May Signals U.K. to Quit Single Market to Curb Immigration
- May denies ‘muddled’ thinking, pledges Brexit details in weeks
- Pound weakens as May’s comments indicate hard Brexit
U.K.'s May Hints at Single Market Exit in Brexit
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May signaled regaining control of immigration and lawmaking are her Brexit priorities even if that means quitting Europe’s single market. The pound fell to a 10-week low.
In her first televised interview of the new year, May told Sky News on Sunday that leaving the European Union will be about “getting the right relationship, not about keeping bits of membership.”