New photo May apologises for saying EU nationals won't be able to 'jump queue'

Theresa May today apologised for controversially saying that EU nationals would not be able to 'jump the queue' and move to Britain after Brexit.

The PM faced a barrage of criticism after she made the remarks at the CBI business conference last week, as she told of her plans to overhaul the immigration system.

And facing MPs for a fiery marathon Commons session on her Brexit deal today, the PM admitted her choice of words was wrong.

She made the climbdown after SNP MP Philippa Whitford accused her of insulting and upsetting over three millions EU nationals in the UK.

Dr Whitford said: 'Over 150,000 of them, like my German husband, a GP here for over 30 years, felt absolutely thrown away when they have spent decades here looking after us when we're ill.

'Will the Prime Minister take this opportunity perhaps to apologise for her thoughtless and insulting comments?'

Apologising, Mrs May said: 'I should not have used that language in that speech.'

Theresa May (pictured in the Commons today)  apologised for controversially saying that EU nationals would not be able to 'jump the queue' and move to Britain after Brexit

But she defended her plans to impose a new immigration regime which lets workers in according to their skills rather than their nationality. 

The PM said: 'The point I was making was a simple one.

'Right from the very beginning I said that citizens' rights was a key issue that I wanted to see addressed in the Withdrawal Agreement.

'That was one of the things we put at the top as one of our priorities and we have delivered that in the Withdrawal Agreement for people.'

She added: 'I think there was a point that for the most people here in the United Kingdom, they want to see people coming to this country with the skills and wanting to make a contribution - her husband has made a contribution as a GP here in this country.

'They want people to be judged as we will on their skills and contribution to our economy, rather than simply on where they come from.'

The row was sparked when she made the comments in a speech to business leaders last week.

Mrs May told the conference in London: 'The United Kingdom is a country that values the contribution that immigration has made to our society and economy over many years.

'And in the future, outside the EU, immigration will continue to make a positive contribution to our national life.

Facing MPs for a fiery marathon Commons session on her Brexit deal today (pictured), the PM admitted her choice o words was wrong

'But the difference will be this - once we have left the EU, we will be fully in control of who comes here.

'It will no longer be the case that EU nationals, regardless of the skills or experience they have to offer, can jump the queue ahead of engineers from Sydney or software developers from Delhi.' 

Mrs May made the admission during a two and a half hour mailing by MPs from all sides today on her Brexit deal.

The PM pleaded with them to back her Brexit deal and not to send Britain 'back to square one' in the crunch negotiations. 

But she faced a barrage of attacks from all sides of the House - including from Tory big-hitters Boris Johnson, David Davis and Iain Duncan Smith. 

Tory MPs told their leader her deal is 'as dead as a dodo' and does not stand a chance of getting passed when it is voted on by by the Commons on December 11 after a marathon five-day debate. 

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