[Published: Sunday January 15 2017]
UK PM to reveal 'global' Brexit plan
London 15 Jan (ANA) - Theresa May is expected to reveal the most detailed insight yet into her approach to Brexit negotiations, in a speech on Tuesday. She will urge people to give up on "insults" and "division" and unite to build a "global Britain". Downing Street, her office, said reports she may signal pulling out of the single market and customs union were "speculation". It comes as the chancellor said the UK could "change its economic model" if it loses access to the single market. The BBC's political correspondent, Chris Mason, said Downing Street was confirming little about precisely what Mrs May would say in her Brexit plan speech, but "a possible route map the prime minister could be preparing to follow is emerging". Her desire to control immigration suggested giving up the UK's existing membership of the single market, he added, while her enthusiasm for trade deals with countries such as New Zealand implied leaving the customs union. (ANA)
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