Voters overwhelmingly want Britain to remain in the EU single market after Brexit but would also like to see controls on immigration, according to a study that suggests Theresa May faces a tough political challenge in reconciling public expectations. EU leaders have repeatedly said freedom of movement is inseparable from the other aspects of single market membership. The NatCen study suggests that if voters were forced to choose, they would be split almost evenly on which they would prioritise. “The safest summary of the public’s position does indeed appear to be that voters are probably quite evenly divided on the issue. If so, the choice is likely to prove politically a difficult one for the UK government to make,” the report suggests.

Source: The Guardian November 16, 2016 16:15 UTC