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May to lock horns with first ministers on Brexit path
Home Secretary Theresa May (Photo: AP)
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October 21, 2016

May to lock horns with first ministers on Brexit path

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is to meet with the first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to plot the path towards Brexit, her office said Sunday.

May will host the first meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) since December 2014 on Monday.

They will “discuss how the administrations can work together to get the best deal for the UK and seize the opportunities that exiting the EU will bring”, her Downing Street office said.

She will call on the devolved administrations to commit to working fully with the British government in a bid to enhance prosperity and security, Downing Street said in a statement.

May will meet with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Welsh FM Carwyn Jones and Northern Irish FM Arlene Foster and her deputy Martin McGuinness.

While a majority in England and Wales voted for Britain to leave the European Union in the June referendum, a majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted for Britain’s continued membership.

May wants to build “a new industrial strategy for the whole of the UK, to spread wealth, jobs and opportunity more evenly”, Downing Street said.

“The UK government is resolute in its commitment to strengthening the union further and making a success of the opportunities ahead.”

Downing Street said the committee, if it agrees, would meet at least once every 12 months and FMs would be invited to help build an industrial strategy that would spread wealth and jobs more evenly around the UK.

“Far more than mere geography brings us together — and we are much more than the sum of our parts,” said May.

“As we move into this new chapter, we must seize the opportunities ahead, as we will achieve far more together than we could ever do apart.

“I want Monday’s meeting to be the start of a new grown up relationship between the devolved administrations and the UK government — one in which we all work together to forge the future for everyone in the United Kingdom.”

May intends to trigger Article 50, which sets a two-year clock ticking on Britain’s departure from the EU, between the New Year and the end of March.

Heading into the JMC, the Scottish government’s Brexit spokesman said Edinburgh should be treated as an equal partner in the EU exit negotiations.

“We have yet to see a proposal from the UK government on how the views of people in Scotland will be taken into account,” he said.

Sturgeon’s left-wing secessionist Scottish National Party, which runs a minority devolved government in Scotland, has drawn up draft legislation for a second referendum on independence.

Scots voted to stay in the UK in 2014 but the Sturgeon suggests Scots should have the option to reconsider the issue in light of the Brexit vote.

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