British PM to make major Brexit speech

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a major speech next week setting out further details on her plan for leaving the European Union, Downing Street says.

Her speech on Tuesday will lay out “more on our approach to Brexit, as part of preparing for the negotiations and in line with our approach for global Britain and continuing to be an outward-looking nation,” her spokeswoman says.

May has said she intends to begin formal exit negotiations by the end of March. Triggering Article 50 of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty begins a two-year countdown to leaving the bloc.

The Conservative leader has so far resisted demands for more detail on her strategy, but has been clear she wants to limit control of migration from the rest of the EU.

— AFP