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May: Article 50 will only be triggered when there is a UK-wide approach

Prime Minister Theresa May has said Article 50 will only be triggered when there was a UK-wide approach.

Mrs May is in Edinburgh meeting with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

The Prime Minister's visit - less than 48 hours after taking office - is aimed at showing her commitment to preserving the United Kingdom following the vote to leave the European Union.

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Theresa May arrives in Scotland to meet First Minister

Theresa May greeted Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as she arrived in Edinburgh on Friday.

The prime minister is to hold a meeting with Sturgeon to show her commitment to preserving the "special union" of the UK, she said ahead of her visit.

Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon are to discuss post-Brexit UK.

Last month, Mrs Sturgeon said a second independence referendum was "highly likely" after the UK voted to leave the European Union.

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