Deciding when to trigger Brexit talks will be Theresa’s top priority when she walks into No. 10
Once her top team is in place Mrs May can then declare when she will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

DECIDING when to trigger Brexit talks will be top of Theresa May’s in-tray when she walks into Downing Street on Wednesday night.
After campaigning for Remain, the new Prime Minister will need to send a strong signal to Leave campaigners in her party that she has a plan for getting Britain out of the EU.
Her first task will be to appoint a Cabinet – including a new “Secretary of State for Brexit” – that can start the healing process for Tories left bitterly divided by the referendum campaign.
Once her top team is in place Mrs May can then declare when she will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which starts two years of formal exit discussions.
At some point she will need to have a first meeting with key European leaders like Jean Claude-Juncker, after promising she would be a “bloody difficult woman” when she does.
But she will also face a packed domestic agenda.
Close allies say the new PM wants to shore up the economy by providing certainty to markets which are jittery after the Leave vote.
Next week will see her first major moment in the Commons, as MPs hold a vote on renewing the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent.
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Three days later Parliament will break up for the summer recess, allowing Mrs May to start working on a detailed policy platform.
She will need to make a quick decision on whether to build a new runway at Heathrow or Gatwick – a choice that has been repeatedly ducked by David Cameron.
Among other tricky issues in her in-tray is how to tackle sky-high immigration, which is arguably the biggest failure of her time as Home Secretary.
The Conservatives have repeatedly pledged to bring net migration below 100,000, but it is currently running at 330,000.
She will also need to deal with the tricky issue of Scottish independence in the wake of the Brexit vote.
Scottish voters backed Remain by a large majority and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has threatened a new independence vote.
Mrs May’s first major foray on the world stage will come at the meeting of G20 major economies in China in early September.
And that will be followed by her first leader’s speech to the Conservative Party conference in early October.
Throughout the summer will be another decision lingering in the background – whether or not to call a snap general election.
Mrs May has ruled out going to the country before 2020.
But with Labour in disarray and questions over her mandate, she may choose to hold a new vote in the hope of securing a commanding majority.