Voters still want end to free movement

A MAJORITY of voters still want to end free movement despite softening support for Brexit, a poll has found.

Some 59 per cent want Eu migrants to face the same controls as those from outside Europe, compared with just 20 per cent who are happy for free movement to continue, according to a study by elections expert Sir John Curtice. Theresa May has made ending free movement a red line in her negotiations with Brussels – but some ministers, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, want her to soften the position in return for a better trade deal.

The NatCen study of more than 2,000 voters revealed only 14 per cent believe Mrs May will secure a good deal, while 58 per cent think it will be a bad deal. Respondents to the poll said they had voted by 53 to 47 per cent to Remain in the Eu in 2016. The group would now back Remain by 59 to 41 per cent.

ONE of the country’s biggest trade unions has demanded a public vote on the final deal. The GMB, which consulted thousands of its 620,000 members, said promises made during the referendum were ‘not the reality we are facing’.