:00:00. > :00:09.This is BBC World News Today, with me, Matthew Amroliwala live
:00:10. > :00:12.from Westminster as Theresa May becomes Britain's
:00:13. > :00:17.She's now officially the new occupant at 10
:00:18. > :00:25.As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold, new, positive
:00:26. > :00:34.The formal handover came at Buckingham Palace,
:00:35. > :00:37.when the Queen invited Mrs May to form a government.
:00:38. > :00:40.Her predecessor, David Cameron, said his farewell to the House
:00:41. > :00:47.of Commons as Prime Minister with a wry joke at his own expense.
:00:48. > :00:50.Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it.
:00:51. > :00:54.After all, as I once said, I was the future once.
:00:55. > :01:04.And then time for the family to also say goodbye.
:01:05. > :01:09.A wave, a hug - as the Camerons and their three children leave
:01:10. > :01:32.Hello and welcome live to Westminster.
:01:33. > :01:37.So, Britain has a new Prime Minister.
:01:38. > :01:44.She arrived in Downing Street less than one hour ago. On the steps
:01:45. > :01:50.outside she pledged to lead for all the country and not just the
:01:51. > :01:57.privileged few. At the same lecture in just a few moments before, David
:01:58. > :02:05.Cameron spoke about the honour it had been, the greatest honour of his
:02:06. > :02:07.life, to lead this country. Our Political Editor looks at another
:02:08. > :02:10.extraordinary day at Westminster. Always a politician,
:02:11. > :02:13.ready with a line. But with his family beside him
:02:14. > :02:15.in front of the cameras like this
:02:16. > :02:18.for the first time, there was just Of course we've not got
:02:19. > :02:24.every decision right. But I do believe today our country
:02:25. > :02:27.is much Above all, it was about turning
:02:28. > :02:32.around the economy. With a deficit cut by two thirds,
:02:33. > :02:35.two-and-a-half million more people in work and one million more
:02:36. > :02:38.businesses, there can be no doubt our economy is
:02:39. > :02:41.immeasurably stronger. David Cameron wanted a different
:02:42. > :02:44.Tory Party and a different But he leaves the same way
:02:45. > :02:53.they all do, so many fights forgotten, failure remembered among
:02:54. > :02:56.some success but the family remains. I want to thank my children for whom
:02:57. > :03:02.Downing Street has been a lovely They sometimes kicked
:03:03. > :03:10.the red boxes full Florence, you once climbed into one
:03:11. > :03:14.before a foreign trip and Above all, I want to thank Samantha,
:03:15. > :03:22.the love of my life. You have kept me
:03:23. > :03:30.vaguely sane and, as well as being an amazing wife,
:03:31. > :03:32.mother and businesswoman, you have done something every
:03:33. > :03:34.week in that building behind me to celebrate
:03:35. > :03:35.the best of voluntary
:03:36. > :03:37.service in our country. It has been the greatest honour
:03:38. > :03:40.of my life to serve our country as Prime Minister
:03:41. > :03:45.over these last six years and to serve
:03:46. > :03:47.as leader of my party years and to serve
:03:48. > :03:49.for almost 11 years. As we leave for the last time,
:03:50. > :03:55.my only wish is continued success for this great country that
:03:56. > :04:28.I love so very much. farewell, a journey started when he
:04:29. > :04:30.promised the public a vote and the European Union.
:04:31. > :04:35.The last word from the Queen at the palace to her Prime Minister.
:04:36. > :04:42.Who knows what comfort she was able to give.
:04:43. > :04:44.But before the regal sign-off, there had
:04:45. > :04:49.been time for a show of support.
:04:50. > :04:52.Even after all the rancour from the beating heart of
:04:53. > :04:54.CHEERING Normally a raucous bear pit.
:04:55. > :04:57.THE SPEAKER: Questions to the Prime Minister.
:04:58. > :04:59.It was Prime Minister's comedy stand-up rather than Prime
:05:00. > :05:03.Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings with
:05:04. > :05:08.Other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the
:05:09. > :05:12.Queen, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light.
:05:13. > :05:19.MPs from nearly all sides offering good humour.
:05:20. > :05:21.I'm told there are lots of leadership roles out there
:05:22. > :05:28.And a joke from the opposition leader at David
:05:29. > :05:34.I was talking of the economy, the Home Secretary
:05:35. > :05:36.again, she said, many people find themselves exploited
:05:37. > :05:45.I can't imagine who she was referring to!
:05:46. > :05:48.Then the last of David Cameron at the dispatch box.
:05:49. > :05:54.I will miss the barbs from the opposition.
:05:55. > :05:59.People come here with huge passion for the
:06:00. > :06:02.They come here with great love for the
:06:03. > :06:07.The last thing I'd say is that you can
:06:08. > :06:13.That, in the end, the public service,
:06:14. > :06:18.the national interest, is what it is all about.
:06:19. > :06:20.Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to.
:06:21. > :06:26.After all, I once said, I was the future once!
:06:27. > :06:48.And a wave to his family watching on.
:06:49. > :06:50.At Downing Street, they watched on a day
:06:51. > :07:00.Preparations were well underway for the next occupant.
:07:01. > :07:03.Today is not really about David Cameron at all.
:07:04. > :07:09.Gathering up the family, leaving their way of life.
:07:10. > :07:11.Samantha Cameron alongside the departing Prime
:07:12. > :07:14.Minister with the three children all part of
:07:15. > :07:22.the grandest leaving do in town.
:07:23. > :07:24.Cheered out but living a country divided over the European Union.
:07:25. > :07:34.Out before he intended to go and his party divided too.
:07:35. > :07:36.But almost as speedily as the motorcycle outriders,
:07:37. > :07:39.the new Prime Minister swept into her job.
:07:40. > :07:46.Not elected by her party, not elected by you or me,
:07:47. > :07:54.the last few weeks have propelled Theresa May far quicker
:07:55. > :07:56.than she'd ever expected to achieve the ambition
:07:57. > :08:02.But as the nation's leader, this is a big
:08:03. > :08:05.I have just been to Buckingham Palace where Her
:08:06. > :08:08.Majesty, the Queen, has asked me to form a new Government and I
:08:09. > :08:14.In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great modern
:08:15. > :08:19.Under David's leadership, the Government
:08:20. > :08:22.stabilised the economy, reduced the budget deficit and helped more
:08:23. > :08:30.But David's true legacy is not about the economy
:08:31. > :08:43.From the introduction of same-sex marriage to taking people
:08:44. > :08:46.on low wages out of income tax altogether,
:08:47. > :08:54.David Cameron's led a one-nation Government
:08:55. > :09:05.Because not everybody knows this but the full title of my party
:09:06. > :09:09.is the Conservative and Unionist party.
:09:10. > :09:11.And that word unionist is very important to me.
:09:12. > :09:14.The precious bond between England, Scotland,
:09:15. > :09:17.But it means something else that is just as
:09:18. > :09:21.It means we believe in a union not just between the nations
:09:22. > :09:24.of the United Kingdom but between all of our citizens.
:09:25. > :09:30.Every one of us, whoever we are and wherever we're from.
:09:31. > :09:34.That means fighting against the burning injustice that
:09:35. > :09:37.if you're born poor you will die on average nine years earlier
:09:38. > :09:50.If you're black, you're treated more harshly by the criminal
:09:51. > :09:54.If you are's a white working class boy,
:09:55. > :09:57.you're less likely to go to university.
:09:58. > :10:00.It you're at a state school, you're less likely to reach
:10:01. > :10:02.the top professions thaven if you're educated privately.
:10:03. > :10:07.If you're a woman, you'll earn less than a man.
:10:08. > :10:10.If you're young, you'll find it harder than ever before to own your
:10:11. > :10:16.But the mission to make Britain a country that works for
:10:17. > :10:24.everyone means more than fighting these injustices.
:10:25. > :10:27.If you're from an ordinary working class family, life is harder
:10:28. > :10:31.than many people in Westminster realise.
:10:32. > :10:33.You have a job but don't always have job security.
:10:34. > :10:36.You have your own home but you worry about paying the mortgage.
:10:37. > :10:38.You can just about manage, but you worry
:10:39. > :10:41.about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school.
:10:42. > :10:44.If you're one of those families, if you're just managing, I want to
:10:45. > :10:51.I know you're working around the clock, I know
:10:52. > :10:56.I know that sometimes life can be a struggle.
:10:57. > :10:59.The Government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the
:11:00. > :11:08.We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives.
:11:09. > :11:12.We are living through an important moment in our country's history.
:11:13. > :11:18.Following the referendum, we face a time of great national change.
:11:19. > :11:22.I know, because we're Great Britain, that we will rise to the challenge.
:11:23. > :11:26.As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold new positive role
:11:27. > :11:39.And we will make Britain a country that
:11:40. > :11:42.works not for a privileged few but for every one of us.
:11:43. > :11:44.That will be the mission of the Government I lead and
:11:45. > :11:46.together, we will build a better Britain.
:11:47. > :11:51.A leader who hopes for calm but might well surprise.
:11:52. > :11:57.Events will no doubt surprise Theresa May.
:11:58. > :11:59.But sometimes politicians find a moment,
:12:00. > :12:13.sometimes, it is the moment that finds them.
:12:14. > :12:22.Will you heard Theresa May talking their, mapping out the sort of
:12:23. > :12:27.country she wants to lead and the sort of Prime Minister she wants to
:12:28. > :12:32.be. She makes clear that there will be no backing down from Brexit and
:12:33. > :12:36.she was a better economy and she wants a government at the service of
:12:37. > :12:43.ordinary people. Let's hear this report from our economy editor.
:12:44. > :12:45.She'll remember this moment when things get tough
:12:46. > :12:49.Theresa May was only embraced as Tory Leader on Monday.
:12:50. > :12:52.Now she's on a journey as tough as any leader in peacetime.
:12:53. > :12:55.Remember her telling Tories people just didn't like them anymore.
:12:56. > :13:02.You know what some people call us, the nasty party.
:13:03. > :13:07.She came down against uncontrolled migration.
:13:08. > :13:09.There is no case in the national interest for immigration
:13:10. > :13:12.of the scale we've experienced over the last decade.
:13:13. > :13:14.The next Prime Minister of this great country,
:13:15. > :13:20.May's Britain will somehow have to be tough and tender.
:13:21. > :13:27.Moments before she knew she would be PM she mapped out
:13:28. > :13:31.To steer us through this political uncertainty and negotiate the best
:13:32. > :13:33.deal for Britain and forge a new role for ourselves
:13:34. > :13:39.Remaking relations between Britain and the world, a huge task.
:13:40. > :13:42.In talks in Brussels curbing EU migration and getting
:13:43. > :13:48.Dozens of deals need doing worldwide.
:13:49. > :13:59.Britain's global influence has to be protected in NATO and the UN.
:14:00. > :14:01.Britain's can't become an inward focussed nation.
:14:02. > :14:04.We'll carry on playing the role we play on an international stage.
:14:05. > :14:07.In NATO, our security relations with other countries.
:14:08. > :14:12.There will be a big focus to stay part of the international community.
:14:13. > :14:15.Our decision on the European Union is not about Britain becoming
:14:16. > :14:23.When it comes to the Brexit economy, business and finances outside
:14:24. > :14:35.The Prime Minister wants business more productive, that needs
:14:36. > :14:38.Foreign takeovers of firms vital to Britain could be blocked.
:14:39. > :14:40.George Osborne wanted more productive business.
:14:41. > :14:45.To get more homes built, they're needed badly.
:14:46. > :14:47.As for public spending, he tried to cut welfare and failed.
:14:48. > :14:50.Rebel Tory MPs can block any toll Si easily.
:14:51. > :14:56.We have to build on the strong economic legacy Theresa May's
:14:57. > :15:03.We need to encourage business to take advantage of the challenges
:15:04. > :15:06.and opportunities that Brexit throws up.
:15:07. > :15:20.She has the negotiating experience to make sure
:15:21. > :15:29.Since her early days as a shadow minister,
:15:30. > :15:31.Theresa May's job's been about policy supporting women.
:15:32. > :15:37.So we bring people back together, rich and poor, young and old,
:15:38. > :15:39.male and female, black and white, sick and healthy.
:15:40. > :15:51.That sounded like David Cameron's vision for equal opportunity.
:15:52. > :15:56.The aim to cool resentment and deep division between haves and have
:15:57. > :16:01.Today, it is a mission that will take time,
:16:02. > :16:05.How much of this mission making Britain a fairer place in every way
:16:06. > :16:07.can you realistically expect her to manage?
:16:08. > :16:14.You will not do it in one Parliament.
:16:15. > :16:16.It is something you'll have to keep doing.
:16:17. > :16:25.All too often, it has been put in the too difficult pile.
:16:26. > :16:26.Britain's new Prime Minister will not lack from
:16:27. > :16:29.The political honeymoon won't last long.
:16:30. > :16:45.The awkward international negotiations.
:16:46. > :16:48.Pushing through plans and reforms with a tiny majority in the Commons.
:16:49. > :17:00.If she wants to know how hard it is to be premised, she knows who to
:17:01. > :17:05.ask. For Theresa May it is in the Number ten and after the welcoming
:17:06. > :17:10.and meeting team inside number ten it is straight down to work. Already
:17:11. > :17:15.we have seen activity with comings and goings. Putting together our
:17:16. > :17:22.team is the first priority. Rob Watson is here with me. She is
:17:23. > :17:26.famous for being detailed and hard-working. She said that about
:17:27. > :17:29.herself. It is straight down to work. Absolutely and I think that is
:17:30. > :17:34.entirely consistent with the image of her sales pitch to the country
:17:35. > :17:39.and her party, to say, we have had an awful lot of excitement, we have
:17:40. > :17:45.had enough excitement, down to a safe pair of hands getting on with
:17:46. > :17:49.the job. A radical do you think the change, the Cabinet, the reshuffle
:17:50. > :17:54.is likely to be with her team? I think we will see big changes and we
:17:55. > :17:58.have seen Boris Johnson go in, a prominent Leave campaigner. What I
:17:59. > :18:04.would stress is continuity. There is. In common between the prison
:18:05. > :18:09.between David Cameron and Theresa May. They are one nation
:18:10. > :18:13.Conservatives. That leaves you try to make a more equal country. As he
:18:14. > :18:18.finished that sentence I am hearing that Philip Hammond has been
:18:19. > :18:22.appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. A lot of people had
:18:23. > :18:26.tipped him for that post but confirmation in the last few
:18:27. > :18:32.moments. I think that will be welcome news for most businesses. If
:18:33. > :18:35.I continue my point, it is interesting, people will talk about
:18:36. > :18:39.change, the big change between Theresa May and David Cameron is
:18:40. > :18:45.personality, style and character. They have a lot in common. They both
:18:46. > :18:49.believe in sound finances, both pretty Eurosceptic. Even though they
:18:50. > :18:55.both campaigned for Remain. They want to stop the Conservative Party
:18:56. > :18:58.being seen as the party of the rich and powerful. Philip Hammond and
:18:59. > :19:02.interesting appointment but it is what happens to Boris Johnson but
:19:03. > :19:07.will be interesting. Will they or someone like him be the Minister for
:19:08. > :19:12.Brexit, the person responsible for doing that? Or will he be cast
:19:13. > :19:17.aside? It is one of the options because it is very difficult to
:19:18. > :19:22.imagine two work politicians more dissimilar than Theresa May and
:19:23. > :19:28.Boris Johnson. It is all plants and flair and Theresa May is of roles
:19:29. > :19:33.and no spills. It is ethical to know but how quickly does this phase
:19:34. > :19:36.pass? How quickly will it be for Theresa May is in place ready to
:19:37. > :19:43.talk to some of those global partners? It will be quick. Britain
:19:44. > :19:46.after Brexit is like a play. We have had the dramatic opening acts,
:19:47. > :19:50.surprise result in the referendum, the departure of David Cameron, now
:19:51. > :19:55.it is maybe a bit more complicated and difficult. British politics will
:19:56. > :20:00.settle down a bit but only a bit. The renegotiation and healing the
:20:01. > :20:08.divisions in Britain. Thank you for that. The Cabinet reshuffle already
:20:09. > :20:14.underway. Brexit, the negotiations will be the absolute priority. Some
:20:15. > :20:19.of those EU bosses who will eventually sit down opposite Theresa
:20:20. > :20:24.May have been speaking to date. Our Europe editor has this report from
:20:25. > :20:28.Brussels. The rest of Europe, the significance of Theresa May becoming
:20:29. > :20:33.UK Prime Minister is this. She will be the figure head leading Briton's
:20:34. > :20:40.exit from the European Union. She will need to negotiate the details
:20:41. > :20:44.with all of these EU leaders. In an awkward situation, maintaining
:20:45. > :20:51.cordial relations will be key. Today on an official visit to China, the
:20:52. > :20:59.EU tone sounded positive. I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile
:21:00. > :21:02.mood. We are. I not giving public advice to the incoming British Prime
:21:03. > :21:12.want to talk about her before having talked with her.
:21:13. > :21:14.It is here in Brussels that Theresa May will need
:21:15. > :21:17.all EU leaders for the very first time at a summit any couple of
:21:18. > :21:20.months and she will be anxious to grab that
:21:21. > :21:21.opportunity to talk to
:21:22. > :21:23.them off the record, perhaps over a cup of
:21:24. > :21:24.coffee, about the of deal the UK
:21:25. > :21:29.She will have her work cut out for her because some of those
:21:30. > :21:31.leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit
:21:32. > :21:33.until the formal process of the UK leaving has started.
:21:34. > :21:35.It's going to be quite some juggling act.
:21:36. > :21:52.It wants tough negotiations to put others of pushing to leave the EU.
:21:53. > :21:54.Italy wants to send a strong message, too.
:21:55. > :21:57.With its own economic and political problems, it needs the
:21:58. > :22:00.While Eastern and Baltic Europe don't want to
:22:01. > :22:05.They need UK backing to keep a hard line against Russia.
:22:06. > :22:08.But this arguably is Theresa May's most important negotiating
:22:09. > :22:14.Like Theresa May, steely, wiley, determined.
:22:15. > :22:17.Of course Theresa May is no stranger to Brussels.
:22:18. > :22:23.She has been here many times for EU minister meetings.
:22:24. > :22:24.Officials here warn she shouldn't underestimate them.
:22:25. > :22:31.She will find people who know her who will negotiate on equal fitting
:22:32. > :22:33.with her but I repeat, on equal footing.
:22:34. > :22:36.Not even for someone with the reputation as a tough
:22:37. > :22:40.Theresa May is a tough negotiator, I can assure
:22:41. > :22:45.you, here in the European Parliament we are tough negotiators as well.
:22:46. > :22:50.The EU-UK relationship has never been easy.
:22:51. > :22:53.Theresa May now represents a Britain that has voted to leave.
:22:54. > :22:55.She will find safeguarding UK interests here even more complex in
:22:56. > :23:10.Let's go live to Brussels and speak to our correspondence. Interesting,
:23:11. > :23:14.some of those comments a little earlier from Donald Tusk and
:23:15. > :23:18.Jean-Claude Juncker about being positive as they started this
:23:19. > :23:24.process in the coming weeks with Britain and the Brexit negotiations.
:23:25. > :23:26.Yes, certainly compared to some of those cold and frosty comments that
:23:27. > :23:31.were coming out of European leaders here in Brussels almost three weeks
:23:32. > :23:36.ago now after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Things do seem,
:23:37. > :23:41.judging by the language used today, to fall slightly. Two of the leaders
:23:42. > :23:44.here, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker have been in China for a
:23:45. > :23:47.prearranged summit where they were supposed to have been talking mainly
:23:48. > :23:51.about political deals, close economic ties and also deals on
:23:52. > :23:54.climate change, creating a low cost and low carbon economy but
:23:55. > :23:58.inevitably their press conference is they finished that summit was
:23:59. > :24:01.hijacked with journalists wanting to know their opinions about what was
:24:02. > :24:06.going on thousands of miles away over in London today. Some of the
:24:07. > :24:09.things they were saying subtly suggested a more positive
:24:10. > :24:12.relationship or at least a start to the new Prime Minister's tenure in
:24:13. > :24:16.Downing Street. They said things like they wouldn't be trying to
:24:17. > :24:21.punish Britain by its decision to leave the EU, that they would be
:24:22. > :24:23.negotiating -- wouldn't be negotiating in anger or hostility,
:24:24. > :24:29.they also said that they and the UK had been many close friends for many
:24:30. > :24:34.decades and would continue to be so even after the Brexit talks began.
:24:35. > :24:38.That will be crucial here. As we have been hearing today, Theresa May
:24:39. > :24:43.will perhaps create a new Brexit Department, certainly appointing a
:24:44. > :24:46.new Brexit minister. Someone to go through those negotiations or at
:24:47. > :24:50.least begin them when she decides to formally announce Briton's departure
:24:51. > :24:55.from the EU triggering article 50. They will need to see what happens
:24:56. > :24:58.there, and wait to see who she points to lead us negotiations. Then
:24:59. > :25:04.they will know who they are dealing with and what the way forward might
:25:05. > :25:10.be. Just two sentences because we are nearly at the time. How quickly
:25:11. > :25:16.to actually getting going? That is anybody's guess. There have been
:25:17. > :25:20.seven years quoted in the papers that apparently came from Philip
:25:21. > :25:23.Hammond who has been appointed to it very top job in government. That
:25:24. > :25:27.depends whether they have to negotiate with all 27 member states
:25:28. > :25:32.ought some sort of short cut. We should find out more when Theresa
:25:33. > :25:43.May make the Cabinet perhaps this evening or tomorrow morning.
:25:44. > :25:50.Thank you very much for that. Let me just re-what we have learnt in
:25:51. > :25:54.Downing Street in the last few minutes. Philip Hammond becomes the
:25:55. > :25:56.Chancellor of the Exchequer. George Osborne the previous Chancellor has
:25:57. > :26:02.resigned from the Government and goes back to the backbenches. The
:26:03. > :26:06.work has already started in terms of Theresa May, she is the new Prime
:26:07. > :26:12.Minister and she is now putting together her new team.
:26:13. > :26:16.Good evening. It promises to be a fine day tomorrow. Sunshine on the
:26:17. > :26:17.way