British PM Theresa May sets out 12 point Brexit agenda: UK 'will not hold on to bits of EU membership'

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday revealed the 12 negotiating objectives for Brexit in her much-anticipated speech in London.

In the most important speech yet on Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), May stressed the country’s ambition to reach out beyond Europe to build new trading relationships with countries like India.

“We seek a new and equal partnership between an independent, self-governing, global Britain and our friends and allies in the EU. Not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership of the European Union or anything that leaves us half-in, half-out,” she said during her address at Lancaster House to senior British officials working on Brexit and representatives from around the world.

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