today at seven: the prime minister spells out her strategic goals for taking britain out of the european union. in a long—awaited speech, mrs may says britain will leave the single market, seek new trade agreements, and control immigration. while i am sure a positive agreement can be reached, i am equally clear that no deal is better than a bad dealfor britain. parliament will get a vote on the final brexit deal, but labour says the approach involved "enormous dangers". she has said leave the single market, and at the same time says she wants to have access to the single market. i'm not sure how that will go down in europe. in scotland, the first minister accuses theresa may of taking the extreme option. i firmly believe this path will be damaging for scotland. the inflation rate hits a 2.5—year peak — largely due to higher prices

for fuel and food and the fall in the pound. the libyan man who claims that british agents took part in his kidnap in 2004 is given permission to take legal action. britain will be leaving the eu single market, the clear—cut message for theresa may as she set out the red lines for the brexit negotiations. she said britain must be able to control who comes here, british courts must have powers, and

parliament will have a say in which deal his negotiated. and there was a warning for higher eu counterparts. she will walk away if eu negotiators try to punish britain. good morning, what is the plan? on her way out and on our way out. notjust of on her way out and on our way out. not just of the on her way out and on our way out. notjust of the european union. the reason they gathered ministers and ambassadors, too. to confirm, finally, we will leave behind the way the country has made its living for decades. as a priority, we will pursue a bold and ambitious free trade agreement with the european union. this agreement should allow

for the freest possible trading goods and services between britain and the eu's member states. it should give britain companies freedom to trade with and operate within european markets and let european businesses do the same in britain. but i want to be clear. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. privately, ministers have told of preserving some parts of the special club. where are businesses can buy and sell with no barriers. ministers pushed her, but she believes it cannot be done because the rules of the single market, is unlimited immigration. the message before and after referendum was clear, brexit must be in control of the number of people who come to britain from europe. we will deliver that. our

custom arrangements, how we tread of a borders, will change too, but no decision on how. her clear hope, though,... there may be specific european programmes in which we want to participate. this will be for us to participate. this will be for us to decide. it is reasonable we should make an appropriate contribution. the principle is clear, the days of britain making vast contributions to the european union every year will end. 37 other countries where the side if her plans are an ambitious wish list or a fantasy. most dramatically, if, after two years of talks, negotiation style, she and her team are willing to walk away. britain wa nts to are willing to walk away. britain wants to remain a good friend and neighbour to europe. but i know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that discourages other countries from taking the same path

and punishes britain. we could not act set —— except such an approach. iam act set —— except such an approach. i am confident this scenario will not arrive. i am positive a deal can be reached. but no deal for britain is better than a bad dealfor britain. but the prime minister never wanted to leave. during the referendum campaign, you said plainly, if we left the eu and the single market, the country would be worse off. either you have changed your mind, or, as prime minister, your mind, or, as prime minister, you have made a decision that you believe will leave the country and its citizens poorer. which is it. although the economic indicators have been more positive than predictions. it is the earlier this week that it was confirmed that we are the fastest—growing economy last year. what i am talking about today

is the country coming together and looking for that brighter future as a global britain. did the brexit backers in the cabinet gets the upper hand? an excellent speech, optimistic and confident. it set out out optimistic and confident. it set out our responsibilities global context —— in a global context. our responsibilities global context -- in a global context. it is negotiable. it will be good for the uk and the rest of the eu. why should they give the lay allow us to have our cake and eat it? it will be good for both sides. is it achievable, what she said out? we shall wait and see. not exactly nodding along either — the other parties across the uk. the political consequences of theresa may's choices are unclear. i think we have to have a deal that ensures we have

access to the market. we have britishjobs access to the market. we have british jobs dependent on that market. we will push for that. whether it is specifically... she seems to be wanting to have her cake and eat it. do we want to be taken down a path that we didn't vote for and is against our interests, all do we wa nt and is against our interests, all do we want to take control of our own future? the choice, scotland has the right to make. waving the white flag, giving up what is best for britain, it is damaging for britain's feature. a theft of democracy. in brussels, the message received clear. but welcome? parliament was told today that they will get a vote on the final deal. but it is plain that the prime minister believes the country has delivered a clear verdict, and she has made her mind, drawn her conclusions. now, she must persuade

a continent what she wants is possible for and persuading those who wanted to stay in the eu that it is desirable. it is a long process. concerning criticism won't fade away. the scale of what we decided, however since our country and our lives, is still fully to emerge. for decades, britain has traded within the single market. what is the single market? what could britain get in its place? if money and workers are to move

freely across the borders, economies will grow. comment shading. a widget made in greece, the same as in spain. ——, trading. and the european court ofjustice spain. ——, trading. and the european court of justice make spain. ——, trading. and the european court ofjustice make sure everyone follows the rules. supporters say the single market helps british companies flourish. by making it easierfor them to export companies flourish. by making it easier for them to export their goods. i think there's an obvious risk for us outside of the single market, we increasingly trade with europe. i think any change in the customs regime is probably going to make us uncompetitive. but opponents say the single market imposes unnecessary red tape on british firms, like this nappy manufacturer

in northampton. it gives too much power to eu judges and allows in too many migrant workers. the owner of this firm says the opportunities outside are greater. i think, primarily, we can't remain part of the single market because we want to go out and do our trade deals with countries outside the eu and that's very exciting for companies such as ours. so to help make that happen, theresa may wants britain to have instead the greatest possible access to the single market, particularly for british cars, lorries and financial services and to get that, by negotiating a new free trade deal with the eu. if she can, and if they're willing. and what about the so—called customs union, the deal under which eu countries impose the same tariffs on goods and services imported from outside of the eu? theresa may said she did not want

britain to be bound by this common external tariff any more. instead, she wants britain to be able to set its own tariffs and negotiate its own trade deals with the rest of the world. but she said she would accept some kind of new customs arrangement with the eu, but didn't spell out what that might mean. so this is what the prime minister wants. now, all she has to do is get the rest of the eu to agree — and that's far from certain. i havejust skated over the surface of what are some pretty important issues. you can read a lot more in detail on the bbc news website that will take you through all the options and what they might mean. joining me from westminster is our chief political correspondent vicki young. it was interesting today because sometimes the tone from theresa may was conservatively, saying to our eu partners that we have worked together so closely on things like trade and security for over a0 yea rs, trade and security for over a0 years, there is no reason to destroy

all of that. we need to continue to work together, calling for tariff free trade. that is the best way, she said, for both sides to prosper. she is saying don't cut off your nose to spite your face. there is no use trying to punish britain because it will harm your economies, too. in some ways being conservatively, working as partners, really talking about having a harmonious relationship. but there was a sting in the tail because she said, the problem is, if you do not give us a good deal, we do have a fall back option. i think this is interesting because people say she has learned from david cameron's mistakes. ultimately, she is saying, we are willing to walk away. we can leave without a deal. it may not be best for both sides, but that is what we will do now. that could be seen as a threat, but when philip hammond talked about the possibility of britain changing its economic model,

what he was talking about was slashing taxes, enticing companies to come and set up in britain and become a direct rival to the european union. she repeated that threat today. that will upset some in the european union. ultimately, she now is relying on their goodwill. she is relying on the fact that they won't want to punish britain. there was a political angle to all of this, because many eu leaders do that you cannot give britain a better deal outside than inside because that will ultimately destroy the european union by encouraging others to read. her speech has gone down well with those who supported brexit. we have heard from nigel farage, he said he loves her speech. he tweeted saying the prime minister of britain is using the phrase is that he has talked about and spoken about for many yea rs. about and spoken about for many

years. today interviewing mps from all parties, it was particularly interesting in the conservative party. yes, those who campaign for brexit are delighted. there is uncertainty about the customs union, many think britain should just leave. but the idea that you are leaving the single market is very welcome to them. they feel if you stayed in there would be so many rules and regulations, you couldn't control immigration. but also speaking to some conservatives on the other side, they felt today was not the day to kick up a fuss. they are looking at the positives of all of this, the tone theresa may adopted, but they are not ruling out quizzing her further down the line. and also a promise of a parliamentary vote. i think some people said the pound started to rise when she announced that was about that won't come until the end of the processing at least two yea rs' of the processing at least two years' time. ultimately, people as saying, what will that rugby on?

accept the deal we have, leave without a deal at all. really isn't much of a choice for ireland. —— for parliament. so is theresa may's vision of britain's future what voters had in mind when they went to the polls in the eu referendum. our midlands correspondent sima kotecha has been talking to people in birmingham, which voted narrowly to leave the eu. it's the 50—50 city, where half the population voted to leave the eu, and the other half voted to remain. today in her speech, the prime minister said people who had voted for brexit had done so with their eyes open. out, out, of course, absolutely. the country seems like it slipping, slipping. we lost everything, everything to the european. everything was going up and itjust seemed to be slipping away. she confirmed the uk was heading for a hard brexit, but not everybody‘s clear about what that means.

unless it's laid out in layman's terms, we don't understand the jargon. she may as welljust speak chinese to us. you've got 16 sausage rolls there for a pound. at the market, locals were digesting the headline announcement. she's just said that the uk will be leaving the single market — what do you think about that? i don't think the uk should leave. i think things are all right the way it is. personally, they are rocking the boat quite a lot. diversity is a good thing, because you bring all kinds of different ways of life, you know. and the jobs that some people in england don't want to do, other people are happy to come and do it to keep the country going. the leave campaign won by a whisker here, fewer than a000 votes made the difference, but no matter which way people voted, the question many want the answer to is, what brexit really means to them. we need still even more information, and i don't think we will fully understand until we have made

that complete breakaway. then, we will understand what it means. you know, at the moment, it's just pie in the sky, isn't it? the prime minister says she wants a smooth and orderly brexit, but the process could take years will stop and for those who voted out, patience is wearing thin. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. here is chris paisley, a member of the open britain campaign. -- chris leslie. many people calling for the banister to give us clarity on the brexit negotiation strategy. did you get that —— prime minister. brexit negotiation strategy. did you

get that —— prime ministerlj brexit negotiation strategy. did you get that -- prime minister. i saw a prime minister throwing in the towel onjobs and prime minister throwing in the towel on jobs and growth prime minister throwing in the towel onjobs and growth in our economy, in terms of membership of the single market. before even trying to negotiate persuade those other 27 european countries that there is a way to manage migration changes to free movement. she is saying no to the single market. we will, potentially, go off a cliff edge in april 2000 i9. potentially, go off a cliff edge in april 2000 19. which is after the two—year article 50 process. —— 2019. i think this is potentially a very disastrous process. she said two ends free movement into britain, and you can't be in the single

market and control immigration. how does she know that? there are countries in the eu, greece italy and the netherlands, they are saying, maybe this thing about free movement, labour mobility, skills and ability, we are not going to ask them, however. theresa may says we are out of the single market. even margaret thatcher extols the virtues ofa margaret thatcher extols the virtues of a single market of 500,000 —— 500 million customers. who needs that tariff free trade. environment to deliver protection,... to be out i think it is a blow for the economy. but perhaps replacing the customs union might get you what you want on tariffs? we definitely need to make

sure that we have some sort of ability for perhaps car manufacturers are other manufacturing companies in britain, who assemble many of the products they use, a factory for warehouse agreement, it comes and goes rapidly. if we have barriers coming across where components can go across, think of the hits to our competitors. the blessing, oh, well, it has been fine. we hadn't left the european union. but to leave the single market as well, it is conceding too much before we have even started negotiations. what about putting a final deal to parliament. would you welcome that? on the face of the article 50 bill, if the supreme court ruled that legislation is necessary, but the

thing i am concerned about today is her own manifesto process. where they said, yes, to retain and staying in the single market. don't forget, the single market was not on the ballot paper of the referendum. we said leaving the european union, but that doesn't mean throwing away every aspect. i think there is a fight still to be had for membership of the single market. members of all parties will make sure we try. she said no deal is better than a bad deal. do you agree? nobody wants a bad deal. what she is sort of finding is that we are going to change the basic economic model of britain if she does not get her way. she is threatening to take it out on environmental protection, workers' rights, employees. iam not

convinced. i don't think this is the best way to get the best deal for britain it is more about trying to get the best deal for eurosceptics, her conservative backbench. the single market announcement is not good news. thank you very much. we are going to be finding out about the trees are made speech, how they are covered, in tomorrow's front pages. the rate of inflation is at its highest level in two and a half years. the consumer prices index rose to 1—point—6 per cent last month. the increase in the cost of living is partly being put down to rising air fares and food.

here's our economics correspondent andy verity. to this heathrow—based haulier, the effect is very obvious. because the pound is weaker, you need more pounds to buy the same goods in dollars. fuel had been falling in price. on today's inflation numbers it up by 10%. the company can absorb the cost, but not for ever. the cost of the fuel is starting to bite. we will have to put a fuel surcharge in like everybody else in this industry once we go past a certain level because we cannot afford to keep those costs in—house. the effect of the weaker pound is most obvious up the supply chain where raw materials, most of them imported, are up by 15.8%. so far producers have not been passing most of that on. with prices at the factory gate up 2.7% only now is that starting to feed through to shop prices, up 1.6%. sterling is having an impact now and we are seeing import prices pushing up quite markedly and that is the sharp fall in sterling since the brexit vote which is driving a lot of that.

but the bigger move from the sterling effect is still to come because contracts have still to be renewed and that is where we think inflation moves up much further from the 1.6% we have seen today, to above 3%. food prices are still lower than they were last year. goods prices generally had been falling for most of the last two years, though not any more. the return of inflation may be temporary, a one—off adjustment, or if workers start to demand higher wages, it could become permanent. the weaker pound has also prompted us companies who do a lot of business in the uk to bump up their prices. they may be making the same money or more here in the uk in pounds, but when that is exchanged for us dollars it is much less, so the likes of apple are raising their uk prices to make up. within seven days, an app which now costs 79p will cost 99p, a 25% rise. let's take a look at some

of the other stories making an inquest has heard how concerns over security at a tunisian holiday resort where 30 britons were killed by an islamist gunman injune 2015 were raised six months before the attack took place. a report injanuary 2015 for the uk government suggested there was a low standard of protection at some hotel entrances in the area of sousse. the killings were the deadliest on britons since the 2005 london bombings. an 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found on a pathway in rotherham. the girl has been named locally as 16—year—old leonne weeks. south yorkshire police say her body was found by members of the public yesterday morning. the search for a malaysian airliner that vanished three years ago with 239 people on board has been called off. an underwater trawl for debris from flight mh370 had failed

to discover a significant amount of wreckage. the families of those on board say the decision to stop searching is "irresponsible". family and friends have paid their last respects at the funeral ofjill saward, the campaigner for the rights of victims of sexual violence, at lichfield cathedral in staffordshire. mrs saward, who died aged 51 earlier this month, was the first rape victim in the uk to waive her right to anonymity, after she was attacked at herfather‘s vicarage in ealing, west london, in 1986. a libyan man has won the right to sue the british government, including the former foreign secretary jack straw, over claims of kidnap and torture. abdul hakim belhaj, a former opponent of colonel gaddafi, was arrested in bangkok, taken to libya and questioned by agents from m16 and the cia. mr straw has denied any involvement. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. libya, 2011, colonel gaddafi's been

toppled, and it's chaos. among the files strewn across the offices of his security service, a document comes to light suggesting britain played a part in the abduction and torture of a libyan dissident. he's abdul hakim belhaj, once regarded as a terror suspect. now, he's been told by britain's highest court he can sue m16 and the government, which tried to halt the case. the supreme court unanimously dismisses the government's appeals. normally, the english courts can't consider cases involving what foreign governments have done abroad, but in thisjudgment, the supreme court has concluded that that doesn't prevent the courts here from considering british involvement in what's happened. in this jail, mr belhaj says he was tortured after he and his pregnant wife were intercepted by us agents and flown to libya. there have been no criminal charges, but speaking in istanbul today, he insisted britain was involved.

translation: they've got to admit that this act, committed by individuals in the british government, is a criminal act encroaching on ourfreedom and rights and rendering us to a regime they know is they know is a a dictator regime. my wife was pregnant then and she was kept for months in prison. if they apologise, we will drop our demands. the crucial evidence could be the document found in libya in which an m16 officer appears to write to a gaddafi official, welcoming the safe arrival of mr belhaj, using his alternative name, but also describing him as " ' the letter says the intelligence that led to his capture was british. labour's jack straw, foreign secretary at the time is one of those accused, but said today he acted within the law and was never

complicit with what might have happened abroad. britain's alleged connection with so—called rendition, official flights to secret prison torture destinations has never been fully examined by a court. now it may happen. tom symonds, bbc news, the supreme court. we'll get a look at the weather now. one or2 we'll get a look at the weather now. one or 2 degrees in kent despite the century. north—west england, down throughout the day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. where ever you are, where the cloud is big enough, you may encounter drizzle. in the countryside, quite a widespread and ha rd countryside, quite a widespread and hard frost to come coming into

wednesday morning. for much of the uk, it is frost—free but cloudy to start wednesday. there will be at the chance of seeing light rain or drizzle. writer spots in eastern scotla nd drizzle. writer spots in eastern scotland and north east england. chilly despite the sunshine, up to nine or 10 degrees. temperatures getting closer together from thursday onwards. high pressure in control with settled weather to come. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister has made her first major speech outlining her strategy for leaving the eu, and announced that she wants britain to leave the single market after brexit. not partial membership, associate membership, or anything that leaves

us membership, or anything that leaves us half in, have out. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has accused the prime minister of taking the extreme option. it is clear theresa may wants to ta ke it is clear theresa may wants to take the uk off a hard brexit cliff edge, the direction she has set has not been driven by the best interests of the country. the inflation rate hits a two and a half year peak — largely due to higher prices for fuel and food and the fall in the pound. the libyan man who claims that british agents took part in his kidnap in 200a — has been given permission to take legal action. let's return to our main story this evening. the prime minister has given her first major speech on the government's strategy for leaving the european union. she's underlined some of the key aims of the forthcoming talks and promised that members of parliament at westminster will be able to vote on the final deal. let's run through some of the main points. the uk will leave the single market.

mrs may said that staying in would mean in effect staying in the eu. but the prime minister promised to push for the ‘freeist possible trade' — what she called a customs agreement with the remaining 27 countries of the eu and to sign new trade deals with others around the world. mrs may said there would an end to what she called the ‘vast‘ contributions made annually to the european union. and she promised that parliament would have a binding vote on the final brexit deal. the foreign secretary boris johnson said it was a ‘very, very exciting vision'. but labour has warned of ‘enormous dangers' in the prime minister's plans. and the british chamber of commerce said the government's approach to immigration was outweighing economic concerns which was alarming for businesses. nicola sturgeon responded to the

speech today by saying she thinks it has increased the chances that there will be a second referendum on scottish independence. she said it's clear that the uk is heading for a hard brexit, which they she thinks will be economically catastrophic and will not allow scotland to be stem rollered down a path it didn't vote for. at the end of last year, the first minister put together a paper outlining how she thinks scotland could stay in the single market if the uk leaves. that could only happen if the prime minister and the uk government agrees with it. she says she doesn't think theresa may is giving the proposals serious consideration and that is why she said she thinks the prospect of another vote for independence, she thinks a prospect which is becoming more likely. northern ireland is most exposed to the fallout from brexit

because it shares a land border with the irish republic. theresa may was quick today to say there would be no return to the borders of the past. she said the common travel area would be retained. but there were few details as to how this would happen. here's the question — if the uk wants to control immigration from the eu, how can it do that with an open border, with the irish republic? here's another question — say the uk steps outside the customs union, what will that do to the border? will that border become effectively a hard border? wales voted to leave the eu despite that i think inevitable concerns today, economically, about what the impact could be, particularly in areas like manufacturing and farming, strong in wales. dependant on exports to the eu. at the national assembly the first minister has a problem, he campaigned to remain. since brexit he has called for full and unvettered access, as he calls it, to the single market. he said things appear to be going in the wrong direction for him.

political leverage is also a problem. if he complains too much, ministers at westminster can turn round to him and say — they are delivering what the people of wales want, which was brexit. the home secretary amber rudd, said her leader had done everything she could in her speech to stress that britain wants to depart the eu on good terms. i think what she set out today was a positive tone showing as in the uk what the opportunities are and also how it can work through our european friends. the audience was partially made up of ambassadors and i think we are beginning to hear much more encouraging noises from europeans about how they would like to work with us. no one wants to have annual relationship with the uk which would be bad for them. it is up to us to

make sure we set out clearly for the eu that what we want is good for them as well. she said we want the widest possible access to the single market, that would be good for us and also good for the. we want strong trading partners. she was conciliatory in places but elsewhere there was an implied threat that we would walk away if we did not get a good deal. is she really prepared to walk away without a deal. good deal. is she really prepared to walk away without a deallj good deal. is she really prepared to walk away without a deal. i think it is right she set out the key policy objectives but also said if we cannot achieve those, we are nevertheless leaving the eu. we cannot have a set of objectives which we hide behind and then if we do not achieve will not be. she was clear it is a one—way direction, we wa nt clear it is a one—way direction, we want the best with everyone else. that could mean tariffs on goods for exporters here and there will be concerned. she hinted about but also gave a very optimistic and exciting

and positive picture of the negotiations that we can have with eu and that is our preferred way forward. when it comes to the customs union she had an open mind, is that partly because amanda cabinet table there is no agreement. the point the customs union if we wa nt the point the customs union if we want the best of british industry would like access to certain parts of it if we can. but as she set out not at any cost, we will try to approach it in a way that would deliver the best for the uk so she has an open mind to the customs union. the cabinet is united behind and we will support making sure she gets the best deal for us all. critics will say you want to have your cake and eat it and thatjust is not going to happen. today she set out clearly, she not saying have our cake set out clearly, she not saying have ourcake and set out clearly, she not saying have our cake and eat it, we are leaving the single market and have an opened mine to the customs union. we will have a vote in parliament at the end of it. that was pragmatic and

positive and she also made the case for why this is going to work for the eu. it is not about a combat arrangement, it is about trying to make sure it works for both of us. hilary benn, who's labour's chair of the brexit select committee said theresa may's speech had gone some way to clarifying the government's position on how it would handle our withdrawal from the eu. we have learned some new things, i welcome in particular the commitment to seek transitional arrangements because that is clearly sensible when engaging in a complex negotiation like this that could lead to fundamental change. i welcome the fact that parliament will get a vote on the final deal. in other respects and one in particular, we are still not much wiser in relation to the customs union. the government in effect said we wa nt union. the government in effect said we want to be partly in and partly out. we want to ensure that there are no terrorists or barriers to trade. business has said to us we do

not want that to happen. how can you ensure that europe is going to agree toa ensure that europe is going to agree to a deal allowing you to negotiate trade deals outside the eu but giving you the tariff free and barrier free access when it comes to our largest single market. so people will go back and say we understand the government one side but are we sure that that is what they will achieve. she is really relying on the goodwill of eu partners and the message seemed to be, do not think of it in terms of what the uk might lose but what is also good for your economies. is there evidence of goodwill from eu partners? when the referendum result came through there was disappointment, what europe has said is let's be clear that the uk will not have as good a deal once you have left compared with what you have had while you're in. and they're about contagion, worried about if it is too good for the uk other countries might say i liked the look of that, let's have some

ourselves. that is what they're wearing up but i hope in this negotiation we will get to a sensible agreement that works for both us and the 27 number states and the task of politicians regardless of what way we voted in the referendum is to come together to get the best deal for the uk. referendum is to come together to get the best dealfor the uk. this is the most complex and challenging negotiation the country has faced in decades and on the outcome, a great deal is resting. manyjobs and incomes. therefore the government can set out what it once but what in the end we get is going to depend on the end we get is going to depend on the 27 member states and there is a long way yet to go. the negotiation has not even started. so what does the announcement mean for business in the uk and the future of them, is it looking different for them for, mike cherry is the national chairman of the federation of small businesses. how

have a small businesses in reacting to this news? first we have some clarity at last being brought to whatever is going to come out of this at the end negotiations. secondly we welcome the idea of a bold and ambitious new free trade agreement whatever that may end up as being. what we do not want clearly is no access at all, or a high imposition of costs in addition to getting access to that £500 million block of customers. the other thing we want is the right people with the right skills for the rightjobs for our people with the right skills for the right jobs for our members. people with the right skills for the rightjobs for our members. that is fundamental to whatever comes out on these negotiations. in terms of immigration? indeed. so we had to have the right people with the right skills. are you worried you might not be able to get that if we leave

the single market. the government recognises that is what business needs and we cannot have a whole new raft of legislative burdens, bureaucratic or how it operates in practice. 93% of bureaucratic or how it operates in practice. 9396 of your members who export, they export goods to the eu soa export, they export goods to the eu so a huge number. how worried are they that leaving the single market would mean that tariffs are just going to mean it is so much harder to export. £500 million, 500 million customers is a crucial market for the vast majority of our members who do export. but equally we have yet to see what that means on the free trade agreement the prime minister announced today. she talked about the customs agreement, to replace being in the customs union. what is the significance of that, what would that mean? clearly customers -- customs union means less formality

around the movement of goods and services across the eu and you would hope that that is still retained in some way or other so businesses can make sure their supply chains work as they do now. without any further bureaucratic imposition on how they do their business. what would you say is the reaction of your federation to the speech, disappointment, pleased ? federation to the speech, disappointment, pleased? ithink federation to the speech, disappointment, pleased? i think at last we have the start of some clarity around this whole two a three—year process, whatever it comes out as at the end. we need access to the market but whatever that means we do not want increased ta riffs if that means we do not want increased tariffs if that can be avoided. we do want ambitious trade agreements with europe and other overseas markets. thank you. we can also talk to professor philip

weimann from the lancashire business school. what are your thoughts on that speech today. but we will be leaving the single market. largely i support the prime minister's statement, i think the free trade agreement is the best way for the uk to maximise the opportunities created by brexit. and minimise some of the downsides. some of the other suggestions that had been made for example the norway model, the eea, norway would mean that they had to abide by a lot of the regulations created by brussels. but without any real input into that and having to pay through the nose for the privilege. so it seems that is not a sensible model. another suggestion has been the customs union but again i think the prime minister is right when she speaks about the fact that the uk would not want to be

restricted by commercial policies. if we are going to set a different trade agreement with other countries, we do not want to be constrained by those things. so a agreement would be the best option. i think of course the devil is in the detail so what you would want is afraid —— is a free trade agreement building on what canada has negotiated with the eu. so goods, some services, and i think the uk would also want financial services included in the mix which the canadians did not manage to negotiate. i think it is possible because the union relies on the city of london for much of its relatively inexpensive finance. if they were to be barriers then they would have problems as well as we would. so thatis problems as well as we would. so that is a possible modus operandi foran that is a possible modus operandi for an agreement. so in terms of

ta riffs for an agreement. so in terms of tariffs is specifically, we spoke about small businesses, where would ta riffs about small businesses, where would tariffs and up to think, roughly? again in terms of the goods covered by free trade agreement, if that was agreed there would be no tariffs because it is a free trade agreement stopped to the extent that certain goods and services would not be covered, then the average trade tariffs, if you export a lot of a certain good or service, then obviously that would have a larger element on the average. it is not the crude average but it is trade weighted and the trade weighted average tariffs for the uk goods and services that we would export to the eu, the world bank suggests is less than 2%. in some sectors it will be higher, so for cultural goods and services and the food sector, it will be higher. some elements of

agriculture and fisheries, it is in double figures. other areas like cars, around 8% and most other sectors a lot lower. but if you think about that adding two costs, we had a 15% devaluation since the referendum, so even if you add those costs on in terms of tariffs, to most of our sectors in the uk exporting to the eu, actually goods and services would still be quite competitive. the prime minister floated the idea of a customs agreement, coming out of the customs union but perhaps having a customs agreement, what do you think that could look like. again the customs union is what we had more or less when wejoined the union is what we had more or less when we joined the eu, union is what we had more or less when wejoined the eu, the union is what we had more or less when we joined the eu, the single market has only been in place around 50 yea rs market has only been in place around 50 years or so. margaret thatcher

introduced the legislation in the uk, the single market act in the mid—19 80s. so before then that is what we had, a customs union. what the prime minister is talking about are trying to bury that little bit, but customs union has a common external tariff so we agree with all the other european countries what the other european countries what the tariffs against the rest of the world would be. we might not want to do that, if we wanted to negotiate different trade agreements with other countries then we would want to bury what those tariffs might be. so what you're saying is she would like to be in a pre—single market type of eu but would not want those restrictions. there are other restrictions. there are other restrictions as well on competition policy, in terms of eu set rules on firms when they merge and when ta keovers firms when they merge and when takeovers happen and so on. and one of the particular interests of the

prime minister, she mentioned it at the top of her speech, the industrial policy idea. the customs union would have some restrictions on what she could do in terms of industrial policy. you can see that she quite likes the idea of closer relations but does not like those restrictions. and i think she's right. that is why i would plump for a free trade agreement. but as said if the negotiation proved difficult i would not be scared personally of reverting to world trade organisation rules. because the average trade weighted eu tariffs with the eu would be less than 2%. in three's time, donald trump takes over the white house. it's marked the end of obama's time in office.

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the highest temperatures today getting into double figures in highland and grampian scotland. this is where the lowest temperatures have been. only one or two services. bake contrast across the uk. it has been quite dreary, some low clouds and hill fog. some of that continuing into the night. in many places, despite the cloud it will be dry. the temperatures hold up. parts of east anglia and south east england will avoid... quite a hard frost going into wednesday. this pa rt frost going into wednesday. this part of the uk tapping into the cold air across continental europe. elsewhere, the airflow from the as

frantic with plenty of cloud. frost in the channel islands into south east england. it will be chilly in the midlands, south east wales. further north, temperatures higher. higher to start the day, mild. outbreaks of rain and result, hail fog. if you are brighter breaks developing across eastern scotland and north—east england. easy in the northern and western isles. outbreaks of rain —— breezy in the northern and western out the lee isles. maybe not as much sunshine as today, and those single figures across some parts in the far south east. into wednesday evening, the cloud starting tonight it self farther south. into initially clear areas, so it may well be not as

cold, not as much frost to start the day. patchy fog is possible. ballot on thursday, drizzling in places. —— cloud on thursday. that is the picture going into friday and saturday. high pressure in control, looking fairly certain. in fact settled. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. the prime minister spells out her strategic goals for taking the uk out of the european union, saying britain will leave the single market and seek new trade agreements. while i am sure a positive agreement can be reached i am equally clear that no dealfor can be reached i am equally clear that no deal for britain is better than a bad dealfor britain. parliament will have a vote on the final brexit deal but the speech has received criticism from labour and the scottish government. she has said leave the single market

then at the same time says she wants to have access to the single market. i'm not quite sure how that is going to go down in europe. i'm not prepared for scotland to be taken down a path that i firmly believe is going to be damaging.