Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
Reaction to the trump administrations hard line against what it is calling the dishonest media. The i says the Prime Ministers post brexit plan is to reboot british industry. The Daily Express has claims from a leading Brexit Campaigner that up to a million eu migrants may head to the uk over the next two years. The metro says theresa may is ready to challenge President Trump over sexist remarks when she meets him at the white house on friday. The telegraph says a Free Trade Deal with the United States is likely to open the door to us jobs for british workers. The mirror has more on accusations that the Prime Minister didnt share knowledge of a failed trident test ahead of a vote to renew the weapons system. And the times reports that Rural Enterprises will be the biggest losers in upcoming Business Rate rises in england. Now its time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up after the Prime Ministers Big Brexit Speech The Labour