MORE than half of people in Salisbury think we would be better off economically in Europe - and a majority want to stick with the Single Market.

A new Brexit survey shows 56 per cent of Salisbury Journal readers believe Britain will be better off economically inside Europe. As well as this 59 per cent said Britain should continue to be part of the single European market.

The figures show a split between those who voted Leave and those who voted Remain in the referendum. Among Leave voters, 9 per cent think Britain is better off economically in Europe, while nearly a quarter of these voters (23 per cent) think we should continue to be part of the Single Market.

Remain voters are, unsurprisingly, much more likely to think continuing close ties with Europe is a good idea, with 88 per cent saying Britain is better off economically inside Europe and 83 per cent saying we should continue to be part of the Single Market.

More than three-fifths of those surveyed on the site (63 per cent) said they were not happy with the status of Brexit negotiations at the moment, with just a fifth (18 per cent) saying they were happy (the rest weren't sure).

Regardless of how those surveyed voted in the referendum, they were more likely to be unhappy than happy with the way negotiations are going.

Among those who said they voted Leave, 40 per cent are unhappy with the status of negotiations compared to 35 per cent who were happy. More than three-quarters of those who voted Remain (78 per cent) said they were unhappy, compared to 7 per cent who said they were happy.

However, most of those surveyed said they would still stick with how they voted - 85 per cent of Leave voters and 94 per cent of Remain voters. Leave voters were more likely to say they would not vote in the same way now, with one in 12 Leave voters saying they'd act differently (8 per cent) compared to one in 23 Remain voters (4 per cent).

The study, run in partnership with Google Surveys, was completed online by 900 people who visited the Salisbury Journal website.