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29 March 2017
D2N2 LEP statement on beginning of ‘Brexit’ process
Prime Minister Theresa May today (March 29) triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, with a letter informing the European Council of Britain's intention to leave the European Union, beginning Britain’s formal exit from the EU. A formal process of negotiations on future trade relations between the UK and EU countries will now follow; set to end (on the current timetable) with the UK leaving the EU at midnight on March 29, 2019. Commenting on today's events Peter...