British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing fresh rebellion from within her own party as a group of anti-European Union lawmakers join business people to launch a new ‘leave Means leave’ group to push for “hard Brexit”.
The new group aims for a so-called “hard Brexit” to get the UK out of the EU’s single market after the country voted to leave the European Union in a historic referendum in June.
The Eurosceptic Tory lawmakers want an end to the influence of Brussels on British laws and scrapping “free movement” migration across Europe, the ‘Sunday Telegraph’ reported.
The group, to be launched on Sunday, is being led by businessman Richard Tice, one of the leading figures behind the ‘leave EU’ campaign in the referendum, with the backing of other business figures, lawmakers and economists.