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Theresa May spoke with the Prime Minister of Spain about the forest fires in northern Spain, the ongoing situation in Catalonia and this week’s European Council.

• Updated: 17 October 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May set out the Plan for Britain, including the 12 priorities that the UK government will use to negotiate Brexit.

• Updated: 3 February 2017

Theresa May held her first formal bilateral meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk to discuss the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

• Updated: 8 September 2016

David Cameron spoke at easyJet in Luton on the reasons for staying in the EU and implications on travel costs if the UK were to leave.

• Updated: 24 May 2016

Baroness Neville-Rolfe addresses the threat of illegal streaming services and set-top boxes at the launch of the intellectual property (IP) enforcement strategy.

• Updated: 11 May 2016

UK businesses are set to be at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution by embracing digital technologies that could improve productivity.

• Updated: 19 April 2016

The Minister for Europe, David Lidington, spoke to media outside the EU Foreign Affairs Council.

• Updated: 18 April 2016

The Prime Minister spoke on the UK's economic security within the EU and answered questions at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Birmingham.

• Updated: 6 April 2016

Prime Minister David Cameron wrote an article on the UK's economic security within the EU for The Telegraph.

• Updated: 5 April 2016

A joint letter from 11 member states to Vice-President Ansip at the European Commission about digital platforms.

• Updated: 4 April 2016

Speech by Baroness Neville-Rolfe about the importance of the digital single market for consumers.

• Updated: 26 February 2016

Baroness Neville-Rolfe talks at Politeia about the importance of the digital economy and intellectual property.

• Updated: 9 December 2015

Business Secretary Sajid Javid discusses the importance of free trade and sets out his vision for trade across Europe and around the world.

• Updated: 19 November 2015

The 2016 work programme sets EU priorities for the coming year, in line with European Council’s 2014 Strategic Agenda agreed by leaders.

• Updated: 28 October 2015

David Cameron gave a statement in the House of Commons on the attack in Tunisia and about the European Council meeting on 25 to 26 June.

• Updated: 29 June 2015

The Minister for Europe updated parliament on the Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Defence) and General Affairs Councils on 18 – 19 May

• Updated: 1 June 2015

Speech about the importance of digital in the EU single market, that also sets out the UK's digital priorities.

• Updated: 26 March 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Speech about the United Kingdom’s vision for a digital single market by Baroness Neville-Rolfe at the EU in a Digital Age conference.

• Updated: 25 February 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

David Lidington has delivered a speech on the situation in Ukraine at an event in Brussels hosted by Carnegie Europe.

• Updated: 10 February 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Vince Cable: businesses and consumers across Europe are being let down by the “patchwork” approach to the digital economy in Europe.

• Updated: 20 January 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government