Theresa May confirms start date for Brexit talks after pressure from EU

After a chaotic few days the Conservatives have said UK team is ready to meet Brussels counterparts on Monday 19 June Brexit talks can now start on Monday after Britain bowed to EU pressure for a formal opening to their long-awaited negotiations rather than first holding “technical discussions” between officials.After a day in which the UK government battled to restore confidence in its crisis-hit Department for Exiting the European Union (DexEU), Theresa May confirmed her team was r