and prince harry helps in the final preparations for the invictus games for wounded service personnel, starting tomorrow. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: british boxer, hughie fury, says he ll deliver the performance of his life to claim joseph parker s world heavyweight title in manchester tomorrow night. good evening. the prime minister has set out to inject fresh momentum into the brexit talks with a distinctly warmer tone in a key speech in florence. theresa may said she wants the uk to be the eu s strongest friend and partner and called for a new style of agreement with the eu unlike that with any other country, and a two year transition deal after we officially leave in 2019. there was little detail in the speech. for example, mrs may insisted the uk will honour its financial commitments to the eu, but declined to say how much. eu leaders have given her words a cautious welcome. our first report tonight is from our political editor, laura kuennsberg, in florence.
britain s prime minister has tried to inject new energy into the brexit talks, with a distinctly warmer tone in a key speech in italy. theresa may says she wants the uk to be the eu s strongest friend and partner and has called for a two year transition deal after britain officially leaves the eu, saying the uk will pay its financial obligations. prominent figures elsewhere in the eu have praised her tone but asked for more detail. meanwhile, ratings agency moody s, has further downgraded britain s credit rating, saying the departure from the european union was creating economic uncertainty. theresa may choose to set out her plans in the city of florence, from where our political editor laura keunssberg sent this report. waiting, waiting and waiting. it s months since the prime minister gave anything away on brexit. and if you re in a hurry to disentangle completely, you might just have to wait some more. she came to florence to confirm that for as long as two years after we
theresa may says she wants the uk to be the eu s strongest friend and partner and has called for a two year transition deal after britain officially leaves the eu, saying the uk will pay its financial obligations. prominent figures elsewhere in the eu have praised her tone but asked for more detail. meanwhile, ratings agency moody s, has further downgraded britain s credit rating, saying the departure from the european union was creating economic uncertainty. theresa may choose to set out her plans in the city of florence, from where our political editor laura keunssberg sent this report. waiting, waiting and waiting. it s months since the prime minister gave anything away on brexit. and if you re in a hurry to disentangle completely, you might just have to wait some more. she came to florence to confirm that for as long as two years after we re technically out, not that much might change. a period of implementation would be in our mutual interest and that is why i m propos
britain s prime minister has tried to inject new energy into the brexit talks, with a distinctly warmer tone in a key speech in italy. theresa may says she wants the uk to be the eu s strongest friend and partner, and has called for a two year transition deal after britain officially leaves the eu, saying the uk will pay its financial obligations, though no sum was mentioned. theresa may choose to set out her plans in the city of florence, from where our political editor, laura kuenssberg, sent this report. waiting, waiting and waiting. it s months since the prime minister gave anything away on brexit. and if you re in a hurry to disentangle completely, you might just have to wait some more. she came to florence to confirm that for as long as two years after we re technically out, not that much might change. a period of implementation would be in our mutual interest and that is why i m proposing that there should be such a period after the uk leaves the eu. clearly people, bu
and that is why i m proposing that there should be such a period after the uk leaves the eu. clearly people, businesses and public services should only have to plan for one set of changes in the relationship between the uk and the eu. so during the implementation period, access to one another‘s markets should continue on current terms. and during that time we ll keep paying billions into the eu budget, but the transition won t be longer than two years under a so called double lock. and at the heart of these arrangements there should be a clear double lock. a guarantee that there will be a period of implementation, giving businesses and people alike the certainty that they will be able to prepare for the change and a guarantee that this implementation period will be time limited, giving everyone the certainty that this will not go on forever. but on the vital relationship between the eu and the uk after we leave, optimism but few more clues beyond ruling out copying someone