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- EU member states are reportedly willing to consider a Brexit deal which allowed Britain to remain in the single market for goods, according to a report.
- Member states would demand that the UK replicated all environmental, social, and customs rules in return, however.
- The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has previously ruled out such a deal.
- The UK parliament would be likely to reject such a deal on the grounds it would keep Britain to closely linked to the EU and limit the country's ability to strike new free trade deals.
LONDON — European leaders are ready to make a major concession to Theresa May by allowing Britain to remain in the single market for goods while opting out of the free movement of people.
Some member states have said they could abandon one of the European Commission's negotiating red lines in return for more concessions from their British counterparts, the Times reported.
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