29/03/2018

PM To Visit NI In UK Brexit Tour

The Prime Minister is visiting Northern Ireland on Thursday, 29 March, to say that the UK will be strengthened after Brexit.

In a statement, Theresa May said: "I am visiting all four nations of the Union to hear from people across our country what Brexit means to them.

"I am determined that as we leave the EU, and in the years ahead, we will strengthen the bonds that unite us, because ours is the world's most successful union."

She will begin her tour in Scotland, before travelling to have lunch with farmers near Belfast.

(CD/LM)

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