Caroline Lucas, the co-leader of the Green Party, has responded to Theresa May's speech on brexit.
She said:
“Theresa May has confirmed today that she is willing to take an extreme gamble with our country’s future. Her plan for Britain to be out of the Single Market and out of the Customs Union, without any guarantees on the kind of bilateral trade deals we’ll have, is extremely risky. The Prime Minister has morphed a close-run referendum into a mandate for an extremely hard brexit which will see our economy harmed as part of her desperate desire to end free movement.
“Theresa May’s veiled threat to the EU about Britain setting its 'own economic model’ if we don’t get a good deal is deeply concerning because, in effect, she means turning Britain into a corporate tax haven floating on the edge of Europe. The Green Party will continue to stand up for free movement and keeping close ties with the European Union, and we’ll fight any attempt to slash our state through corporate tax cuts and a race to the bottom on regulations.”