13/07/2016 World News Today

This is BBC World News Today, with me, Matthew Amroliwala live

from Westminster as Theresa May becomes Britain's

She's now officially the new occupant at 10

As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold, new, positive

The formal handover came at Buckingham Palace,

when the Queen invited Mrs May to form a government.

Her predecessor, David Cameron, said his farewell to the House

of Commons as Prime Minister with a wry joke at his own expense.

Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it.

After all, as I once said, I was the future once.

And then time for the family to also say goodbye.

A wave, a hug - as the Camerons and their three children leave

Hello and welcome live to Westminster.

So, Britain has a new Prime Minister.

She arrived in Downing Street less than one hour ago. On the steps

outside she pledged to lead for all the country and not just the

privileged few. At the same lecture in just a few moments before, David

Cameron spoke about the honour it had been, the greatest honour of his

life, to lead this country. Our Political Editor looks at another

extraordinary day at Westminster. Always a politician,

ready with a line. But with his family beside him

in front of the cameras like this

for the first time, there was just Of course we've not got

every decision right. But I do believe today our country

is much Above all, it was about turning

around the economy. With a deficit cut by two thirds,

two-and-a-half million more people in work and one million more

businesses, there can be no doubt our economy is

immeasurably stronger. David Cameron wanted a different

Tory Party and a different But he leaves the same way

they all do, so many fights forgotten, failure remembered among

some success but the family remains. I want to thank my children for whom

Downing Street has been a lovely They sometimes kicked

the red boxes full Florence, you once climbed into one

before a foreign trip and Above all, I want to thank Samantha,

the love of my life. You have kept me

vaguely sane and, as well as being an amazing wife,

mother and businesswoman, you have done something every

week in that building behind me to celebrate

the best of voluntary

service in our country. It has been the greatest honour

of my life to serve our country as Prime Minister

over these last six years and to serve

as leader of my party years and to serve

for almost 11 years. As we leave for the last time,

my only wish is continued success for this great country that

I love so very much. farewell, a journey started when he

promised the public a vote and the European Union.

The last word from the Queen at the palace to her Prime Minister.

Who knows what comfort she was able to give.

But before the regal sign-off, there had

been time for a show of support.

Even after all the rancour from the beating heart of

CHEERING Normally a raucous bear pit.

THE SPEAKER: Questions to the Prime Minister.

It was Prime Minister's comedy stand-up rather than Prime

Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings with

Other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the

Queen, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light.

MPs from nearly all sides offering good humour.

I'm told there are lots of leadership roles out there

And a joke from the opposition leader at David

I was talking of the economy, the Home Secretary

again, she said, many people find themselves exploited

I can't imagine who she was referring to!

Then the last of David Cameron at the dispatch box.

I will miss the barbs from the opposition.

People come here with huge passion for the

They come here with great love for the

The last thing I'd say is that you can

That, in the end, the public service,

the national interest, is what it is all about.

Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to.

After all, I once said, I was the future once!

And a wave to his family watching on.

At Downing Street, they watched on a day

Preparations were well underway for the next occupant.

Today is not really about David Cameron at all.

Gathering up the family, leaving their way of life.

Samantha Cameron alongside the departing Prime

Minister with the three children all part of

the grandest leaving do in town.

Cheered out but living a country divided over the European Union.

Out before he intended to go and his party divided too.

But almost as speedily as the motorcycle outriders,

the new Prime Minister swept into her job.

Not elected by her party, not elected by you or me,

the last few weeks have propelled Theresa May far quicker

than she'd ever expected to achieve the ambition

But as the nation's leader, this is a big

I have just been to Buckingham Palace where Her

Majesty, the Queen, has asked me to form a new Government and I

In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great modern

Under David's leadership, the Government

stabilised the economy, reduced the budget deficit and helped more

But David's true legacy is not about the economy

From the introduction of same-sex marriage to taking people

on low wages out of income tax altogether,

David Cameron's led a one-nation Government

Because not everybody knows this but the full title of my party

is the Conservative and Unionist party.

And that word unionist is very important to me.

The precious bond between England, Scotland,

But it means something else that is just as

It means we believe in a union not just between the nations

of the United Kingdom but between all of our citizens.

Every one of us, whoever we are and wherever we're from.

That means fighting against the burning injustice that

if you're born poor you will die on average nine years earlier

If you're black, you're treated more harshly by the criminal

If you are's a white working class boy,

you're less likely to go to university.

It you're at a state school, you're less likely to reach

the top professions thaven if you're educated privately.

If you're a woman, you'll earn less than a man.

If you're young, you'll find it harder than ever before to own your

But the mission to make Britain a country that works for

everyone means more than fighting these injustices.

If you're from an ordinary working class family, life is harder

than many people in Westminster realise.

You have a job but don't always have job security.

You have your own home but you worry about paying the mortgage.

You can just about manage, but you worry

about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school.

If you're one of those families, if you're just managing, I want to

I know you're working around the clock, I know

I know that sometimes life can be a struggle.

The Government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the

We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives.

We are living through an important moment in our country's history.

Following the referendum, we face a time of great national change.

I know, because we're Great Britain, that we will rise to the challenge.

As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold new positive role

And we will make Britain a country that

works not for a privileged few but for every one of us.

That will be the mission of the Government I lead and

together, we will build a better Britain.

A leader who hopes for calm but might well surprise.

Events will no doubt surprise Theresa May.

But sometimes politicians find a moment,

sometimes, it is the moment that finds them.

Will you heard Theresa May talking their, mapping out the sort of

country she wants to lead and the sort of Prime Minister she wants to

be. She makes clear that there will be no backing down from Brexit and

she was a better economy and she wants a government at the service of

ordinary people. Let's hear this report from our economy editor.

She'll remember this moment when things get tough

Theresa May was only embraced as Tory Leader on Monday.

Now she's on a journey as tough as any leader in peacetime.

Remember her telling Tories people just didn't like them anymore.

You know what some people call us, the nasty party.

She came down against uncontrolled migration.

There is no case in the national interest for immigration

of the scale we've experienced over the last decade.

The next Prime Minister of this great country,

May's Britain will somehow have to be tough and tender.

Moments before she knew she would be PM she mapped out

To steer us through this political uncertainty and negotiate the best

deal for Britain and forge a new role for ourselves

Remaking relations between Britain and the world, a huge task.

In talks in Brussels curbing EU migration and getting

Dozens of deals need doing worldwide.

Britain's global influence has to be protected in NATO and the UN.

Britain's can't become an inward focussed nation.

We'll carry on playing the role we play on an international stage.

In NATO, our security relations with other countries.

There will be a big focus to stay part of the international community.

Our decision on the European Union is not about Britain becoming

When it comes to the Brexit economy, business and finances outside

The Prime Minister wants business more productive, that needs

Foreign takeovers of firms vital to Britain could be blocked.

George Osborne wanted more productive business.

To get more homes built, they're needed badly.

As for public spending, he tried to cut welfare and failed.

Rebel Tory MPs can block any toll Si easily.

We have to build on the strong economic legacy Theresa May's

We need to encourage business to take advantage of the challenges

and opportunities that Brexit throws up.

She has the negotiating experience to make sure

Since her early days as a shadow minister,

Theresa May's job's been about policy supporting women.

So we bring people back together, rich and poor, young and old,

male and female, black and white, sick and healthy.

That sounded like David Cameron's vision for equal opportunity.

The aim to cool resentment and deep division between haves and have

Today, it is a mission that will take time,

How much of this mission making Britain a fairer place in every way

can you realistically expect her to manage?

You will not do it in one Parliament.

It is something you'll have to keep doing.

All too often, it has been put in the too difficult pile.

Britain's new Prime Minister will not lack from

The political honeymoon won't last long.

The awkward international negotiations.

Pushing through plans and reforms with a tiny majority in the Commons.

If she wants to know how hard it is to be premised, she knows who to

ask. For Theresa May it is in the Number ten and after the welcoming

and meeting team inside number ten it is straight down to work. Already

we have seen activity with comings and goings. Putting together our

team is the first priority. Rob Watson is here with me. She is

famous for being detailed and hard-working. She said that about

herself. It is straight down to work. Absolutely and I think that is

entirely consistent with the image of her sales pitch to the country

and her party, to say, we have had an awful lot of excitement, we have

had enough excitement, down to a safe pair of hands getting on with

the job. A radical do you think the change, the Cabinet, the reshuffle

is likely to be with her team? I think we will see big changes and we

have seen Boris Johnson go in, a prominent Leave campaigner. What I

would stress is continuity. There is. In common between the prison

between David Cameron and Theresa May. They are one nation

Conservatives. That leaves you try to make a more equal country. As he

finished that sentence I am hearing that Philip Hammond has been

appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. A lot of people had

tipped him for that post but confirmation in the last few

moments. I think that will be welcome news for most businesses. If

I continue my point, it is interesting, people will talk about

change, the big change between Theresa May and David Cameron is

personality, style and character. They have a lot in common. They both

believe in sound finances, both pretty Eurosceptic. Even though they

both campaigned for Remain. They want to stop the Conservative Party

being seen as the party of the rich and powerful. Philip Hammond and

interesting appointment but it is what happens to Boris Johnson but

will be interesting. Will they or someone like him be the Minister for

Brexit, the person responsible for doing that? Or will he be cast

aside? It is one of the options because it is very difficult to

imagine two work politicians more dissimilar than Theresa May and

Boris Johnson. It is all plants and flair and Theresa May is of roles

and no spills. It is ethical to know but how quickly does this phase

pass? How quickly will it be for Theresa May is in place ready to

talk to some of those global partners? It will be quick. Britain

after Brexit is like a play. We have had the dramatic opening acts,

surprise result in the referendum, the departure of David Cameron, now

it is maybe a bit more complicated and difficult. British politics will

settle down a bit but only a bit. The renegotiation and healing the

divisions in Britain. Thank you for that. The Cabinet reshuffle already

underway. Brexit, the negotiations will be the absolute priority. Some

of those EU bosses who will eventually sit down opposite Theresa

May have been speaking to date. Our Europe editor has this report from

Brussels. The rest of Europe, the significance of Theresa May becoming

UK Prime Minister is this. She will be the figure head leading Briton's

exit from the European Union. She will need to negotiate the details

with all of these EU leaders. In an awkward situation, maintaining

cordial relations will be key. Today on an official visit to China, the

EU tone sounded positive. I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile

mood. We are. I not giving public advice to the incoming British Prime

want to talk about her before having talked with her.

It is here in Brussels that Theresa May will need

all EU leaders for the very first time at a summit any couple of

months and she will be anxious to grab that

opportunity to talk to

them off the record, perhaps over a cup of

coffee, about the of deal the UK

She will have her work cut out for her because some of those

leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit

until the formal process of the UK leaving has started.

It's going to be quite some juggling act.

It wants tough negotiations to put others of pushing to leave the EU.

Italy wants to send a strong message, too.

With its own economic and political problems, it needs the

While Eastern and Baltic Europe don't want to

They need UK backing to keep a hard line against Russia.

But this arguably is Theresa May's most important negotiating

Like Theresa May, steely, wiley, determined.

Of course Theresa May is no stranger to Brussels.

She has been here many times for EU minister meetings.

Officials here warn she shouldn't underestimate them.

She will find people who know her who will negotiate on equal fitting

with her but I repeat, on equal footing.

Not even for someone with the reputation as a tough

Theresa May is a tough negotiator, I can assure

you, here in the European Parliament we are tough negotiators as well.

The EU-UK relationship has never been easy.

Theresa May now represents a Britain that has voted to leave.

She will find safeguarding UK interests here even more complex in

Let's go live to Brussels and speak to our correspondence. Interesting,

some of those comments a little earlier from Donald Tusk and

Jean-Claude Juncker about being positive as they started this

process in the coming weeks with Britain and the Brexit negotiations.

Yes, certainly compared to some of those cold and frosty comments that

were coming out of European leaders here in Brussels almost three weeks

ago now after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Things do seem,

judging by the language used today, to fall slightly. Two of the leaders

here, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker have been in China for a

prearranged summit where they were supposed to have been talking mainly

about political deals, close economic ties and also deals on

climate change, creating a low cost and low carbon economy but

inevitably their press conference is they finished that summit was

hijacked with journalists wanting to know their opinions about what was

going on thousands of miles away over in London today. Some of the

things they were saying subtly suggested a more positive

relationship or at least a start to the new Prime Minister's tenure in

Downing Street. They said things like they wouldn't be trying to

punish Britain by its decision to leave the EU, that they would be

negotiating -- wouldn't be negotiating in anger or hostility,

they also said that they and the UK had been many close friends for many

decades and would continue to be so even after the Brexit talks began.

That will be crucial here. As we have been hearing today, Theresa May

will perhaps create a new Brexit Department, certainly appointing a

new Brexit minister. Someone to go through those negotiations or at

least begin them when she decides to formally announce Briton's departure

from the EU triggering article 50. They will need to see what happens

there, and wait to see who she points to lead us negotiations. Then

they will know who they are dealing with and what the way forward might

be. Just two sentences because we are nearly at the time. How quickly

to actually getting going? That is anybody's guess. There have been

seven years quoted in the papers that apparently came from Philip

Hammond who has been appointed to it very top job in government. That

depends whether they have to negotiate with all 27 member states

ought some sort of short cut. We should find out more when Theresa

May make the Cabinet perhaps this evening or tomorrow morning.

Thank you very much for that. Let me just re-what we have learnt in

Downing Street in the last few minutes. Philip Hammond becomes the

Chancellor of the Exchequer. George Osborne the previous Chancellor has

resigned from the Government and goes back to the backbenches. The

work has already started in terms of Theresa May, she is the new Prime

Minister and she is now putting together her new team.

Good evening. It promises to be a fine day tomorrow. Sunshine on the

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