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Hello, it's Tuesday afternoon, Ayshah here with all the latest | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
on a big day for the UK, as the Prime Minister | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
makes a big decision about the future of the country. | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has made a really important speech | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
It's all about the big vote which happened last year for the UK | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
A little over six months ago the British people voted for change. | :00:31. | :00:48. | |
They voted to shape a brighter future for our country. They voted | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
to leave the European Union and embrace the world. They did so with | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
their eyes open. Accepting that the road ahead will be uncertain times, | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
but believing that it leads to a brighter future for their children | :01:04. | :01:04. | |
and grandchildren, too. The Prime Minister said she's made | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
some big decisions about how Britain will work in the future, | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
now it's leaving the European Union. She also said that the UK | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
would be leaving something But politicians from other parties | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
say that that decision The First Minister of Scotland, | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
Nicola Sturgeon, said She said that coming out | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
of the single market would affect jobs and the economy | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
and that it was the wrong So what do "Single Market" | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
and all the other words we've been We're going to need | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
Ricky for this one. If you have been watching the news | :01:43. | :01:52. | |
lately you will have heard a lot of the word Brexit. Probably a fewer | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
the European Union. Control, immigration. Single market. Exiting | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
the EU. What do they mean. Breaks it. It is not the new name of a | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
breakfast cereal, it is two words put together, Britain and exit. | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
Together making Brexit. What is Britain exiting? Last year adults in | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
the UK voted to leave the European Union, which is a bit like club, | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
only this club is made up of 28 countries, working together. The UK | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
has been part of it for more than 40 years. Most people who voted thought | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
it would be better for decisions to be made in the UK rather than the | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
EU. How do we leave? Activating something called Article 50. Think | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
of it is a giant red button, once pressed, the process to lead the | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
European Union officially begins. Not really a red button, but very | :02:56. | :03:04. | |
important. Leaving the EU will not happen overnight. Loads of things | :03:05. | :03:16. | |
need to be discussed. How do we live and work with all the other | :03:17. | :03:28. | |
countries in Europe once we have waved goodbye? Two of the biggest | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
issues talked about our immigration control and the single market. The | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
first one, immigration, that is when people move to a different country | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
to live and work. At the moment people from the EU have the right to | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
live and work in the UK. The Prime Minister says she wants more control | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
over our borders to limit the number of people coming to live here from | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
overseas. That means she has made a big decision about Britain's place | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
in the single market. At the moment the UK is part of the single market, | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
making it easier for countries in the European Union to do business. | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
There are rules that everyone in the single market needs to sign up to, | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
one of those is that people from the European Union have the right to | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
come and work and live in the UK. Theresa May says the vote has made | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
it clear they did not want the EU to make those rules, so it Britain will | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
be leaving the single market. That means we have to make decisions | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
about how we buy and sell things with Europe, and the rest of the | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
world. Daily habit. That is a lot of words. | :04:15. | :04:16. | |
If you want to know more about what's been happening today | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
or even about Brexit then head online for loads more info. | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
While you're there why not check out the rest of the days news including | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
a massive alligator called Humpback and the Antartic research station | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
that's had to be moved because of a crack in the ice. | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
That's the latest from me this afternoon, for more on the rest | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
of the day's stories go online and we'll see you back | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
Secure your place at the 500 Words Final, | :04:42. | :04:56. | |
BBC Radio 2's writing competition for kids with our honorary judge | :04:57. | :05:05. | |
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. | :05:06. | :05:09. |