Andrew Gwynne MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister without Portfolio, responding to the leaked recording of Theresa May warning that companies would leave the UK following Brexit, said:

“As if we needed it, this recording is cast-iron evidence of how Theresa May and other senior Tories have been saying one thing in private about the economic impact of Brexit, and another in the comfort of Tory conference halls. 

“It’s plain that she recognises what a disaster it would be for Britain to lose access to the Single Market, so why doesn’t she be honest with the British people and say how she plans to retain it?”