UK prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed her government will trigger Article 50 without Parliamentary approval, following "significant" talks with the Cabinet at Chequers. May confirmed the mechanism for the UK leaving the European Union would not be set in motion until the start of 2017 "at the earliest". The decision not to let MPs vote on the activation of Article 50 removes what had been a potential obstacle to the UK exiting the European Union.
UK prime minister Theresa May has confirmed her government will trigger Article 50 without Parliamentary approval, following "significant" talks with the Cabinet at Chequers. May confirmed the mechanism for the UK leaving the European Union would not be set in motion until the start of 2017 "at the earliest". The decision not to let MPs vote on the activation of Article 50 removes what had been a potential obstacle to the UK exiting the European Union.