Theresa May has signed the letter that will formally begin the UK's departure from the European Union.
Giving official notice under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, it will be delivered to European Council president Donald Tusk later.
It follows June's referendum which resulted in a vote to leave the EU.
May's letter will be delivered at 12:30pm today by the British ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow.
The prime minister, who chaired a cabinet meeting in the morning, will then make a statement to MPs confirming the countdown to the UK's departure from the EU which is under way.
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