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May: Article 50 to be triggered before end of March next year

Theresa May has said the formal withdrawal process for Britain leaving the European Union will be invoked by the end of March 2017.

Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, the prime minister also confirmed plans for a "Great Repeal Bill" to overturn legislation that took Britain into the EU.

However Mrs May came under attack from Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after she said there is "no opt out from Brexit" and we will "never allow divisive nationalists to undermine the precious union between the four nations of our United Kingdom".

Mrs May also said she will not accept any limits on Britain's ability to control immigration in negotiations to leave the EU.

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Sturgeon accuses May of ignoring Scotland over Brexit

Nicola Sturgeon has accused Theresa May of ignoring Scotland's "voice and interests" as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.

The prime minister told the Conservative party conference in Birmingham there is "no opt out from Brexit" and she will "never allow divisive nationalists to undermine the precious union between the four nations of our United Kingdom".

"We will negotiate as one United Kingdom and we will leave the European Union as one United Kingdom," said Mrs May.

But the First Minister of Scotland hit out at Mrs May's remarks, after the majority of people in Scotland voted to remain in the EU, unlike the rest of the UK.

Ms Sturgeon said on twitter the prime minister was "going out of her way" to say that "Scotland's voice and interest don't matter".

She added that Mrs May's "approach" was "strange" for "someone who wants to keep the UK together".

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May: Article 50 to be triggered before end of March next year

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