“I want a system where the government gets to decide who comes into the country”, she told reporters, rejecting a key proposal made by Brexit campaigners including now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who wants a referendum on Brexit plans, said it would be “totally wrong” for the Government to force a deal on the country that voters had not backed.
He responded: “This Government is looking at every option”. I think that’s what the British people want. She abruptly stalled approval for the project pushed through by her predecessor, and said Sunday she was reviewing “all the evidence around this issue”, including relating to national security.
The only person to have got the European Union to budge on the unity of the 4 Single Market pillars is none other than her predecessor.
However, on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister stated that the Secretary’s speech merely reflected Davis’ own views and that the work on the Brexit negotiations is ongoing.
But the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson distanced the government from his comments.
Theresa May insisted she would not give a “running commentary” on Brexit negotiations, as she refused to say whether she wanted the United Kingdom to stay in the European single market.
She declined, saying: “It would not be right for us to prejudge those negotiations”.
Nigel Farage was swift to comment that a desire for points-based immigration system was one of the main forces behind the vote to leave the European Union and “watering down from that will lead to real anger”.
Referring to the gathering in Hangzhou, May said the G20 was the first time that the world’s leading economies came together since Britain’s decision to leave the EU.
She previously said that she wanted to the right deal for Britain and to build a new relationship with the EU.
“Work is under way at the moment to look at various ways”.
He said Brexit was about “getting the best deal” with something that is unique rather than an “off-the-shelf solution”.
He dismissed obsessive free trade mania and after he’d finished speaking his aide briefed that Mr Corbyn would not be fighting for full membership of the Single Market.
At a separate news conference minutes later, European Council President Donald Tusk reiterated the EU’s stance that they will not start negotiating with Britain on its future relationship with a 27-member bloc until the British government formally invokes Article 50.
“The Government must not let their immigration policy dictate their economic and trade policy – both must be considered together in the upcoming talks with the European Union”.
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“But frankly there isn’t much we can seriously talk about in detail, which is really what trade deals are all about, until we know what their relationship will be with the European Union”, he said, on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.
