However, Downing Street confirmed today that she will wait another two weeks before getting the exit process underway. A spokesperson for the prime minister was insistent on Monday that triggering Article 50 at the end of March was always May's intention.
Theresa May will not trigger Article 50 this week
Theresa May will not trigger Article 50 and initiate Britain's formal departure from the European Union until the final few days of March, the prime minister has indicated. May had been expected to trigger Article 50 — the two year process by which Britain will leave the EU — as early as Tuesday afternoon, after the Brexit bill passed both Houses of Parliaments.
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