A powerful cross-party group of MPs is to renew pressure on ministers over Brexit by forcing a parliamentary vote on whether they should reveal their plans for the UK’s future outside the EU before negotiations begin. The move is aimed at preventing a hard Brexit, under which the UK would retain no ties with the EU’s single market, and ensuring that MPs are not sidelined in the plans for exiting the EU. While the survey shows remain voters overwhelmingly support staying in the single market, leave voters are divided, with 45% believing the UK should leave the single market, 28% saying it should stay in, and 26% not sure. Alarmingly for ministers leading the push for hard Brexit, a majority of all voters believe such an approach would leave Britain worse off. Of them, 58% say leaving the single market would have a negative impact on the economy, while 32% believe the country would fare better outside the single market and 12% do not think leaving would make any difference.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2016 18:26 UTC