THE DEAL that Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed with the European Union (EU) has delivered on what the referendum mandated according to Meon Valley MP, George Hollingbery.

"We will be leaving the EU in March next year, the right to free movement will end, we will take back control of our laws and we will be leaving the single market," said the MP in a statement released this afternoon.

"I understand that fervent Brexiteers will say some of these things aren’t delivered instantly and that there remains some uncertainty on others.

"They will protest that we will have to follow EU rules on goods. And they will be right.

"But, crucially, the deal also delivers continued, near friction free access to EU markets, which guarantees so many jobs and livelihoods all over the UK.

"It is this last objective that has shaped the deal and, once put at the heart of what we were negotiating for, there was no other possible outcome than what the PM presented to Cabinet yesterday and to Parliament this morning."

The MP continued: "It’s perfectly logical to reject this deal because of the compromises it makes but only if those who do so are prepared to accept the economic consequences that many people and their families would face across the UK. I am not prepared to do that.

"This deal delivers Brexit in a humane and considered way and fulfils the objectives the PM outlined at the start of the process. I hope that Parliament will pass it."