Britain will not have same access to single market after Brexit, top Tory in Brussels admits

‘The leader of Theresa May’s Conservatives in the European Parliament has admitted the UK will not have the same access to the single market after Brexit as it enjoys now.
Ashley Fox MEP said it is inevitable Britain will lose ground in exporting goods and services to the continent, admitting there are some “disadvantages” to quitting the bloc. Speaking to The Independent he also said he believed the EU was set to do everything in its power to ensure that the UK is not in a better position outside the union.
It comes as Theresa May is set to face a cross-party push from Tory and Labour MPs to ensure the UK remains in the single market during a transition to new trading arrangements, a move backed by British business.’
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