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Work permits among Brexit options, home secretary says

Below is a summary of options for Britain’s immigration system once it leaves the EU.

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But for higher tech products, such as automobiles and parts (10%) and nuclear reactors (5.4%) for instance, or many fast moving consumer goods, such as aftershave (5.4%) and shrimps and prawns (12%), or quality materials (for example 8% on woollen fabrics), there could be some real headaches for British exporters should the European Union refuse a Brexited Britain a privileged trade relationship.

Mr Verhofstadt has warned the United Kingdom that it would not be able to remain in the single market while gaining controls over immigration.

The phrase “No negotiation without notification [of article 50]” has become some kind of mantra in Brussels, but a group of British expats on Thursday announced they would challenge that principle.

Brexiteers this week hailed a record rise in Britain’s services sector last month as evidence that pre-referendum warnings about the economic cost of Brexit were nothing more than doom-mongering.

“I think, in the end, it will be the British economy that is damaged most, which I don’t hope for but, I mean, this is my concern”.

Inflows of foreign population into the United States granted permanent residence have been stable over the past decade, at around 1 million a year, the OECD says.

Boris Johnson is to spearhead a potentially confrontational new move by leading Brexit campaigners to force Theresa May to deliver on the European Union referendum result. “What he has said is completely compatible with a standard work permit system”.

The Schengen zone includes all 27 other European Union member states except Ireland, which opted out with Britain, and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia and Romania – which are waiting to join the zone.

“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”, Rudd said.

“The EU as a whole realises that after the Brexit vote, it has to find ways of making itself seem more poplar and more relevant to European voters”.

The Commission, led by committed federalist Jean-Claude Juncker, has been taking a hairline, punitive approach to Brexit, banning some talks and appointing anti-British hawks to key negotiating position.

Skilled professionals, including bankers, will still be able to move to the United Kingdom from other European countries after it leaves the EU, chancellor Philip Hammond has insisted.

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“The EU and the Commissioners may be considering alternatives – they will be considering their negotiations with us, just as we are considering it with them”.

Home secretary Amber Rudd appears on BBC Andrew Marr show