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Theresa May will set out a 12-point plan for Brexit as she vows that the UK will not have “partial”<br />
membership of the EU “that leaves us half-in, half-out”.<br />
Mrs May will make her most significant speech since becoming Prime Minister in July last year<br />
and confirm that Britain will leave the single market and customs union after Brexit.<br />
In remarks that will delight Conservative Eurosceptics, Mrs May will pledge that Britain outside<br />
the European Union will be a “great, global trading nation” that is “respected around the world and<br />
strong, confident and united at home”.<br />
The Prime Minister will make regaining control of Britain’s borders one of the central themes<br />
of her Brexit strategy and will also make clear that the rights of UK expats will be protected.<br />
She will make clear for the first time that Britain will not seek a watered down version of Brexit,<br />
something that Remain campaigners are still pushing for.<br />
The Prime Minister will say that Britain is quitting the single market and although she will be<br />
less explicit on the issue of the customs union, her remarks will make clear that after Brexit the UK<br />
will no longer be a member.<br />
inReadHer remarks will be seen as a direct rebuke to European leaders who have repeatedly<br />
claimed that Britain will have to compromise on freedom of movement if it wants membership of the<br />
single market or customs union.<br />
“We seek a new and equal partnership – between an independent, self-governing, Global<br />
Britain and our friends and allies in the EU,” the Prime Minister will say in the speech in Lancaster<br />
House in London.<br />
“Not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership of the European<br />
Union, or anything that leaves us half-in, half-out. We do not seek to adopt a model already enjoyed<br />
by other countries. We do not seek to hold on to bits of membership as we leave.<br />
The United Kingdom<br />
is leaving<br />
the European<br />
Union. My job is<br />
to get the right<br />
deal for Britain<br />
as we do.”<br />
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