The countdown to Brexit begins

Theresa May has finally put Britain on the road to Brexit with her announcement that she will invoke Article 50 next week.

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Theresa May: Article 50 will be triggered on 29 March
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On 29 March, Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 by officially notifying the European Council of the UK's intention to leave the European Union. This will set in train a two-year negotiation process. By April 2019, Britain should be out. As May made clear in a speech in January, the government's "starting point in negotiations" will be to stop EU citizens from freely entering Britain, says John Curtice in The Times.

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Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

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