THE prime minister’s proposal to pull the UK out of the European single market has been condemned by a Gloucestershire-wide group campaigning for the country to remain in the EU.

Glostays, a founder member of Britain for Europe, has criticised the proposal which was put forward in Theresa May’s Tuesday announcement about her Brexit plans.

Theresa May indicated that it would not be possible to remain a member of the Single Market and still acheive their other objectives over immigration control.

Chairman of Glostays, Matt Lewis-Garner said "Theresa May is not only ignoring the wishes of the people who voted to stay in the European Union, she is also ignoring the wishes of a large number of Leave voters who wanted to leave the EU, but protect our economy by retaining membership of the single market.

"Several key Leave campaigners, including Nigel Farage and Daniel Hannan are on record as saying that voting to leave the EU would not be a vote to leave the single market.

“It is doubtful that the Leave campaign would have been able to win a majority without those assurances, but now those wishes are being ignored."

Glostays are calling on Gloucestershire residents to join their campaign to stay in the Single Market, and stay in the EU.

More information can be found at facebook.com/groups/glostays or at glostays.eu.