Britain's vote on its EU membership was a legitimate democratic exercise, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday after the officially designated Brexit campaign group was referred to the police over breaching spending rules.
Vote Leave, which campaigned for Brexit, was fined 61,000 pounds ($81,000) on Tuesday for breaching spending rules in the 2016 referendum and referred to the police by the Electoral Commission.
"We are very clear that this was a legitimate democratic exercise in which the public delivered its opinion and that that is what we're going to be delivering on," the spokesman told reporters.
There will be no second referendum on Brexit, a spokesman for Britain's Theresa May said on Monday, repeating the prime minister's belief that her plan for leaving the European Union was the only way to get a deal that meets the government's aims."The British public have voted to leave the European Union. There is not going to be a second referendum ... under any circumstances," the spokesman told reporters. Sterling flat ahead of UK parliament debate on BrexitFormer UK minister calls for second vote on Brexit to end stalemate
There will be no second Brexit referendum, says PM May's spokesman
The number of European Union immigrants to Britain fell to a five-year low last year, as fewer people came without a firm job offer during the first full calendar year since June 2016's Brexit vote, official data showed on Monday.Overall net immigration of people of all nationalities to Britain rose to 282,000 in 2017 from 249,000 in 2016, though this is well below the multi-year high of 332,000 recorded in 2015, Britain's Office for National Statistics said.But net immigration of EU citizens dropped to 101,000 last year from 133,000 in 2016."The estimated number of EU citizens coming to the UK 'looking for work' continued to decrease over the last year and the number coming to the UK for a definite job has remained stable," the ONS said.
EU immigration to Britain falls to five-year low