TUC welcomes Brexit Select Committee recognition of value of single market membership

14 January 2017

Responding to the report today (Saturday) from the Select Committee for Exiting the European Union, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“The Select Committee has made clear the need for staying in the single market. But this isn’t only about avoiding tariffs and bureaucratic obstacles to trade in goods and services – the Government needs to make sure British workers don’t get left behind with worse rights than the rest of Europe.”

ENDS

Notes to Editors:
- For more information on the TUC’s view on Brexit and the approach the government should take, see the TUC report Brexit: A New Deal for Workers, which is here: www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/BrexitNewDealforWorkingPeople.pdf
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