead to real anger”, the PM added. May’s senior cabinet ministers, said that kind of system was the best way of controlling immigration, but on Monday the Prime Minister said it wouldn’t work.
After his government released a 15-page paper setting out the threats to Japanese companies in Britain if exit terms are too tough, Abe told May that investment in her country is partly dependent on Britain’s access to the single market.
And she said Mrs May maintained an “open mind” about what could be secured from negotiations with the remaining 27 member states under Article 50 of the European Union treaties, and planned to be “ambitious” in her stance.
Commenting on the Hinkley project, a partly Chinese-invested nuclear power station program delayed by the British government in July, May said there will be a decision about the project later this month.
“When are they going to tell us how they’re going to deliver, for example, free trade for British businesses while also opposing immigration controls”.
He said the United Kingdom will also seek to “act in good faith” towards European Union countries and his Brexit department now has more than 180 staff in London plus “expertise” from more than 120 officials in Brussels.
The Japanese report, published on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Friday, cites numerous concerns including that Japanese financial institutions may have to apply for corporate status in the European Union if Brexit means they lose the “single passport” – the right to operate across the bloc.
“They are companies responsible to their stakeholders and their duty is to produce profit”.
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Mike Matthews, the managing director of award-winning plastics processor Nifco UK has responded to media reports that Brexit could result in Japanese firms moving offices out of Britain by saying they “are good, long-term investors that do not run at the first sign of uncertainty”.
