:00:00. > :00:07.Theresa May becomes Britain's new Prime Minister here in Downing
:00:08. > :00:13.Street, with a message to the country and the world.
:00:14. > :00:21.We will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but
:00:22. > :00:26.for every one of us. That will be the mission of the Government I lead
:00:27. > :00:31.and together, we will build a better Britain.
:00:32. > :00:33.David Cameron bows out after his last Prime Minister's Questions
:00:34. > :00:36.with a wry look back at his time in office.
:00:37. > :00:38.You can achieve a lot of things in politics,
:00:39. > :00:42.And that, in the end, the public service,
:00:43. > :00:45.the national interest, that is what it's all about.
:00:46. > :00:47.Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it.
:00:48. > :00:49.After all, as I once said, I was the future once!
:00:50. > :00:56.This afternoon he left Downing Street with his family.
:00:57. > :01:03.A short while afterwards, Mrs May took the short journey
:01:04. > :01:14.There, she was asked by Her Majesty to form the next government.
:01:15. > :01:17.Tonight, she's Britain's second woman Prime Minister.
:01:18. > :01:19.She'll take congratulation calls from world leaders
:01:20. > :01:43.Good evening from Downing Street where tonight Theresa May,
:01:44. > :01:46.behind this door, is settling in as the new Prime Minister.
:01:47. > :01:54.And, within the last few minutes, she's spoken about the task ahead.
:01:55. > :02:01.Her mission was to make a country that worked for everyone.
:02:02. > :02:04.David Cameron is now the former Prime Minister and has moved out.
:02:05. > :02:07.He was applauded by MPs at his last session of Prime Minister's
:02:08. > :02:10.Questions and he left here with his wife Samantha and their children
:02:11. > :02:13.In this programme, we'll be looking back at his time in office,
:02:14. > :02:17.at Mrs May's sudden rise to power, her likely policies and priorities -
:02:18. > :02:19.and we'll be getting reaction from around the UK and beyond.
:02:20. > :02:21.First, our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports
:02:22. > :02:27.on the day Britain welcomed a new Prime Minister.
:02:28. > :02:34.He was the future once. Always a politician, ready with a line. But
:02:35. > :02:38.with his family beside him in front of the cameras like this for the
:02:39. > :02:43.first time, there was just the power of goodbye. He didn't really need a
:02:44. > :02:48.script. It's not been an easy journey. Of course we've not got
:02:49. > :02:52.every decision right. But I do believe today our country is much
:02:53. > :02:57.stronger. Above all, it was about turning around the economy. With a
:02:58. > :03:01.deficit cut by two thirds, two-and-a-half million more people
:03:02. > :03:04.in work and one million more businesses, there can be no doubt
:03:05. > :03:09.our economy is immeasurably stronger. David Cameron wanted a
:03:10. > :03:17.different Tory Party and a different country. But he leaves the same way
:03:18. > :03:22.they all do, so many fights forgotten, failure remembered among
:03:23. > :03:28.some success but the family remains. I want to thank my children for whom
:03:29. > :03:33.Downing Street has been a lovely home over these last six years. They
:03:34. > :03:39.sometimes kicked the red boxes full of work. Florence, you once climbed
:03:40. > :03:44.into one before a foreign trip and said, "Take me with you". No more
:03:45. > :03:48.boxes. Above all, I want to thank Samantha, the love of my life. You
:03:49. > :03:53.have kept me vaguely sane and, as well as become in an amazing wife,
:03:54. > :03:57.mother and businesswoman, you have done something every week in that
:03:58. > :04:01.building behind me to celebrate the best of voluntary service in our
:04:02. > :04:06.country. It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve our
:04:07. > :04:10.country as Prime Minister over these last six years and to serve as
:04:11. > :04:18.leader of my party for almost 11 years. As we leave for the last
:04:19. > :04:25.time, my only wish is continued success for this great country that
:04:26. > :04:35.I love so very much. Thank you APPLAUSE THEN, ALMOST TIME TO GO.
:04:36. > :04:46.But first, a family hug. Then the form Alpart of his farewell, a
:04:47. > :04:50.journey started when he promised the public a vote on the European Union.
:04:51. > :04:55.The last word from the Queen at the palace to her Prime Minister. Who
:04:56. > :05:01.knows what comfort she was able to give. But before the regal sign-off,
:05:02. > :05:07.there aide been time for a show of support. Even after all the ranker
:05:08. > :05:16.from the beating heart of Westminster inside the Commons.
:05:17. > :05:20.CHEERING Normally a raucous bear pit.
:05:21. > :05:24.THE SPEAKER: Questions to the Prime Minister. It was Prime Minister's
:05:25. > :05:29.comedy stand-up rather than Prime Minister's Questions. Mr Speaker,
:05:30. > :05:32.this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others.
:05:33. > :05:37.Other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the
:05:38. > :05:41.Queen, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light. MPs from
:05:42. > :05:44.nearly all sides offering good humour. I'm told there are lots of
:05:45. > :05:52.leadership roles out there at the moment. The England football team.
:05:53. > :05:56.There's Top Gear. And a joke from the opposition leader at David
:05:57. > :06:02.Cameron's expense. I was talking of the economy, the Home Secretary
:06:03. > :06:06.again, she said, many people find themselves exploited by unscrupulous
:06:07. > :06:13.bosses. I can't imagine who she was referring to! Then the last of David
:06:14. > :06:18.Cameron at the dispatch box. I will miss the roar of the crowd. I will
:06:19. > :06:22.miss the bashes from the opposition. -- barbs of the opposition. I will
:06:23. > :06:26.be willing you all on. People come here with huge passion for the
:06:27. > :06:29.issues they care about. They come here with great love for the
:06:30. > :06:33.constituencies they represent. The last thing I'd say is that you can
:06:34. > :06:37.achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a lot of things done.
:06:38. > :06:42.That, in the end, the public service, the national interest, is
:06:43. > :06:47.what it is all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your
:06:48. > :06:53.mind to. After all, I once said, I was the future once! Cheer cheer An
:06:54. > :07:03.ovation from the Tory benches. And a wave to his family watching
:07:04. > :07:16.on. A Downing Street, they watched on a
:07:17. > :07:23.day timed to the minute. It's... Over now. PMQs are just finishing.
:07:24. > :07:26.Preparations were well underway for the next occupant. Today is not
:07:27. > :07:31.really about David Cameron at all. His job now just to wave goodbye.
:07:32. > :07:37.Gathering up the family, leaving their way of life. Samantha Cameron
:07:38. > :07:41.alongside the departing Prime Minister with the three children all
:07:42. > :07:48.part of the grandest leaving do in town. Cheered out but living a
:07:49. > :07:56.country divided over the European Union. Out before he intended to go
:07:57. > :08:01.and his party divided too. But almost as speedily as the motorcycle
:08:02. > :08:06.outriders, the new Prime Minister swept into her job. Not elected by
:08:07. > :08:11.her party, not elected by you or me, for the last few weeks have
:08:12. > :08:16.propelled Theresa May far quicker than she'd ever expected to achiever
:08:17. > :08:20.to ambition of accepting the Queen's invitation to run the country. She's
:08:21. > :08:27.no stranger to high office. But as the nation's leader, this is a big
:08:28. > :08:31.first introduction. I have just been to Buckingham Palace where Her
:08:32. > :08:37.Majesty, the Queen, has asked me to form a new Government and I
:08:38. > :08:44.accepted. In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great modern
:08:45. > :08:47.Prime Minister. Under David's leadership, the Government
:08:48. > :08:52.stabilised the economy, reduced the budget deficit and helped more
:08:53. > :08:55.people into work than ever before. But David's true legacy is not about
:08:56. > :09:01.the economy but about social justice. From the introduction of
:09:02. > :09:08.same-sex marriage to taking people on low wages out of income tax
:09:09. > :09:12.although, David Cameron's led a one-nation Government and it is in
:09:13. > :09:19.that spirit that I also plan to lead. Because not everybody knows
:09:20. > :09:24.this but the full title of my party is the Conservative and Euandownist
:09:25. > :09:33.party. And that word unionist is very important to me. It means we
:09:34. > :09:35.believe in the union. The precious bond between England, Scotland,
:09:36. > :09:41.Wales and Northern Ireland. But it means something else that is just as
:09:42. > :09:46.important. It means we believe in a union not just between the nations
:09:47. > :09:51.of the United Kingdom but between all of our citizens. Every one of
:09:52. > :09:58.us, whoever we are and wherever we're from. That means fighting
:09:59. > :10:02.against the burning injustice that if you're born poor you will die on
:10:03. > :10:08.average nine years earlier than others. If you're black, you're
:10:09. > :10:14.treated more harshly by the criminal Usities system than if you're white.
:10:15. > :10:18.If you are's a white working class boy, you're less likely to go to
:10:19. > :10:24.university. It you're at a state school, you're less likely to reach
:10:25. > :10:31.the top professions thaven if you're educated privately. If you're a
:10:32. > :10:34.woman, you'll earn less than a man. If you're young, you'll find it
:10:35. > :10:42.harder than ever before to own your own home. But the mission to make
:10:43. > :10:46.Britain a country that works for everyone means more than fighting
:10:47. > :10:49.these injustices. If you're from an ordinary working class family, life
:10:50. > :10:52.is harder than many people in Westminster realise. You have to job
:10:53. > :10:57.but don't always have job security. You have your own home but you worry
:10:58. > :11:01.about paying the mortgage. You can just about manage, but you worry
:11:02. > :11:07.about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school. If
:11:08. > :11:11.you're one of those families, if you're just managing, I want to
:11:12. > :11:15.address you directly. I know you're working around the clock, I know
:11:16. > :11:21.you're doing your best. I know that sometimes life can be a struggle.
:11:22. > :11:26.The Government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the
:11:27. > :11:32.privileged few, but by yours. We will do everything we can to give
:11:33. > :11:37.you more control over your lives. We are living through an important
:11:38. > :11:42.moment in our country's history. Following the referendum, we face a
:11:43. > :11:47.time of great national change. I know, because we're Great Britain,
:11:48. > :11:52.that we will rise to the challenge. As we leave the European Union, we
:11:53. > :11:58.will forge a bold new positive role for ourselves in the world. And we
:11:59. > :12:03.will make Britain a country that works not-a privileged few but for
:12:04. > :12:08.every one of us. That will be the mission of the Government I lead and
:12:09. > :12:17.together, we will build a better Britain. A leader who hopes for calm
:12:18. > :12:23.but might well surprise. Events will no doubt surprise Theresa May. But
:12:24. > :12:25.sometimes politicians find a moment, sometimes, it is the moment that
:12:26. > :12:31.finds them. Well, Mrs May has spoken in some
:12:32. > :12:43.detail about what she wants She's spoken about what she wants to
:12:44. > :12:50.achieve as Prime Minister. There will be no backing down over Brexit.
:12:51. > :12:55.She wants a fairer economy with a narrower gap. Here's our deputy
:12:56. > :13:00.Political Editor John Pienaar on Theresa May the politician.
:13:01. > :13:06.She'll remember this moment when things get tough and they will,
:13:07. > :13:11.starting now. Theresa May was only embraced as Tory Leader on Monday.
:13:12. > :13:15.Now she's on a journey as tough as any leader in peacetime. There've
:13:16. > :13:19.been markers. Remember her telling Tories people just didn't like them
:13:20. > :13:28.anymore. You know what some people call us, the nasty party. Theresa
:13:29. > :13:32.May, are your lines on... She came down against uncontrolled migration.
:13:33. > :13:35.There is no case in the national interest for immigration of the
:13:36. > :13:41.scale we've experienced over the last decade. The next Prime Minister
:13:42. > :13:46.of this great country, Theresa May. May's Britain will somehow have to
:13:47. > :13:53.be tough and tender. Moments before she knew she would be PM she mapped
:13:54. > :13:56.out her globe Alam Bigs. To steer us through this political uncertainty
:13:57. > :14:01.and negotiate the best deal for Britain and forge a new role for
:14:02. > :14:06.ourselves in the world. Remaking relations between Britain and the
:14:07. > :14:10.world, a huge task. In talks in Brussels curbing EU migration and
:14:11. > :14:16.getting a deal on trade. Dozens of deals need doing worldwide.
:14:17. > :14:20.Britain's global influence has to be protected in NATO and the UN.
:14:21. > :14:25.Britain's can't become an inwashed focussed nation. We'll carry on
:14:26. > :14:29.playing the role we play on an international stage. In NATO, our
:14:30. > :14:34.security relations with other countries. There will be a big focus
:14:35. > :14:40.to stay part of the international community. Our decision on the
:14:41. > :14:45.European Union is not about Britain becoming a small nation focussed on
:14:46. > :14:49.itself. When it comes to the Brexit economy, business and finances
:14:50. > :14:54.outside the Eu, the task's just as tall. The Prime Minister want's
:14:55. > :14:57.business more productive that needs help from Government. Foreign
:14:58. > :15:02.takeovers of firms vital to Britain could be blocked. George Osborne
:15:03. > :15:07.wanted more productive business. Now it's more urgent. To get more homes
:15:08. > :15:12.built, they're needed badly. As for public spending, he tried to cut
:15:13. > :15:17.welfare and failed. Rebel Tory MPs can block any toll Si easily. But
:15:18. > :15:23.public money is scarce. We have to build on the strong economic legacy
:15:24. > :15:27.Theresa May's inheriting. We need to encourage business to take advantage
:15:28. > :15:31.of the challenges and opportunities that Brexit throws up. You make it
:15:32. > :15:38.sound simple? It's a tough challenge. She's the right woman to
:15:39. > :15:44.do it. She has the negotiating experience to make sure Brexit wins.
:15:45. > :15:51.More equality, that's as Bigs as any. Since her early days as a
:15:52. > :15:55.shadow minister, Theresa May's job's been about policy supporting women.
:15:56. > :16:00.Now it's about more. A society that works for everyone. So we bring
:16:01. > :16:05.people back together, rich and poor, young and old, male and female,
:16:06. > :16:10.black and white, sick and healthy. Public sector, private sector. Those
:16:11. > :16:16.with skills, those without. That sounded like David Cameron's for
:16:17. > :16:20.equal opportunity. The aim to cool resentment and deep division between
:16:21. > :16:23.haves and have Nottingham. Today, it is a mission that will take time,
:16:24. > :16:28.perhaps a lot of time. How much of this mission making Britain a fairer
:16:29. > :16:31.place in every way can you realistically expect her to manage?
:16:32. > :16:36.She's started that journey already. With David there. You will anot do
:16:37. > :16:40.it in one Parliament. It is something you'll have to keep doing.
:16:41. > :16:46.Keep embedding in. It's a mission of decades? It is. But it's not a
:16:47. > :16:49.reason not to do it. All too often, it has been put in the too difficult
:16:50. > :16:53.pile. Britain's new Prime Minister will not lack from goodwill from her
:16:54. > :16:59.party. The political honeymoon won't last long. It never does. The truly
:17:00. > :17:03.hard work begins. The walk ward international negotiations. Pushing
:17:04. > :17:07.through plans and reforms with a tiny majority in the Commons. None
:17:08. > :17:11.of it is easy in normal times. These times are anything but normal. If
:17:12. > :17:14.Theresa May wants to know how hard is it to be Prime Minister, she
:17:15. > :17:16.know's exactly who to ask. So with Mrs May's arrival here today
:17:17. > :17:20.came Mr Cameron's departure. He led his party and the coalition
:17:21. > :17:23.and won a Conservative majority at the last general election
:17:24. > :17:26.against all the odds. His time in office was dominated
:17:27. > :17:29.by the economy and trying But a crushing referendum
:17:30. > :17:34.defeat has forced him out. Nick Robinson reports now
:17:35. > :17:41.on Mr Cameron's legacy. There are some flashing images in
:17:42. > :17:44.this report. It began where it ended,
:17:45. > :17:46.on the doorstep of Number 10. It began with success which few
:17:47. > :17:49.expected and ended in failure, David Cameron became our youngest
:17:50. > :17:55.Prime Minister for 200 years, not because he won an election
:17:56. > :17:58.but because he won over Nick Clegg Prime Minister, do you now regret
:17:59. > :18:05.when once asked what your favourite The joke was on those who said
:18:06. > :18:13.the coalition could never last. Love it or loathe it,
:18:14. > :18:17.there was be stable government, unlike most countries in Europe
:18:18. > :18:19.after the worst economic The cuts they said they had to make
:18:20. > :18:30.and what was called the age This afternoon, the man
:18:31. > :18:38.who was Mr Cameron's Director of Communications spoke to me
:18:39. > :18:41.in a quiet, now empty, There was a dinner at Downing Street
:18:42. > :18:47.last night where David Cameron had And somebody paying tribute to him
:18:48. > :18:52.said he was a quiet revolutionary He started by forming a coalition
:18:53. > :18:57.government and that really And he showed the vision
:18:58. > :19:04.and determination to do it because he gave economic stability
:19:05. > :19:07.to the country at a time Many Tories did not
:19:08. > :19:10.much like the coalition A Conservative Prime Minister siding
:19:11. > :19:15.with gay campaigners and against those who insisted
:19:16. > :19:18.marriage should only be And his decision to increase
:19:19. > :19:25.spending on overseas aid while cutting it at home
:19:26. > :19:31.was scarcely more popular, with a growing number
:19:32. > :19:33.tempted to back Ukip, a party that was winning more
:19:34. > :19:36.and more support, even though it once dismissed them as a home
:19:37. > :19:38.for fruitcakes and loonies. I have been up half the night
:19:39. > :19:41.and this is absolutely marvellous! Amid growing pressure
:19:42. > :19:43.from within and without, David Cameron made
:19:44. > :19:45.this fateful promise. We will give the British people
:19:46. > :19:48.a referendum with a very To stay in the European Union
:19:49. > :19:54.on these new terms or to It was a massive gamble that EU
:19:55. > :20:03.leaders would give him a better deal and the British voters
:20:04. > :20:05.would back it. A gamble that was to go
:20:06. > :20:07.spectacularly wrong. This issue of whether or not Britain
:20:08. > :20:11.remained in or out of EU It just happen to land
:20:12. > :20:15.on the station on his watch. It was inevitable that there
:20:16. > :20:18.was going to be a referendum. He showed real leadership,
:20:19. > :20:20.gut and determination in calling it. It didn't work out for him
:20:21. > :20:29.but there was real leadership there. Some said a referendum was too risky
:20:30. > :20:32.but David Cameron agreed to another on Scottish independence and though
:20:33. > :20:33.it looked mighty close at times,
:20:34. > :20:36.he won it, thanks to what Yes campaigners
:20:37. > :20:37.complained was Project Fear. His next big electoral test was last
:20:38. > :20:44.year's General Election. He warned that electing Ed Miliband
:20:45. > :20:48.would produce instability and chaos. But I suggested to him that
:20:49. > :20:51.that is precisely what would result And if you don't win the referendum,
:20:52. > :20:57.what is Plan B? You have a negotiation
:20:58. > :21:06.you cannot succeed in. And a vote that if you lose,
:21:07. > :21:10.Britain will be out of the EU. It was, although,
:21:11. > :21:12.a popular - perhaps an election-winning -
:21:13. > :21:14.promise. We are saying the Conservatives
:21:15. > :21:17.are the largest party. But just 13 months later,
:21:18. > :21:20.another electoral surprise. David Cameron had led us out
:21:21. > :21:30.of the EU by mistake. In the end, his legacy will be
:21:31. > :21:34.having ripped up Britain's relationships with our nearest
:21:35. > :21:37.neighbours and also left a country that is very divided and that wasn't
:21:38. > :21:41.what he wanted to do. That is why the Cameron family
:21:42. > :21:44.were forced to leave Number 10 today, two years earlier
:21:45. > :21:49.than they had originally planned. In a few days, David Cameron
:21:50. > :21:52.will take his place on the wall here at Number 10 alongside other
:21:53. > :21:55.former Prime Ministers. When he got the job he told me that
:21:56. > :21:59.what mattered was character. He left office today because of one
:22:00. > :22:06.decision that went terribly wrong. Nick Robinson, BBC News,
:22:07. > :22:14.10 Downing Street. With me here, following every
:22:15. > :22:16.move, our Political Editor,
:22:17. > :22:25.Laura Kuenssberg. The Prime Minister has been a
:22:26. > :22:30.Downing Street for 30 minutes, what will be happening? Who can imagine
:22:31. > :22:34.what is going through her mind? She has what through the doors, enter
:22:35. > :22:38.the biggest job in the country and you can see some of the pictures
:22:39. > :22:42.that have been taken of her making the staff, following the Downing
:22:43. > :22:48.Street tradition of being applauded as she walks into the biggest
:22:49. > :22:53.position in the country and the biggest moment in her career. The
:22:54. > :22:57.first task at hand is to appoint a Cabinet, the team that will be with
:22:58. > :23:02.her as she tries to take over the country and tries to pursue her own
:23:03. > :23:05.priorities as well as picking up the reins from David Cameron and by the
:23:06. > :23:11.end of this evening I suspect we will have the names of the first big
:23:12. > :23:15.three appointments. The Chancellor, the Home Secretary and the Foreign
:23:16. > :23:19.Secretary. Huge speculation, the Westminster guessing game, the only
:23:20. > :23:23.name that is worth saying at the moment is widely expected, Philip
:23:24. > :23:30.Hammond, the current Foreign Secretary, is most likely to move
:23:31. > :23:34.into her next-door at number 11, but with reshuffles, they are
:23:35. > :23:38.complicated and nothing is announced until it is announced. We have
:23:39. > :23:43.learned not to protect anything! And what about the speech that Theresa
:23:44. > :23:50.May made? Some unusual points, talking about the Conservative and
:23:51. > :23:53.unionist or to, right at the top? And not just in terms of the union
:23:54. > :23:57.between Scotland and the rest of the UK but in terms of what she
:23:58. > :24:00.describes as the union between all of us as citizens of this country,
:24:01. > :24:07.there was a very clear message throughout that speech that she
:24:08. > :24:09.wants to represent everybody, not necessarily something we were
:24:10. > :24:12.traditionally expect from a Conservative Prime Minister but she
:24:13. > :24:17.was clear that she wanted to build on David Cameron's modern
:24:18. > :24:21.Conservative government. David Cameron was always treated as a Tory
:24:22. > :24:24.moderniser and Theresa May was a Conservative moderniser just before
:24:25. > :24:30.it was fashionable, almost. But it was striking that she chose not to
:24:31. > :24:35.talk extensively about business or about tax cuts or the economy, she
:24:36. > :24:40.talked about rights, she talked about the pay gap for women, about
:24:41. > :24:44.people being left behind, white working-class boys not doing as well
:24:45. > :24:49.as others, how to close the gaps in society. With a very striking and
:24:50. > :24:53.direct appeal to people who might have been watching. People who she
:24:54. > :24:57.said, if you are just managing, I will listen to you. An
:24:58. > :25:01.acknowledgement perhaps that she has not been elected at the General
:25:02. > :25:05.Election or chosen by the Tory Party, she is a Prime Minister
:25:06. > :25:09.moving in without a mandate from all of us. That is not something that
:25:10. > :25:14.will make your task any easier and just as we hear the distant cries of
:25:15. > :25:19.some protesters already at the gates, are mind that the 3.5 years
:25:20. > :25:20.she expects to have an office will not be straightforward. -- a
:25:21. > :25:23.reminder. Just a word about the timing
:25:24. > :25:26.of our programme tonight. We're staying on air a little later
:25:27. > :25:29.than usual because of events Millions of people up and down
:25:30. > :25:35.the country will be reflecting tonight on what lies ahead
:25:36. > :25:38.for Britain's new Prime Minister and whether she'll deliver
:25:39. > :25:41.on her pledges for a fairer economy, changes to immigration and the best
:25:42. > :25:44.possible Brexit deal. Our correspondent, Jon Kay,
:25:45. > :25:58.has been sampling the people's view With politics turned on its head,
:25:59. > :26:05.trampoline Park seems like the perfect place to come. Swindon and
:26:06. > :26:08.voted for Brexit but after all the twists and turns of the last few
:26:09. > :26:14.weeks, people here say what they want most from Mrs May is the
:26:15. > :26:21.biggest bloody. I hope she will steady us and our worries at rest.
:26:22. > :26:25.It is not going to be too rocky. With everything that has to be done,
:26:26. > :26:33.she has a tough job. It is a monumental job. Would you want it?
:26:34. > :26:37.Absolutely not! The new Prime Minister faces huge challenges. Jane
:26:38. > :26:43.hopes Mrs May not just focus on Brexit. There are so many other
:26:44. > :26:47.things that are important, the NHS, schools, some are just going on that
:26:48. > :26:51.I would like to move on from that and start focusing on other things
:26:52. > :26:55.besides leaving the European Union. In the town centre, the people of
:26:56. > :27:00.Swindon watched as the transfer of power got under way at Westminster.
:27:01. > :27:03.We ask voters to give us one word to describe the kind of Prime Minister
:27:04. > :27:14.may want to reason may to be. Honest. -- Theresa May.
:27:15. > :27:19.I think she should be a good listener. Because it is about time
:27:20. > :27:28.we had somebody who listens to the people. It you are. Somebody who
:27:29. > :27:34.will walk the walk and not just talk the talk. To the steam Museum, a
:27:35. > :27:38.grandmother Denise is worried by the fact that Mrs May did not want
:27:39. > :27:42.Brexit, she hopes the new Prime Minister will not delay. We have no
:27:43. > :27:48.option but to go forward and we do not crack on your dragging our feet,
:27:49. > :27:55.we are not... We have to be seen to be as strong as a country. Many
:27:56. > :27:59.visitors told us that Theresa May needs to unite her party and the UK.
:28:00. > :28:06.What should be top of the to-do list? To organise her Cabinet. In
:28:07. > :28:11.such a way that brings people together and does not cause tension.
:28:12. > :28:17.Let us get back to some normality. Can that happen? For a while, I
:28:18. > :28:23.don't think so. Tonight, it is all change. Again...
:28:24. > :28:27.But how will Mrs May be viewed in Wales, Northern Ireland
:28:28. > :28:30.and Scotland, where Britain's departure from the EU has prompted
:28:31. > :28:32.new demands for a rethink on relations with Westminster?
:28:33. > :28:35.Let's get the views of three of our correspondents.
:28:36. > :28:37.We start with our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith, in Edinburgh.
:28:38. > :28:52.Wasn't interesting? Everybody heard the first words talking about how
:28:53. > :28:56.passionately she cares about the union between Scotland, England,
:28:57. > :29:00.Wales and Northern Ireland. She knows one of the biggest challenges
:29:01. > :29:03.she might face is trying to preserve that union between Scotland and the
:29:04. > :29:07.rest of the UK because Nicola Sturgeon has said she thinks a
:29:08. > :29:14.second referendum on Scottish independence is highly likely. She
:29:15. > :29:17.also wants assurances that she will be fully involved in the Brexit
:29:18. > :29:20.negotiations, the first Minister is in London today but she is not yet
:29:21. > :29:24.scheduled a meeting. I hope and would expect to speak to
:29:25. > :29:27.Theresa May over the next couple of days and to begin the process of
:29:28. > :29:30.making sure not just that Scotland is fully and directly involved
:29:31. > :29:33.in this process but that we are involved with a view to having
:29:34. > :29:49.different outcomes for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon wants assurances
:29:50. > :29:52.that chewing those discussions she can explore different ways of trying
:29:53. > :29:56.to maintain Scotland's links with the EU even as the UK leaves and if
:29:57. > :30:01.there is no other way to do that, the option of a second referendum
:30:02. > :30:08.amongst -- for Scottish independence is very much on the table. The first
:30:09. > :30:12.Minister of Wales claimed he had discovered the internet for any
:30:13. > :30:16.mention Theresa May had ever made of the country. Before today, she had
:30:17. > :30:19.very little to do with devolved politics but now there are urgent
:30:20. > :30:24.problems here demanding her attention. Generally, the ongoing
:30:25. > :30:28.steel crisis, but politics has been in turmoil, thousands of
:30:29. > :30:31.steelworkers in South Wales have been waiting to learn their fate
:30:32. > :30:36.with the government should say what it is offering to do over their
:30:37. > :30:42.pensions. Then there is Brexit, the majority here voted for it and I
:30:43. > :30:44.have been told -- having been told by the Leave campaign that a
:30:45. > :30:48.shortfall in EU funding would be made up by the central government, a
:30:49. > :30:52.promise Theresa May did not make but she will be under pressure to keep
:30:53. > :30:55.that. And the future of the National Assembly, there is already
:30:56. > :31:00.legislation coming to give this place new powers on speed limits but
:31:01. > :31:05.will they be overtaken by events elsewhere? Theresa May has been the
:31:06. > :31:10.Prime Minister for the matter of minutes, her entry is already
:31:11. > :31:12.filling up fast. In Northern Ireland, unionists have given a warm
:31:13. > :31:16.welcome to Theresa May becoming Prime Minister and that is because
:31:17. > :31:23.they see traditional Tory who shares a lot of their values and she would
:31:24. > :31:28.appoint herself in leading the Conservative and unionist.
:31:29. > :31:32.Nationalists have been cooler in their reception, Sinn Fein have
:31:33. > :31:36.suggested that Theresa May could be bad for Northern Ireland and the
:31:37. > :31:39.peace process. And here at Stormont there are issues that threaten
:31:40. > :31:44.relationships, the latest of which is Brexit. People feel that the
:31:45. > :31:47.economy here could be exposed whenever the UK leaves the EU and
:31:48. > :31:50.that is partly because of those cross-border trading links with the
:31:51. > :31:55.Republic of Ireland will remain an EU country. And that question about
:31:56. > :32:00.what happens to the border. Whenever she was Home Secretary, Theresa May
:32:01. > :32:03.campaign here during the referendum, talking about the fact that she felt
:32:04. > :32:07.the border would have to change, there would have to be some
:32:08. > :32:10.controls. She might feel differently as Prime Minister and she will want
:32:11. > :32:20.to do all she can to avoid unsettling Anglo-Irish
:32:21. > :32:25.relationships. Thank you, all. Managing Britain's exit from the
:32:26. > :32:29.European Union will be a top priority for Mrs May. Today, some of
:32:30. > :32:33.the Brussels bosses who'll sit across the tables from her in future
:32:34. > :32:37.negotiations have been beginning their views on the way ahead. One
:32:38. > :32:42.called the turmoil over Britain's departure shocking. Another said
:32:43. > :32:46.despite the dedivorce, the UK and European Union would be the closest
:32:47. > :32:53.partners. Our European editor Katya Adler on the view from the EU.
:32:54. > :32:59.She will be the figurehead leadings Britain's exit from the European
:33:00. > :33:06.Union. She'll need to negotiate the details with all of these EU
:33:07. > :33:11.leaders. In an awkward situation, maintaining cordial relations will
:33:12. > :33:17.be key. Today, on an official visit to China, the EU tone sounded
:33:18. > :33:23.positive. I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile mood. We are
:33:24. > :33:27.partners. I'm not giving public advices to the in coming British
:33:28. > :33:31.Prime Minister. I don't want to lecture her. I don't want to talk
:33:32. > :33:37.about her before having talked with her. It's here in Brussels that
:33:38. > :33:42.Theresa May will meet all EU leaders for the first time at a summit in a
:33:43. > :33:46.couple of months. She'll be anxious to grab that opportunity to talk
:33:47. > :33:52.that them off the record, perhaps over a cup of coffee, about the kind
:33:53. > :33:56.of deal the UK can expect outside the EU. She'll have her work cow
:33:57. > :34:05.out. Some of those leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit
:34:06. > :34:15.until the formal leave is started. France is out for revenge. It wants
:34:16. > :34:19.tough negotiations. Italy wants to send a strong message with its own
:34:20. > :34:23.economic and political problems, it needs the EU to stick together.
:34:24. > :34:27.While eastern and battics Europe don't want to alienate Britain. They
:34:28. > :34:32.need UK backing to keep a hardline against Russia. But this arguably is
:34:33. > :34:36.Theresa May's most important negotiating partner when it comes to
:34:37. > :34:42.Brexit. Germany's powerful Angela Merkel. Lie Theresa May, steely,
:34:43. > :34:47.wiley, determined. Of course, Theresa May is no stranger to
:34:48. > :34:52.Brussels. She's been here many times for EU ministers' meetings.
:34:53. > :34:56.Officials here warn she shouldn't joined estimate them. Theresa May is
:34:57. > :35:01.well known. She will find people who know her. Who will negotiate with
:35:02. > :35:07.her on equal footing. Even for someone with a reputation as a tough
:35:08. > :35:12.negotiator like Mrs May? She is a tough negotiator. I can assure you
:35:13. > :35:19.here the European Parliament are tough negotiators as well. The EU
:35:20. > :35:25.relationship's never been easy. Theresa May will find safe guarding
:35:26. > :35:30.interests here even more complex in the short-term at least. I have here
:35:31. > :35:34.a letter just sent to Theresa May from the President of the European
:35:35. > :35:38.Commission. In it, as you would expect, he congratulates her on her
:35:39. > :35:42.new job. He's also very clear. He would like to hear as soon as
:35:43. > :35:46.possible from Britain's new Prime Minister who sort of arrangements
:35:47. > :35:51.she expects for the UK outside the EU. Under EU rules, it is now up to
:35:52. > :35:53.Britain to start those formal Brexit negotiations. The rest of the EU
:35:54. > :36:11.waits impatiently. She started her political career
:36:12. > :36:13.stuffing envelopes at her local Conservative
:36:14. > :36:15.Association. Some of those who've worked with her
:36:16. > :36:18.say she's a plain speaker, and that she's among the toughest
:36:19. > :36:22.in government. Here's Reeta Chakrabarti now
:36:23. > :36:24.on Theresa May, the person. Teresa Mary Brazier as she was then,
:36:25. > :36:26.has travelled far in Raised in Oxfordshire,
:36:27. > :36:30.the girl who would be PM honed her political skills
:36:31. > :36:32.in Berkshire where she had been Known as a conscientious
:36:33. > :36:37.and diligent local MP, she has made her home
:36:38. > :36:39.in the constituency. Her political reputation as a steely
:36:40. > :36:43.negotiator rings very true here. I think Theresa's negotiating powers
:36:44. > :36:45.are extremely good, I have dealt with her over the course
:36:46. > :36:48.of the past ten years. So I know how she can
:36:49. > :36:54.strike a hard bargain, she knows what she wants
:36:55. > :36:56.when she has done the analysis She rose quickly, becoming Tory
:36:57. > :37:02.party chairman in 2002 Charged with helping to modernise
:37:03. > :37:07.the Conservatives, she is known She will take action on the basis
:37:08. > :37:15.of calm reflection, reading the papers, working at it,
:37:16. > :37:21.taking professional advice. Britain's second female
:37:22. > :37:27.Prime Minister has over the years sent out mixed messages
:37:28. > :37:35.about being a woman in politics. But Margaret Thatcher proved
:37:36. > :37:37.that your ability to lead your country depends
:37:38. > :37:41.on your talent and your courage, not on whether you
:37:42. > :37:44.are a man or woman. But she has actively campaigned
:37:45. > :37:47.for equality within the Tory party, co-founding a new group to get more
:37:48. > :37:51.women selected as candidates. She is totally committed
:37:52. > :37:56.and actually that 2010 generation who are now hopefully going to be
:37:57. > :38:01.in the Cabinet, were all personally mentored and supported
:38:02. > :38:05.and encouraged by her. Married for 36 years, her husband
:38:06. > :38:09.Philip is known as her rock. He will now become only the second
:38:10. > :38:15.male consort at Number Ten. Philip may won't have to undergo
:38:16. > :38:18.the sort of scrutiny that a female spouse has to, except in tongue
:38:19. > :38:21.in cheek articles like this one. But that is not the only way
:38:22. > :38:24.in which tone and mood in Theresa May is likely to bring
:38:25. > :38:30.a serious and considered This serious and formidable
:38:31. > :38:36.politician may perhaps ten years ago have had an inkling
:38:37. > :38:41.of what was to come. So have faith, anything
:38:42. > :38:43.is possible if you work hard Time for a final word
:38:44. > :38:54.on this remarkable day from our Political Editor,
:38:55. > :39:05.Laura Kuenssberg. It is the end of the Cameron years.
:39:06. > :39:08.The start of the May years. How will these differ in approach? At the
:39:09. > :39:11.start of the Theresa May's speech she was clear she wanted to build on
:39:12. > :39:15.David Cameron's achievements. They are very different. They're very
:39:16. > :39:18.different people. In a way, David Cameron's ambition to be Prime
:39:19. > :39:22.Minister came first and then he filled in the blanks of what he
:39:23. > :39:26.wanted to do. But Theresa May is perhaps the other way around. She
:39:27. > :39:29.worked her way up to the ambition where eventually she saw she could
:39:30. > :39:34.potentially become Prime Minister. I think in terms of their style,
:39:35. > :39:39.Theresa May, we'll see less of her. She's certainly not flash. She's not
:39:40. > :39:43.one for gimmicks. I think we'll see a more serious, sober kind of
:39:44. > :39:46.administration. What she's going to have to deal with though, is
:39:47. > :39:50.something which was a big problem for David Cameron that will be a big
:39:51. > :39:55.problem for her. The Government has a majority of just 12 seats. So,
:39:56. > :39:59.however she wants to confront the country's problems, whatever ideas
:40:00. > :40:05.of her own she wants to introduce, she'll have a lot of persuading to
:40:06. > :40:10.do. She just doesn't have the comfort, security blanket of a party
:40:11. > :40:13.behind her on the benches in the Commons willing to wave anything
:40:14. > :40:17.through. That will be a challenge from day two. Perhaps maybe not
:40:18. > :40:22.tonight. We get some idea of what's to come from Mrs May from the
:40:23. > :40:26.protesters we can here shouting Brexit, when do we want it, now.
:40:27. > :40:30.From a Conservative Prime Minister we might expect protests about cuts
:40:31. > :40:36.or austerity. We've certainly had that during David Cameron's time in
:40:37. > :40:41.power. Tonight, those protesters are chanting Brexit. That's what we
:40:42. > :40:47.want, when do we want it. Now. The most pressing challenge is how does
:40:48. > :40:52.she go about satsifying the demands of those millions who voted to leave
:40:53. > :40:57.the European Union with an expectation immigration would fall.
:40:58. > :41:00.How does she match that with 27 European leaders around the EU all
:41:01. > :41:04.with demands of their own. Huge challenge. No Prime Minister has
:41:05. > :41:10.ever had to face one quite like it. Thank you. Let's take a step away
:41:11. > :41:14.from fascinating politician. Let's take a look at the weather. Storm
:41:15. > :41:19.clouds not quite gathering. But looking pretty grey.
:41:20. > :41:29.It did feel at least a little like July in the sunny spells today.
:41:30. > :41:33.We've had some sunshine. But, as Fiona mentioned, we've had storm
:41:34. > :41:37.clouds. Some rumbles of thunder. There still are out there. This is
:41:38. > :41:41.the shower cloud drifting southwards and eastwards. Fewer showers this
:41:42. > :41:47.evening across the south-west and Wales. Rumbles of thunder will ease.
:41:48. > :41:52.Some showers still going into the small hours. One thing it will be is
:41:53. > :41:56.pretty chilly tonight, particular lateral out in the countryside.
:41:57. > :42:00.Prance as low as 4 or 5 in the glens of Scotland. We have a ridge of high
:42:01. > :42:04.pressure settling our weather down temporarily. It looks like Thursday
:42:05. > :42:09.will be the driest day of the week. Still a few showers potentially
:42:10. > :42:13.first thing in eastern areas. That ridge of high pressure ensures most
:42:14. > :42:17.of us will have decent spells of strong July sunshine. Temperatures
:42:18. > :42:25.will nudge up a little bit on today. The winds will be lighter. 18s or
:42:26. > :42:30.19s in the north. 2 or 21 in the south. Make the most of the sun.
:42:31. > :42:35.Bear in mind it is July with that strong high UV. High levels of the
:42:36. > :42:39.pollen. Just one or two showers. Very unlucky if you catch one. It
:42:40. > :42:44.should be dry at Lord's. And dry up in Troon for the start of the Open
:42:45. > :42:47.golf. Change is on the way. If you're heading out tomorrow evening.
:42:48. > :42:51.Fine and dry for the most part. Pretty chilly into the evening.
:42:52. > :42:55.Humid air building in the south with this next weather system knocking on
:42:56. > :43:00.the door of Northern Ireland on Friday morning and into Scotland. A
:43:01. > :43:08.spell of wet weather before it moves out of the way. Mist and low cloud
:43:09. > :43:13.in the west. Drizzle elsewhere. The driest weather in the west. Cooler
:43:14. > :43:17.air is on the way. Or fresher air across the northern half of the
:43:18. > :43:21.country. Staying humid in the south. Even in that fresher air into the
:43:22. > :43:25.weekend, given some sunshine, we'll see temperatures getting up to
:43:26. > :43:30.around 25 Celsius. Potentially the tops, that is. For most of us,
:43:31. > :43:32.feeling fresher as we head into the weekend. As ever, plenty more
:43:33. > :43:51.available on the website. On a day the former Prime Minister
:43:52. > :43:55.moved out far sooner than we could ever have expected and Theresa May
:43:56. > :43:59.says she will make a country that works for everyone. Philip Hammond,
:44:00. > :44:02.at the moment, Foreign Secretary. Who knows what job he may be given
:44:03. > :44:07.inside. You can find out later on the BBC News at ten. Next, on BBC
:44:08. > :44:11.One, we'll join the BBC News teams where you are. Before we go, let's
:44:12. > :44:16.leave you with some of the images from today.
:44:17. > :44:23.THE SPEAKER: Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Other than one
:44:24. > :44:31.meeting this afternoon with imagine, the Queen, the diary for the rest of
:44:32. > :44:34.my day is remarkably light! LAUGHTER Nothing is really impossible if you
:44:35. > :44:41.put your mind to it. After all, I once said, I was the future once!
:44:42. > :44:48.Is the My only wish is continued success for this great country that
:44:49. > :45:09.I love so very much. Her Majesty the Queen has asked me
:45:10. > :45:15.to form a new Government and I accepted. Together, we will build a
:45:16. > :45:19.better Britain.