UK PM spokesman: Automatic right of EU citizens to live and work in Britain will end in March 2019
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01 August 2017 (Edited )
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UK cabinet is in disarray over the issue of immigration.
Finance Minister Philip Hammond has said there should be no immediate change to immigration rules upon Brexit.
And Interior Minister Amber Rudd has said there will be no immigration "cliff edge>"
But Trade Minister Liam Fox has said the continuing to allow free movement of people between the EU and the UK would not keep faith with the result of the 2016 referendum vote.
And just yesterday (31 July 2017) PM Theresa May's spokesperson said that it is wrong to suggest that free movement between the UK and the EU will "continue as it is now" after March 2019.
According to the British Hospitality Association, there are currently 700,000 EU workers in the UK hospitality industry.