May's Northern Irish Ally Pushes for U.K. Single Market Exit
- DUP wants U.K. to exit customs union with European Union
- Wilson says wants U.K. to win freedom to do own trade deals
DUP's Foster Says Deal Delivers Stable U.K. Government
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Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, which is propping up Theresa May’s minority government, will push for the U.K. to exit Europe’s single market, one of its senior lawmakers said.
Quitting the single market and tariff-free customs union is the “logical position” after Britain leaves the EU, Sammy Wilson said in a Bloomberg Radio interview on Tuesday. May relies on the DUP’s 10 lawmakers in Westminster to pass laws.