Theresa May to unveil trio of Brexit pledges in Tory General Election 2017 manifesto – leaving single market, ending free movement and ditching meddling EU judges
THERESA MAY is set to unveil three Brexit pledges in the Tory manifesto as she campaigns ahead of the snap general election.
She will commit the UK to leaving the single market, ending free movement and removes EU judges' power to meddle in our affairs.
A Tory source: "All Conservative candidates will have to stand on the manifesto – it will lock them in and provide a much stronger mandate. It will also send a message to the House of Lords that they cannot get in the way.
"The policy the Prime Minister announced, of pursuing a general election and securing a mandate in this house and a mandate to bind the other place to the Salisbury convention, is therefore essential."
An insider suggested that Conservative Remainers would be required to sign up to these three key parts of the manifesto.
It has been said these specific pledges are designed to beat opposition within the PM's party and Lords.
However, the PM may also have to make concessions on cutting migrants numbers because of her decision to call anearly election.
The PM is set to be forced to no longer count foreign students in immigration figures after a call by the House of Lords.
She has always insisted international students should be part of migration figures - despite opposition from her own ministers - but she is now prepared to compromise, according to The Times.
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In order to rush through legislation before the election on June 8 the PM is promising to make concessions such as changing the way students are counted
Her own cabinet members, such as foreign secretary Boris Johnson, had argued students should be welcomed and called for them to be exempt from immigration figures.
MPs voted today by 522 votes to 13 to back the General Election on June 8 after the Prime Minister's announcement yesterday.
The PM promised that she will put her case for stability and a smooth Brexit front and centre of her election campaign – as she comfortably won a vote in the Commons to hold an early election.
As she opened the debate this afternoon, she promised to give the people their say in whether she should continue to lead the country through Brexit and beyond, as some despaired at the announcement of.
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