We’ll control migration, PM insists

THERESA May last night vowed to resist the plot by Remainers to keep Britain’s borders open after Brexit, declaring: ‘The people have spoken’.

A gang of MPs and peers led by Nick Clegg have threatened to block the formal EU exit process unless the Prime Minister agrees to a so-called soft Brexit – code for allowing free movement to continue.

They plan to seize on last week’s High Court ruling that Parliament must have a say on Article 50 being triggered to table amendments which would tie Mrs May’s hands. Last night, on a trade mission to India, she insisted the Government had a strong case for overturning the judges’ verdict in the Supreme Court.

But she dared MPs and peers to defy the wishes of the public for stricter border controls if the matter ever got put to a vote, saying it was a red line.

Mrs May told the Daily Mail: ‘I think the people have spoken on June 3. I think an important aspect that underpinned people’s approach to that vote was a concern that people had about the control of movement of people from the EU.

‘I believe that it is important for the UK Government to deliver on that.’