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- The government could stay within the single market — or retain close access — at the same time as limiting free movement, which allows citizens to move freely around Europe.
- Immigration was a central force behind Brexit, but MPs say that safeguards and provisions within a Norway-style Brexit deal could be enough to place sufficient restrictions on immigration to satisfy the public.
- Committee chair Yvette Cooper MP said "there has been no attempt by the Government to hold any kind of sensible debate on it or build any kind of consensus on immigration" since the 2016 referendum.
LONDON — Theresa May could keep Britain within the EU single market after Brexit while still placing new controls on immigration, according to a cross-party report by MPs.
The Home Affairs select committee found that if May backed down on her Brexit "red lines" and sought a Norway-style arrangement with close participation in the single market, a number of measures to limit migration might still be possible.
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