The uk representative to the eu will hand over that letter from theresa may signalling the start of two years of negotiations on leaving. Well bring you all the latest news and reaction throughout the day, from across the uk and European Union. Good morning. Im outside the Houses Of Parliament on College Green ahead of the triggering of article 50 which marks the start of the formal process for the uk to leave the eu. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has just left number ten downing st. She is on her way to parliament. She will be addressing mps this lunchtime after Prime Ministers questions. She will be telling mps that today marks the time for the country to come together as it embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We embarks on what she describes as a momentousjourney. We know that embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. We know that the Prime Minister has already signed that letter giving official notice under article 50 of the lisbon treaty. That lett
but in terms of being ready to go to respond to an incident, we re ready to go at 12:01 tomorrow. [ inaudible question ] we ll have to evaluate that. right now our focus was on continuity of government and on a case-by-case basis, we ll work with individuals and the departments. reporter: on trade, is the president-elect going to wait until his cabinet is all in place before beginning negotiations with mexico and canada on nafta? or if the ustr and secretary of commerce are not in place, will the president contact those countries presidents? i m not going to get ahead of him. i will tell you that he is part of what he announced in the executive order list around the thanksgiving time included the actions on tpp and nafta that will be done by executive order. i think you ll see those happen very shortly. when and where, in terms of where that cabinet piece falls in, some of it has to do frankly
ready to go at 12:01 tomorrow. right now our focus was on continuity of government on a case-by-case bases we ll work with is the individuals and departments. on trade, is the president-elect going to wait until his cabinet is all in place before beginning negotiations with mexico and canada on nafta or is the if they re not in ace will the president go and contact those country s president and get talks directly. i won t get ahead of him but part of what he announced in the executive order list around the thanksgiving time included the actions on both tpp and nafta done by executive order. i think you ll see those happen very shortly. when and where is going in terms of where the cabinet piece falls in. some has to do with senate
that cabinet piece falls in, some of it has to do with senate democrats but i don t think he s going to wait. he s made it very clear that some of those things are huge priorities for him. reporter: you said yesterday there there be a couple of visits next week. britain has been told i was talking specifically about agencies and departments. reporter: but there are no foreign leaders expected next week? nothing is expected next week in terms of foreign leader visits. we ll have an update at some point. reporter: you talked about some of the agencies and contingency plan. can you address the national security council in the white house. on a couple of people have been appointed so far. are there going to be more appointments tomorrow or over the weekend? i m not sure that that s true. we have a great group of folks that s been in constant contact with the national security council and homeland council.